Enclosure/Terrarium Pictures
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did a well needed cleaning on my a avics enclosure. I dont let the little dripper drip usually...its just so i can easily open the valve and full the water bowl easily without disturbing the t. Added gauges to keep an eye on humidity levels better and a fake venus fly trap plant.
Australian Set-ups
Hello,
The first two pics are of Exoterra Tanks and female Phlogius Sarina . Then assorted species in the smaller set-ups. The 2ft tank is a set-up for a Rockhampton Phlogius. I love the set-ups already posted,the Exoterra tanks are sweet.
This is my female Funnel web set-up in a 2ft tank.
Hello,
The first two pics are of Exoterra Tanks and female Phlogius Sarina . Then assorted species in the smaller set-ups. The 2ft tank is a set-up for a Rockhampton Phlogius. I love the set-ups already posted,the Exoterra tanks are sweet.
This is my female Funnel web set-up in a 2ft tank.
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That's CRAZY
Wish I had one.....
Wish I had one.....
Like most of you, part of the enjoyment of T's is designing their enclosures. Here is an idea you can do, and I bet you have everything you need and it won't cost you a cent.
ROTTED LOG HIDEOUT
4 Things you will need:
1 toilet roll cardboard (I have some large rolls that look incredible when finished....later)
Elmers glue (I use this a lot! It can be painted intrinsically. It can be thicken with plaster. It is strong if allowed to set properly.
reptile sand or equal (What I have is similar to the size of kosher salt)
Acrylic paint
1st. cut the roll. Make one side taller than the other. I get 2 per roll. Then smear Elmers glue on it inside and out. Make this a thin coat. Roll it in reptile sand, put on a cookie sheet and put in the oven at lowest temp to speed up drying. After it dries coat it again with Elmers to get the texture you want. Next mix Elmers and black latex paint (make sure it is latex paint). Paint over the texture. It is ok to leave some of the textures tan colour showing. I then mix Elmers and brown and paint both at the same time "ala prima"
Let it dry and you are done. OK, not quite. Go to the dollar store and spend $1 on any plastic vine plant that tickles your fancy. I take a couple of the green leaves and shred it with scissors. I mix this with peat moss to get the look of ground cover. It also looks very cool when they pull it up and use it in their webbing. You can get a crazy as I do and actually cut out realistic leaf shapes For this example I just shredded a little to give and idea. I glue a small piece of vine to the log to stabilize it and add effect. Here is one of Anastasia's healthy babies enjoying it. OH yea, it just got housed so you can't really see how much he enjoys it. but, you can see how they would like this cheap attractive micro enviroment!
ROTTED LOG HIDEOUT
4 Things you will need:
1 toilet roll cardboard (I have some large rolls that look incredible when finished....later)
Elmers glue (I use this a lot! It can be painted intrinsically. It can be thicken with plaster. It is strong if allowed to set properly.
reptile sand or equal (What I have is similar to the size of kosher salt)
Acrylic paint
1st. cut the roll. Make one side taller than the other. I get 2 per roll. Then smear Elmers glue on it inside and out. Make this a thin coat. Roll it in reptile sand, put on a cookie sheet and put in the oven at lowest temp to speed up drying. After it dries coat it again with Elmers to get the texture you want. Next mix Elmers and black latex paint (make sure it is latex paint). Paint over the texture. It is ok to leave some of the textures tan colour showing. I then mix Elmers and brown and paint both at the same time "ala prima"
Let it dry and you are done. OK, not quite. Go to the dollar store and spend $1 on any plastic vine plant that tickles your fancy. I take a couple of the green leaves and shred it with scissors. I mix this with peat moss to get the look of ground cover. It also looks very cool when they pull it up and use it in their webbing. You can get a crazy as I do and actually cut out realistic leaf shapes
For this example I just shredded a little to give and idea. I glue a small piece of vine to the log to stabilize it and add effect. Here is one of Anastasia's healthy babies enjoying it. OH yea, it just got housed so you can't really see how much he enjoys it. but, you can see how they would like this cheap attractive micro enviroment!
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not your usual suspects...
Anyway, its my little communal for my Megaphobema Mesomelas MM, and Female... Its cool, Just wanted to take a picture of it..
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Anyway, its my little communal for my Megaphobema Mesomelas MM, and Female... Its cool, Just wanted to take a picture of it..
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well this is my first terrarium/vivarium... I'm very pleased with it...
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this looks WAY to small for those to avoid each other.Here's a pic of my 3 x Poecilotheria rufliata community in a large sweet jar (not the clearest of pix but it does show how free items can be used)
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Wow! Uber Licious!!!
WOW! This is uber licious!!!
Questions 36wood!
1. Where did you get that background?
2. What kind of moss is that?
3. What size aquarium is that?
4. What lucky T lives there?
Very, very nice. I would love to make a terrarium like yours if you can help guide those questions. I have a few T's that would love that as soon as they get big enough. Thanks 36wood! Keep up the good work!
WOW! This is uber licious!!!
Questions 36wood!
1. Where did you get that background?
2. What kind of moss is that?
3. What size aquarium is that?
4. What lucky T lives there?
Very, very nice. I would love to make a terrarium like yours if you can help guide those questions. I have a few T's that would love that as soon as they get big enough. Thanks 36wood! Keep up the good work!
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question one... The wood is cyprus wood. Its two medium size pieces. I got it from a pet store, but I'm sure websites like the Exo-terra website would have some..WOW! This is uber licious!!!
Questions 36wood!
1. Where did you get that background?
2. What kind of moss is that?
3. What size aquarium is that?
4. What lucky T lives there?
Very, very nice. I would love to make a terrarium like yours if you can help guide those questions. I have a few T's that would love that as soon as they get big enough. Thanks 36wood! Keep up the good work!
question two... The moss is just plain old live terrarium moss, its inexpensive. just a google of tropical moss, or terrarium moss, or live moss, and you'll be able to find different types of mosses...
question three... its a 10 gallon tank.
question four... I know people will probably ask, and I feel bad for not telling.. but its a secret...
thank you for your comments as well...
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Batboi3000
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Thanks a lot 36wood! That tank looks really spacious for a 10gal. Appreciate the info. Keep rockin those sweet terrariums ya mystery man.
indeed, and they don't avoid each other, they stroke each other, walk and rest on each other and show various other communal characteristics. Last night I put some large locusts in the jar (my CWD wasn't interested in them) and 2 rufliata went for the same locust. I thought they were fighting but as soon as I realised what was happening the locust was stretched apart and one went off with one half and the other rufliata went off with the other half.
They really are a joy to watch, however it is my intention to rehouse them soon but I'll use the same method, plenty of vegetation to help them continue their contact.
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My New Divided Aquarium
Here's the display cage I just set for my G. Rosea on left and Orange Usumbara on the right. The orange usumbara will soon have a tunnel all webbed up and I'll hardly ever see it again. I'm looking to breed the Usumbara if anyone has a male. You can't tell from the pic but the substrate creates a hill that slopes toward the front of the cage. It's easy to tell in person. There are small plastic inserts to stimulate them to create their burrows into the hill. I'vw made sure the barrier is very secure with no spaces anywhere so I do not lose a tarantula. This is a must when creating barriers in cages. These guys can get through smaller spaces than you would think.
Here's the display cage I just set for my G. Rosea on left and Orange Usumbara on the right. The orange usumbara will soon have a tunnel all webbed up and I'll hardly ever see it again. I'm looking to breed the Usumbara if anyone has a male. You can't tell from the pic but the substrate creates a hill that slopes toward the front of the cage. It's easy to tell in person. There are small plastic inserts to stimulate them to create their burrows into the hill. I'vw made sure the barrier is very secure with no spaces anywhere so I do not lose a tarantula. This is a must when creating barriers in cages. These guys can get through smaller spaces than you would think.
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New places:
clamping
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Nice shots and enclosures Pixels! Looks like the hobby is getting out of control! I'll post some of mines one of these days, I'm lazy to get some new batteries for my cam hehe
Pato.
I'll post some of mines one of these days, I'm lazy to get some new batteries for my cam hehe Pato.
Heres my cage for my Psalmopoeus irminia. its a 5.5 gallon fliped on its end with cork bark and a repti log for hiding. theres a ceramic water bowl with stones in if so she wont drownd and same for the crix. misted 2 times daily for humidity.
The lucky lady
The lucky lady