New 75 gal for my rosie

[Nick_schembri]

I just set up this tank for my g. rosea, kate. I intend to breed her someday. Since the tank is quite big with quite a few hiding places I think I'll try keeping the male in there with her for a while.
The tank is 4 feet (75 gal).

Nicky.

 

[karin]

That is really one huge tank u have for ur rosea.
But isit advisable to have such a huge tank for an avg sized T?

Also, if food is not eaten, they might breed in there in some obscure corner of the tank.. And babies will emerge, causing irritance to the T..

 

[MilkmanWes]

That is a rather lush and tropical setup for a Rosea. They come from a very arid and dry climate naturally. If you want a large naturalistic enclosure you might want to make it match the animal a bit better.

 

[Nick_schembri]

Eventually it will house my T.blondi but its still too small. I always make sure she eats anything I give her. If not I remove it.

 

[Nick_schembri]

I also researched chile and from what I found it seems that the climate allows lush vegetation since its mainly temperate rainforests. I didn't know that g.rosea originates from a dry arid environment. Does it live outside the rainforest?

 

[MilkmanWes]

Chile is bisected by a mountain range. Moist air from the sea is kept on one side making the area lush, the moisture shadow of the mountains however will be desert. This is a a fairly common geographic feature.

Chile's tourism board really doesn't want the desert part talked about perhaps.

 

[MilkmanWes]

Eventually it will house my T.blondi but its still too small. I always make sure she eats anything I give her. If not I remove it.

Lots of places for a cricket to hide in there. The blondi would like it, just add another few inches of soil for burrowing.

 

[jbrd]

i for one think it is a nice set-up and will be a great enclosure for almost any T with proper maintinence and care.

 

[CIRE]

That definitely does not look like a G. rosea setup...like you said, you should probably save something like that for a T. blondi, and put your rosea back somewhere where it will not be exposed to so much humidity (btw, have you measured the humidity in there yet???)

I know from personal experience with Venus flytraps that they require alot of humidity to thrive, so if you want either your T or plant to thrive, one of them has to go imo....

 

[omer]

i think its one of the most beautiful set ups i ever saw :clap: but not for that T' (like every body said). hwo tall is the tank?

 

[omer]

hwo=how

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

nice setup, but definitely not for a G. rosea.

Question...ive never had a venus fly trap...but what would happen if your G. rosea stepped on it? lol. Just curious

 

[Mike H.]

IMO its way to large for "any" type of spider...it looks great tho...if you are gonna put a spider in there remove the wood chips and use clean soil or peat moss....


Regards, Mike

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

actually, what I would do with it is make a communal setup with lots of hide spots, and get maybe some avic's or another communal species. That would be really neat, and the space would then be necessary
And look at it this way, it's an excuse to get more T's!!

 

[Jetzie]

Noticed barkchips in there.. just hoping there werent pine chips. they're kindda poisonous

 

[Rob1985]

Ya know that would make an pretty good reptile enclosure, I would never put a T in there,way too big!!!. My adult G.rosea is sitting in a 4 gallon kritter keeper and loves it. I agree that there is way too many places for a crivket to hide in and definatly put more substrate in. Also lose the wood chip, use peat moss!!!

 

[Bloodletting]

Everyone seems focused on how big it is. Who cares, I think it looks awesome. They live in the wild originally and that is even bigger than that tank. As long as it is kept clean and dead insects removed, I would be a pretty happy T. living in that tank. OK, go ahead, I know many of you are going to slam me now. Well, maybe slam is too harsh a word. Speak your opinions. Now naturally, you need to fit the type of T to the proper environment, once that is done....then you will have a great set-up!!


Scott

 

[Nick_schembri]

The humidity in there is pretty high. So I guess I'll have to remove the g.rosea. The tank was originally set up for the plants but I think that would be a waste. So I'll move the T to a 4 gal with less hiding spaces. I think the T prefers this tank tho, coz she spends the whole night walking around. She's a lot more active now than she was in the smaller tank. As Rob said It would look good with reptiles, I wouldn't mind putting a boa in there or maybe a kingsnake.

I think it will be quite some time before my blondi grows into that tank.

Nicky.

 

[Rob1985]

Everyone seems focused on how big it is. Who cares, I think it looks awesome. They live in the wild originally and that is even bigger than that tank.

Scott

Female T's usually don't venture more then a matter of feet from thier burrow or hide. So making something like that isn't needed. Maybe a male would benefit from something that, but for most T's it is a too big

 

[Rob1985]

The humidity in there is pretty high.waste. So I'll move the T to a 4 gal with less hiding spaces. I think the T prefers this tank tho, coz she spends the whole night walking around. She's a lot more active now than she was in the smaller tank.

I think it will be quite some time before my blondi grows into that tank.

Nicky.

the G.rosea doesn't need much humidity, just a waterdish. Is your roaming or looking for a dry spot? How big is your T.blondi?