Looking for info about Psytalla horrida care

[quirinus]

Hi!
I have the opportunity to get 5 Psytalla horrida specimens from a good breeder and I am thinking about buying them. Does anyone know a reliable source for care information or does anyone have some useful tips?
Should I buy them? I have 3.5 years of tarantula experience but never kept other inverts except for snails and T feeders.

Thanks in advance!

 

[BoyFromLA]

BoyFromLA’s Assassin Bugs Diary

07/28/2019 From now on I will dedicate this post to continue update my Psytalla horrida colony whenever there are things to add. And for today, I rehoused my initial four nymphs to larger, and more suitable enclosure with enough ventilation holes, and with the coco fiber mat hide. Why so...

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[quirinus]

BoyFromLA’s Assassin Bugs Diary

07/28/2019 From now on I will dedicate this post to continue update my Psytalla horrida colony whenever there are things to add. And for today, I rehoused my initial four nymphs to larger, and more suitable enclosure with enough ventilation holes, and with the coco fiber mat hide. Why so...

arachnoboards.com

thanks a lot. your thread is very helpful for what to expect.
how many nymphs would you recommend to start with?
do you keep the sub bone dry? i don't see any source of water
are they able to climb glass/acryl?
thanks

 

[BoyFromLA]

how many nymphs would you recommend to start with? do you keep the sub bone dry? i don't see any source of water
are they able to climb glass/acryl? thanks

1. I started with seven nymphs. Now, about close to fifty.
2. I keep it bone dry, with very little substrate or no substrate at all.
3. No need of water at all, for they get water source directly from their food.
4. They sometimes do climb, but not so very well.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Did you buy them?

 

[quirinus]

Did you buy them?

not yet, still thinking because i don't know what to do with the offspring..

 

[Joey Spijkers]

not yet, still thinking because i don't know what to do with the offspring..

There is a market for them. Anytime I offer them for sale, they sell pretty quickly and in large quantities. I’m in Europe too.

 

[AngelLlynya]

There is a market for them. Anytime I offer them for sale, they sell pretty quickly and in large quantities. I’m in Europe too.

Sorry to jump in on some else's post, but since you breed hopeful you knew. I raised some horrida from nymphs to adults, got to witness the while mating thing, and now they are dying one by one. They've only been matured adults for about 6 months. I thought they lived longer, am I wrong? A member in my beetle group told me its because I use water crystals for my feeders. That the feeders drink the crystals just fine but then the assassin eats the cricket/red runner and those chemicals inside the feeder are toxic to my assassins. Am I slowly killing them by improperly hydrating my feeders?
Sorry again to jump in here with my question, and hopefully you answer as this is several months old.

 

[Joey Spijkers]

Sorry to jump in on some else's post, but since you breed hopeful you knew. I raised some horrida from nymphs to adults, got to witness the while mating thing, and now they are dying one by one. They've only been matured adults for about 6 months. I thought they lived longer, am I wrong? A member in my beetle group told me its because I use water crystals for my feeders. That the feeders drink the crystals just fine but then the assassin eats the cricket/red runner and those chemicals inside the feeder are toxic to my assassins. Am I slowly killing them by improperly hydrating my feeders?
Sorry again to jump in here with my question, and hopefully you answer as this is several months old.

I feel like mine last longer than that. Hard to keep track of age when they live in a mixed age group, but 6 months seems short to me yeah.
I have no experience with water crystals. I don’t think that’s the reason for the deaths, as I feel like that would take effect more quickly if it was toxic, but I still wouldn’t advise using the crystals. I’ve never understood the concept of them. They offer no nutrition whatsoever, and only fill the feeders up. Also it’s simply unnatural, whatever it’s made off. Better to provide hydration in the form of fresh fruits and vegetables. That way they get their hydration and nutrition from a single source and are properly gutloaded.
I don’t know what else could be causing them to die off.

 

[AngelLlynya]

I feel like mine last longer than that. Hard to keep track of age when they live in a mixed age group, but 6 months seems short to me yeah.
I have no experience with water crystals. I don’t think that’s the reason for the deaths, as I feel like that would take effect more quickly if it was toxic, but I still wouldn’t advise using the crystals. I’ve never understood the concept of them. They offer no nutrition whatsoever, and only fill the feeders up. Also it’s simply unnatural, whatever it’s made off. Better to provide hydration in the form of fresh fruits and vegetables. That way they get their hydration and nutrition from a single source and are properly gutloaded.
I don’t know what else could be causing them to die off.

I feed dubia chow and mixed vegetables to the crickets, mostly apple sometimes potato, snap peas, carrots. Occasionally broccoli or cauliflower. I use the crystals as a surety that they are receiving hydration, just me being over cautious. Also when we go camping I don't want fresh foods to mold or rot so the crystals are handy for that.
I have a planted enclosure, its a 5.5 tank type with the latching screen lid. I have a room for my hobby that consists of a variety of animals and Invertebrates. Ambient temp of room is between 75-78°F. I keep one corner moist for egg laying and rest is watered enough to keep the plants alive. Cork hides, branches and as soon as I see that there is only a few feeders I add more. My horrida aren't as food demanding as my Ghosts, which seem to turn cannibalistic fast, I'm always ensuring an abundance of food.
It's a bit extra moist right now, I got a new spray bottle and the lock water to on is right where my thumb wants to sit so I had a small battle of water everywhere while I fumbled to turn it off.