Diving T?

[Marcelo]

Hello everyone!!!

It was an idea that poped out in my head while ago.

I heard H gigas can swim to catch its prey. I try with my favorite model my male auratum

Hope you like this pics

 

[RVS]

I don't really know what to make of this.
But I certainly hope you didn't drop that spider in an aquarium.

 

[BigBryan]

? wheres the water!

 

[becca81]

? wheres the water!

It appears that the spider is completely submerged in the water or, given the first picture, it may just be photoshopped (the water bubbles in the first appear to extend below the water line).

Although, I'm not sure why anyone would put a desert tarantula (even if the setae around the booklungs would form a protective "bubble") in an aquarium full of water.

Was the water treated with certain chemicals?

 

[BigBryan]

haha i thought it was just lil balls of water on the glass or err thats what most of em look like... it really doesnt look like the T is underwater... it just looks like its hanging out haha

 

[Ennoozunu]

Looks photoshopped to me

If it was real you would probably see the T's hairs filled with bubbles (since air sticks in the furs so the T can breathe).

 

[Sibeleen]

hehe,
Nice try with the underwater shot

Here is a little shot from a while back, mind you, thats not 'shopped'...thats just how my funky desklamp made it come out as *shrugs*

I dont even think he photoshopped that...its just a nice angle which makes the droplets of water on the side of th etank seem like its air bubbles.
Thats what i think anyways

Nice T by the way

Sib

 

[Scorpiove]

Looks photoshopped to me

If it was real you would probably see the T's hairs filled with bubbles (since air sticks in the furs so the T can breathe).

I would think the same thing. Anyone ever try to submerge exuvias? I have just for fun and air sticks to them real good when under water.

 

[Marcelo]

Diving Explanation

Hey guys!!!!

There is no Photoshop, nor air bbubles involved here, what I did was just put a little kreter keeper within one of my 10 gallon acuarium full of water, got it? then I added a water filter to make real air bubbles.

 

[matty J]

I agree with everyone else. Those pics don't look underwater, Becca is right. I've had lots of fish in my day and never said air bubbles sticking to the glass and not floating to the surface, its air.

But is he right, can a species actually swim??? and not sink to the bottom like this spider supposedly has, but likely hasn't.

 

[Ronj]

Hey guys!!!!

There is no Photoshop, nor air bbubles involved here, what I did was just put a little kreter keeper within one of my 10 gallon aquarium full of water, got it? then I added a water filter to make real air bubbles.

Then take a picture of the 10 gallon aquarium with the spider inside the kritter keeper thats full of water! I doubt you will do it cause the picture is just not real.

 

[kitty_b]

But is he right, can a species actually swim??? and not sink to the bottom like this spider supposedly has, but likely hasn't.

i've been told that Cameroon Red (H. gigas) can actually swim. never tested it though (because i don't have one, and because i'm not quite THAT curious).

 

[RVS]

i've been told that Cameroon Red (H. gigas) can actually swim. never tested it though (because i don't have one, and because i'm not quite THAT curious).

You might find this thread interesting:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=6322&highlight=gigas+pond

 

[Twysted]

Then take a picture of the 10 gallon aquarium with the spider inside the kritter keeper thats full of water! I doubt you will do it cause the picture is just not real.

Why is this so hard to believe??

check this out
http://www.terraquarium.com/how_works.htm

and this
mms://vista.streamguys.com/bluesky/Terraquarium/intro_july22.wmv

there is your proof..

the kritter keeper is not full of water.. what hes saying is he has done something like what I have linked to here but with a kritter keeper instead of another tank

 

[common spider]

Why is this so hard to believe??

check this out
http://www.terraquarium.com/how_works.htm

and this
mms://vista.streamguys.com/bluesky/Terraquarium/intro_july22.wmv

there is your proof..

the kritter keeper is not full of water.. what hes saying is he has done something like what I have linked to here but with a kritter keeper instead of another tank

In my whole life I have never seen anything like that.

 

[Scorpiove]

Why is this so hard to believe??

check this out
http://www.terraquarium.com/how_works.htm

and this
mms://vista.streamguys.com/bluesky/Terraquarium/intro_july22.wmv

there is your proof..

the kritter keeper is not full of water.. what hes saying is he has done something like what I have linked to here but with a kritter keeper instead of another tank

I was gonna say the same thing . after all if you read his 2nd post he says exactly that. It just not very clear.

Hey guys!!!!

There is no Photoshop, nor air bbubles involved here, what I did was just put a little kreter keeper within one of my 10 gallon acuarium full of water, got it? then I added a water filter to make real air bubbles.

See he didn't say he filled the kritter keeper with water . Go see Ronj's reply he still misunderstood.

 

[ParabuthusKing]

What a waste of time

Umm. this thread is garbage in my opinion.. those are obviously water droplets, and spider in kritter keeper filled with AIR and a few water droplets.. quit wasting server space with posts like these PLEASE!!!:liar: :liar: :liar:

 

[Mistwalker]

ParabuthusKing, read the explanation, that's not how it was done. And as far as wasting space, yes, I'm sure arachnoboards is running out of 1s and 0s.

 

[Ronj]

It was the play on words and the insinuation that this T was diving to the bottom. The second post from Marcelo was not very clear, and I guess I am still confused on how this was set up. :? The link to the the tank inside a tank is a start, but who would go to all that trouble not to share pictures of the entire set up? Can T's "dive" to the bottom, or do they simply kinda skim across the top?

 

[Twysted]

It was the play on words and the insinuation that this T was diving to the bottom. The second post from Marcelo was not very clear, and I guess I am still confused on how this was set up. :? The link to the the tank inside a tank is a start, but who would go to all that trouble not to share pictures of the entire set up? Can T's "dive" to the bottom, or do they simply kinda skim across the top?

Im pretty sure that he was joking when he said his T was diving