My texas brown killed

[ZergFront]

I think that's your problem right there.

Yup, it's fish divider, not tarantula divider. Don't know of any fish with fangs.

I'm just teasing. I'm really sorry that happened. Tarantulas are quite sneaky.

 

[FireGuyX]

despicable disgusting topic.

 

[poec_me]

Just like the tarantula keepers guide says about tank separation the less expensive one will teleport to the other side and eat the more expensive one you've been warned lol but that does suck I'm sorry to hear that

 

[Loudog760]

Bummer, hoped your learned something.

 

[Moltar]

Yikes. That sucks. I won't belabour the "don't divide tanks" thing. I'm sure you get it. T's are just very strong and very persistent, if they want something they'll find a way...

This also illustrates another observation i've made. In many cases it seems that the T's we consider "docile" such as Grammostolas, Aphonopelma's, Brachypelmas, etc. tend to be VERY formidable hunters. More aggressive and stronger than many OW species we consider to be more dangerous to humans. Not that i'd ever do such a thing, but in a pit fight between a bulky NW terrestrial and a similarly sized OW such as a Haplo, Cyrio, pokey, OBT, etc my money's on the NW every time.

 

[seanbond]

Yikes. That sucks. I won't belabour the "don't divide tanks" thing. I'm sure you get it. T's are just very strong and very persistent, if they want something they'll find a way...

This also illustrates another observation i've made. In many cases it seems that the T's we consider "docile" such as Grammostolas, Aphonopelma's, Brachypelmas, etc. tend to be VERY formidable hunters. More aggressive and stronger than many OW species we consider to be more dangerous to humans. Not that i'd ever do such a thing, but in a pit fight between a bulky NW terrestrial and a similarly sized OW such as a Haplo, Cyrio, pokey, OBT, etc my money's on the NW every time.

im taking my schmidti female over any of yours!

 

[Abby]

I'm sorry for your loss, and thank you for posting about it even though it was hard.
I learned from it, and even though I only have one T I will try to have separate tanks for them if I ever get another one.

*hug*

 

[Moltar]

im taking my schmidti female over any of yours!

Sheeeyat... my 6" P. cancerides has somethin' here for your puny schmidti.

 

[wicked]

I am sorry for your loss.

It's frustrating to read these threads. There are so many devoted to this very tragic occurrence, and warnings about it, but no one ever seems to heed them until it's too late.

I even satired it in my old cartoon strip, trying to get the awareness up.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showpost.php?p=735447&postcount=51

 

[seanbond]

Sheeeyat... my 6" P. cancerides has somethin' here for your puny schmidti.

that lady is a chicken wing compared to my 8" schmidti, lets do a battle and put it on youtube to over throw those other guys

 

[Ether Imp]

Yikes. That sucks. I won't belabour the "don't divide tanks" thing. I'm sure you get it. T's are just very strong and very persistent, if they want something they'll find a way...

This also illustrates another observation i've made. In many cases it seems that the T's we consider "docile" such as Grammostolas, Aphonopelma's, Brachypelmas, etc. tend to be VERY formidable hunters. More aggressive and stronger than many OW species we consider to be more dangerous to humans. Not that i'd ever do such a thing, but in a pit fight between a bulky NW terrestrial and a similarly sized OW such as a Haplo, Cyrio, pokey, OBT, etc my money's on the NW every time.

I would never do it with live species because I find it cruel, but I would really love to see some Tarantula DeathMatch.

If I wasn't so hung over, this is where I would parody some fight announcements... Just pretend I'm witty right here, please.

 

[EDED]

my singapore blue.
My setup is a tank with fish divider, and i can't even begin to tell you how we tried everything to make a secure lidding.
Unfortunately my texas brown was very eager to get on the other side.
They are both juveniles.
He just wanted to be on the other side, with this plant.

Well keeping it short, there was the texas brown, ontop of the Singapore Blues hole, with his abdomen huge, no remains except for a leg.
My husband and I sifted through every inch of the bedding in there, but it was as if the SB never existed.

It also baffles me how a sweet Texas Brown the size of my thumb, can do so much damage.

USA USA USA USA USA!

sorry about your loss....

USA USA USA USA!

 

[Drachenjager]

So you mean that Aphonopelma anax and Grammostola pulchripes for an ex. had common names before they got a scientific name???
Dont think so.
I know that the scientifical changes sometimes thou.

do you think scientist know what is in the wild before the locals do? if so ...get a grip

 

[Moltar]

that lady is a chicken wing compared to my 8" schmidti, lets do a battle and put it on youtube to over throw those other guys

Well, let's not turn this into one of those threads.

That said, gimme a month or two and that miracle-growin' cancerides will be like, 8" already so we'll see... ;P


And yeah Falk, I egree w/ Drach. Common names will almost always come way before scientific names. The locals have to call it something and that something generally becomes or translates to the accepted common name. Taxonomical identification is done somewhere down, often wayyy down the line.

 

[xhexdx]

I would never do it with live species because I find it cruel, but I would really love to see some Tarantula DeathMatch.

I'll write an iPhone app for it.

 

[violentblossom]

My smithi and avic avic are in a tank with a divider. My fiance built this tank and the divider is siliconed in and there's no way that my T's could reach one another. My fiance also works with glass for a living, though.

 

[seanbond]

My smithi and avic avic are in a tank with a divider. My fiance built this tank and the divider is siliconed in and there's no way that my T's could reach one another. My fiance also works with glass for a living, though.

good luck to those t's.

 

[ghordy]

My smithi and avic avic are in a tank with a divider. My fiance built this tank and the divider is siliconed in and there's no way that my T's could reach one another. My fiance also works with glass for a living, though.

They thought the Titanic was unsinkable too.

 

[JimM]

My smithi and avic avic are in a tank with a divider. My fiance built this tank and the divider is siliconed in and there's no way that my T's could reach one another. My fiance also works with glass for a living, though.

It's not difficult. I've done this many times making sumps for marine aquariums using smaller tanks. You need a piece/pieces of glass cut to the appropriate size and a tube a silicone - and yes once you've done this you effectively have two separate enclosures.

 

[EDED]

front heavy T vs leggy T

front heavy T vs rear leg heavy T

arboreal T vs fossorial

arboreal vs pet hole

im going to ruin this thread,,uh oh