here are a few enclosures i've made this past week.
the first is an enclosure for and adult terrestrial. I made it from a men's shoe box obtained from the container store. i think it measures around 9x13x5.5. i used 2 inch vents from roundvents.com.
enclosure b is an enclosure i made for a sling. i used a 150 count 2 piece slider baseball card storage box and a 1 inch vent from roundvents.com. the top originally ran the entire heigth of the box and it fits on tight. interior diensions are roughly 3.8x2.75x2.75inches.
enclosure three is an enclosure i made from a flush lid amac box from the container store and 3 1 inch vents from roundvents.com. i think it measures around 4x4x5.5 inches.
After seeing in this tread people had gotten some nice boxes from Michael's, I swung by there this week. Unfortunately, they only had one left and it was on clearance. A brocklehursti inside. Sorry about the condensation, fresh substrate and sitting by the lamp.
Here are a couple new pictures of my fem. ~8in T. stirmi tank. It's a 50 gal Perfecto reptile habitat w/ sliding screen top, 8-10 bricks of Eco-Earth, live plants include three types of moss a creeping ficus and a Brazilian broad leaf plant the name of which escapes me. I have a 20w Plant bulb, a 100w red heat lamp, heat pad on one end of the tank and a Zoo Med Reptifogger.
The heat lamp and Reptifogger are plugged into a Zoo Med Hygrotherm which is set to keep humidity at 85% and daytime temp at 80 degrees (gets about 5 degrees warmer right under the bulb) and has a photosensor that allows for a night time drop which I have set to 8 degrees below day time temp.
I apologize for the water droplets on the front glass. I had just got done setting up the Hygrotherm and had sprayed the moss while I was in there and neglected to wipe the glass because the pics were an afterthought.
That little hole in the ground is one of two entrances to Shelobs burrow. She has spent the last week or two doing a lot of excavation which was fun to watch! Anyway, she blocked up the hole, then unblocked it and now she's blocked it again. I am wondering if closing off the burrow could be some sort of pre-molt behavior? as she has made it big enough, I think, in the front half of her burrow to molt in there.
By the way, there's an L4 Spiny Flower Mantis in the deli container on top of the light strip(which serves as nice gentle "under tank" heat for the mantis.
collection mixture of terrestrial, aboaral and burrowers.
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genral view of my setup. View attachment 106160
My latest tarantula/setup singapore blue, its either a juvenile or immature, would like it sexed, put photos on sexing thread if people care to look, its about 3.5 inches at the moment. View attachment 106161
cobolt blue setup, handmade tank. View attachment 106162
above view of cobolts tank, she has made an amazing burrow, im proud of her
Well, it's been a bit over 4 months since the plants were put in and they are starting to take hold and fill the tank that my ~8in female T. stirmi lives in so I thought I'd post some new pictures.
And here is Shelob in the back chamber of her burrow, about 6in - 8in in.
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