Experience with Tapinauchenius gigas?

[EmilzHernandez]

Disclaimer: I did use the search function and didn't find anything, but I amy have just messed it up lol.

SOOO I have an H.maculata, a Lampropelma sp.Borneo Black, and 5 pokies (2 P.bara, 1 P.metallica, a female P.fasciata, and a male P.regalis). I have plenty of OW arboreals. But when it comes to NW arboreals, I only have 2, a C.versicolor and a female P.irminia. After some research, I've decided on a tapi. From what I understood, I can keep them like a Psalmopoeus, only a little dryer? What specific care recommendations are there so I can raise these gorgeous orange spiders?

 

[user 666]

Based on my experiences, it's pretty and not terribly difficult to keep.

My sling is strictly arboreal with a little bit of webbing but no web tunnels or digging down into the substrate.

 

[EmilzHernandez]

Based on my experiences, it's pretty and not terribly difficult to keep.

My sling is strictly arboreal with a little bit of webbing but no web tunnels or digging down into the substrate.

How damp should the sub be? With my versicolor I keep it dry, while my irminia likes it damp.

 

[Nightstalker47]

How damp should the sub be? With my versicolor I keep it dry, while my irminia likes it damp.

Keep one side reasonably dry and dampen the opposite side, always provide a water dish. They do appreciate some extra moisture, but there should be a dry area, preferably where she establishes her den.

Be careful when you rehouse it, they are super fast and prone to bolting. Great species to keep though, stunning coloration and pretty fast growth rates.

 

[EmilzHernandez]

Keep one side reasonably dry and dampen the opposite side, always provide a water dish. They do appreciate some extra moisture, but there should be a dry area, preferably where she establishes her den.

Be careful when you rehouse it, they are super fast and prone to bolting. Great species to keep though, stunning coloration and pretty fast growth rates.

Gorgeous specimen you have there I'm planning on getting two, better odds for a female the better. I assume overflowing the water bowl bi-weekly will do?

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Nothing too much different (especially in the case of juve/adults) than a P.cambridgei. Same basic arboreal set up and you're done.

 

[Venom1080]

IME, basically exactly like Psalmopoeus.

 

[Nosiris]

Yes all the above sounds good, you should be ok.
All three Tappys that I've had have been lightning quick mind; even quicker than Pokies imo, so watch it!

 

[Andrea82]

Not a T.gigas, but for my T.violaceus I literally hose down her enclosure once a month. I put the misting function on my spraybottle and just hose everything down, except for directly on her burrow/webcurtain. She always comes out for a long drink after that.

They are fast, but at least a bright orange spider is easy to see

I've noticed with rehousing this species, it can help if you aren't too careful, i.e. gently tapping one leg and then the next and then maybe the abdomen. Mine will do a runner for sure if I do this, and used to end up on the outside of the enclosure in a threatpose, highly irritated. I now use a seethrough lid and just gently shove her entirely in the new enclosure. She still runs, but no where near as much then I used the previous method.