MGery92
Arachnosquire
- Joined
- May 21, 2017
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Hello guys!
This is my first post and thread here, on Arachnoboards. I have reading AB since August, and it is a daily program now. I can learn here something every day, I got the most information from you. A big thanks for this great forum.
First of all, sorry for my English. It is not my mother tongue, I still have much to learn.
I always wanted to have an exotic pet (besides fish, that I currently have). Last year, I saw an A. geniculata on a Hungarian website. After hours of searching, I have already felt in love with these wonderful creatures. I have been keeping T’s since October, and I already have 28 of them. Okay, I know it was bold (maybe foolish?) to raise a big collection like this in such little time, but I have money, space and time for them (still, I work in full time, and I am a student of a university). All of them are in good shape, they eats and molts well.
Two of my bigger spiders moved to their adult enclosures on Friday (I think these will be good for them in the rest of their lives). I have questions about these two.
My Aphonopelma seemanni arrived last December, she molted once in my care, she is my avatar. She is one of the most beautiful spider ladies, that I have ever seen. I am sure that she is blue form, and I got her for 11 USDs only. Dimensions of her new enclosure: 11”X10”X8.5”. The lower, moist layer of the substrate is a 75/25 mix of plantation soil and sphagnum peat moss. The upper, dry layer of the substrate is sphagnum peat moss. That is forest moss on the sub (bought in shop). The hide is a half cut plastic flower pot, with fake plants hot glued to it. She is mostly standing on the moss, sometimes she walks around.
Is it a proper enclosure for her? Is that a good hide for her, with enough darkness? Should I give her a bigger dish? Is the substrate too moist?
My Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens arrived last December too, he molted three times in my care. I think that he is a male. Dimensions of his new enclosure: 11”X10”X8.5”. The lower, moist layer of the substrate is a 75/25 mix of plantation soil and sphagnum peat moss. The upper, dry layer of the substrate is sphagnum peat moss. That is oak-tree leaves on the sub (bought in shop, free of parasites). The hide is a terracotta flower pot. The plastic sticks are used to keep the fake leaves together, I put them in for anchor points. I gave him a water dish only, the upper layer of the sub is bone dry. What do you guys think, is it a proper enclosure for him?
Thanks for the replies, comments, critics and any bit of info in advance. Means a lot!
And sorry for my English again.
Greetings from Hungary!
This is my first post and thread here, on Arachnoboards. I have reading AB since August, and it is a daily program now. I can learn here something every day, I got the most information from you. A big thanks for this great forum.
First of all, sorry for my English. It is not my mother tongue, I still have much to learn.
I always wanted to have an exotic pet (besides fish, that I currently have). Last year, I saw an A. geniculata on a Hungarian website. After hours of searching, I have already felt in love with these wonderful creatures. I have been keeping T’s since October, and I already have 28 of them. Okay, I know it was bold (maybe foolish?) to raise a big collection like this in such little time, but I have money, space and time for them (still, I work in full time, and I am a student of a university). All of them are in good shape, they eats and molts well.
Two of my bigger spiders moved to their adult enclosures on Friday (I think these will be good for them in the rest of their lives). I have questions about these two.
My Aphonopelma seemanni arrived last December, she molted once in my care, she is my avatar. She is one of the most beautiful spider ladies, that I have ever seen. I am sure that she is blue form, and I got her for 11 USDs only. Dimensions of her new enclosure: 11”X10”X8.5”. The lower, moist layer of the substrate is a 75/25 mix of plantation soil and sphagnum peat moss. The upper, dry layer of the substrate is sphagnum peat moss. That is forest moss on the sub (bought in shop). The hide is a half cut plastic flower pot, with fake plants hot glued to it. She is mostly standing on the moss, sometimes she walks around.
Is it a proper enclosure for her? Is that a good hide for her, with enough darkness? Should I give her a bigger dish? Is the substrate too moist?
My Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens arrived last December too, he molted three times in my care. I think that he is a male. Dimensions of his new enclosure: 11”X10”X8.5”. The lower, moist layer of the substrate is a 75/25 mix of plantation soil and sphagnum peat moss. The upper, dry layer of the substrate is sphagnum peat moss. That is oak-tree leaves on the sub (bought in shop, free of parasites). The hide is a terracotta flower pot. The plastic sticks are used to keep the fake leaves together, I put them in for anchor points. I gave him a water dish only, the upper layer of the sub is bone dry. What do you guys think, is it a proper enclosure for him?
Thanks for the replies, comments, critics and any bit of info in advance. Means a lot!
And sorry for my English again.
Greetings from Hungary!