superfunTtime
Arachnopeon
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- Feb 21, 2011
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I'm considering getting a Chaco Golden Knee and I have some questions that the various articles and videos I've found have not been able to answer.
My main issue is with cage size, particularly once a chaco becomes a full 8" adult. When I buy the spider it will be about 4". I have a 29 gallon aquarium that I was going to convert into a terrarium. The dimensions are 12.75"(wide) x 18.5" (tall) x 30" (long). I planned to fill it halfway up with substrate to make sure the T can't climb the glass and fall. I was considering adding a temporary partition to make it not so long while the T is still growing and then I can just remove the partition when it gets to be 6-7". Does this sound like a good plan? If not, does anyone have suggestions for a better one?
I also have been wondering about common experiences as a beginner keeper. I have 1 T, which was my first ever, a 2.5" Avic avic. I have had a lot of good experiences with him and my confidence about keeping spiders has grown a lot as I have watched him and kept up his enclosure (and even had to transfer him from an old enclosure to new one) and what not. I was afraid of him when I first got him, but now my fear of him has changed to awe and respect. However, he is still a little guy and when I look at some of the adults out there I am a bit intimidated. When I think about one day being responsible for a G. Pulchripes the size of a small beaver, I wonder if I will be up to the task. I tell myself that it is because of my lack of experience and I just need to spend some time with the larger T's and my confidence will grow again just like it did with my first spider. Have any other T keepers experienced these same feelings when they first got into the hobby?
My main issue is with cage size, particularly once a chaco becomes a full 8" adult. When I buy the spider it will be about 4". I have a 29 gallon aquarium that I was going to convert into a terrarium. The dimensions are 12.75"(wide) x 18.5" (tall) x 30" (long). I planned to fill it halfway up with substrate to make sure the T can't climb the glass and fall. I was considering adding a temporary partition to make it not so long while the T is still growing and then I can just remove the partition when it gets to be 6-7". Does this sound like a good plan? If not, does anyone have suggestions for a better one?
I also have been wondering about common experiences as a beginner keeper. I have 1 T, which was my first ever, a 2.5" Avic avic. I have had a lot of good experiences with him and my confidence about keeping spiders has grown a lot as I have watched him and kept up his enclosure (and even had to transfer him from an old enclosure to new one) and what not. I was afraid of him when I first got him, but now my fear of him has changed to awe and respect. However, he is still a little guy and when I look at some of the adults out there I am a bit intimidated. When I think about one day being responsible for a G. Pulchripes the size of a small beaver, I wonder if I will be up to the task. I tell myself that it is because of my lack of experience and I just need to spend some time with the larger T's and my confidence will grow again just like it did with my first spider. Have any other T keepers experienced these same feelings when they first got into the hobby?