Enclosure builds

[bassfiend138]

Figured I’d start an enclosure thread as I’m really digging the bio active/easier on the eyes homes for my Ts. These are my 2.5 gallon enclosures so far. One is for my female T.albo that I rescued and the other one is for my T.stirmi. It’s around 2” or so and I’m waiting for it to molt then it will go in it. Figured I’d let the plants take off while I waited.

 

[bassfiend138]

Here’s my 2- 5.5 gallon enclosures for my A.seemani and my other female T.albo. Those little sprouts are chia plants if anyone is wondering. At this rate I’m going to have to trim them because they’re taking off like crazy. My daughter had some left over from a chia pet we got and I threw them in there just to see what would happen and boy did they grow fast.

 

[bassfiend138]

Here’s my P.irminia enclosure. She’s got a big cork bark half round for a tunnel web and she instead make a tube under the leaf on the ground lol. Next to it is for a avicularia species we plan to get as our adult female passed away. Figured I’d let the plants settle in before we get another. Who knows maybe a pokie will end up in there

 

[viper69]

Albo setup looks too tall- esp for a heavy bodied tarantula - good luck with that…..

 

[bassfiend138]

Just looks like that in the picture. Another molt she’ll go in something wider. She’s 4” or so. Dimensions are 6x8x12 so she’s good. No one bats an eye when breeders keep adults in deli cups for months on end. My 5” lives in a 5.5g which is 8x10.5x16” and she sits in one spot 99% of the time which is what both do. Both don’t use their 5+” to burrow or use their hides. Epitome of pet rocks.

 

[Brewser]

Nice Looking Scapes.
Be sure to post again, Before and After Shots.
When Inhabitants takeover, and Rearrange Things.
Best Wishes,

 

[bassfiend138]

Albo setup looks too tall- esp for a heavy bodied tarantula - good luck with that…..

First quarter of the enclosure is 4.5” tall the middle of the enclosure is 6.25” tall and the very end of the slope is 8” tall so not quite sure I’m understanding your sarcastic comment. T.albo is a species you want to give 4-5” of substrate correct? That’s a pretty standard depth of substrate right? A lot of people use enclosures that are 12”x12” cubes like an exo terra or a tarantula crib cube. So say you add 5” of substrate to said enclosure, 5-12=7 which would be taller then 90% of my enclosure. I’ll keep my set up the way it is. The likelihood that my T.albo would fall and rupture its abdomen is extremely low. It would have to fall right on the 2”x2” water bowl because it’s the only hard thing in there and at that point it’s only falling about 7” which imo is not far. Anyways thanks for the comment.

 

[bassfiend138]

Nice Looking Scapes.
Be sure to post again, Before and After Shots.
When Inhabitants takeover, and Rearrange Things.
Best Wishes,

Will do! Thanks! I’ll do an update in a couple weeks. They’ve all around made their own changes and I added some stuff.

 

[viper69]

First quarter of the enclosure is 4.5” tall the middle of the enclosure is 6.25” tall and the very end of the slope is 8” tall so not quite sure I’m understanding your sarcastic comment. T.albo is a species you want to give 4-5” of substrate correct? That’s a pretty standard depth of substrate right? A lot of people use enclosures that are 12”x12” cubes like an exo terra or a tarantula crib cube. So say you add 5” of substrate to said enclosure, 5-12=7 which would be taller then 90% of my enclosure. I’ll keep my set up the way it is. The likelihood that my T.albo would fall and rupture its abdomen is extremely low. It would have to fall right on the 2”x2” water bowl because it’s the only hard thing in there and at that point it’s only falling about 7” which imo is not far. Anyways thanks for the comment.

With only a picture, it’s an estimate.
You can give it depth to burrow or not

Regardless1.5x DLS is the safest as there is zero chance of fall injury. I do that for all terrestrials.

 

[bassfiend138]

With only a picture, it’s an estimate.
You can give it depth to burrow or not

Regardless1.5x DLS is the safest as there is zero chance of fall injury. I do that for all terrestrials.

that’s what I’m goin on. Last 2” of the enclosure is .5” over the x1.5” DLS