Had one awhile ago but never new this was an option. It's a beautiful species alone and than putting a true tarantularium affect into it just excites me. ......Again awesome job! :worship:
They are very neat T's...she loves the water! She spends most of her time in or near the pond. She gave me a threat post underwater, upside down yesteday! Very impressive. I put my hand in the water to see what the temp was like and she swam out from under a log and tried to nail me! Apparently that's her pond now and I'm not welcome! As for communal, I'm not sure yet...I had a whole sack live communal until they were 2"+ and no deaths...they all worked together. But I'm not sure if another adult would work...I'm checking into that.
The fish has higher calcium so I'm going to limit those...but I can always feed her roaches and put them on the water to flutter & let her nail those.
You know what they say...size doesn't matter. LOL
Any tank I'm sure the T's appreciate...I have several 5gal that are small but elaborate. I just like the big display tanks. Rob
I can't wait to get it on video! It will be very cool!
When you find out please PM me and let me know. I was going to buy a T. Apophysis from reptist, but after seeing these guys AND the possibility that I could keep several in the same tank for the same price, I'm seriously reconsidering. Even if they can't be kept communally, I'll be getting one soon.
Thank-you!!!! I am glad you liked it......rob
They are about 2"....and I only keep them in there for a week then remove them, you are totaly correct on that part, I used to keep fish also....robLooks great Rob! I never knew about all that!
On a side note, you know my work background and I just wanted to add a little insight. This is not to bash what you are doing at all, this is just to offer some thoughts and concerns that I have regarding the set up. It looks like you have about 3-4 gallons of water?
How big are the fish? My guess that they are the small livebearers if we couldn't see them on video. First off, I wouldn't put too many in there at once because of ammonia spike will kill most of them. Also, the water will be room temp, or 81-82ish degrees?This is very hot for fish and it will allow more bad bacteria to harvest. I would think to add some tetracycline in it initially to kind of keep control a little. Lastly, do you plan to always have fish in there and be healthy? If a fish gets sick because of infection and your T eats it, your T can get sick. Would you go outside to find a cricket and feed it to your T if there is a chance that it isn't 100% healthy? I just think it is hard to monitor a food source inside of a T enclosure.
*on a side note, keep your eyes open for my new enclosure
My fishing gigas setup has a removable fish-hole to help avoid some issues and make it easier etc, and my gigas has already eaten fish. :}
I will get a lot of natutral ehavoir on video....I am changing a few things tonight to the enclosure, I will post a update....rob...
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rob you are the man! i want to be just like you when i grow up
edit - try capturing some natural behavior in video like she going in or out the water for herself, that would be pretty cool!
