Post pics of your terrarium!

[Fince]

Fince - What is that crawling on top of the enclosure?

Hi becca81!

That is one Plastic spider (Plasticopelma sp. ). Three hot photos for you from this rare species:

The spider in it's cage....

Dorsal view....

Ventral view (the spider be in the proecdysis ).

 

[Apocalypstick]

Fince, I have almost the exact "rare" black spider... but for some reason they felt the need to cover it with some kind of 'fuzz'. More than one poor soul has glimpsed it sitting by my T tank and screamed in horror that my viscious spider was on the loose

 

[Tarantula]

Here are the pics!! Sorry I dont have digital cam, so i must pic with my mobile, so pics are bad! :8o :wall: :wall:

That is WAY to big for that size of T.

 

[Fince]

Fince, I have almost the exact "rare" black spider... but for some reason they felt the need to cover it with some kind of 'fuzz'. More than one poor soul has glimpsed it sitting by my T tank and screamed in horror that my viscious spider was on the loose

Hehe Evil plastic spiders :evil:

 

[becca81]

Garfico - is that cactus real?

Did you make the tank yourself?

 

[Garficro]

Nope tank is from my old fish! cactus is real! Is that bad?? If it is i'm geting it out right away! :wall: :wall: :wall:

 

[metzgerzoo]

Yes, having a real cactus in there is bad, it can puncture a T. Also, that tank looks HUGE for that little spiderling you gave a picture of. You don't wan your enclosure to be too big, especially for a s'ling.

 

[Garficro]

Why is it bad if tank is too huge?? What can hapen? Cactus is going out!!

 

[metzgerzoo]

Generally, if an enclousure is too large, especially for a spiderling, they will have more difficulty finding food. One of the greatest misconceptions people tend to have is that in the wild, tarantulas have this HUGE roaming area, thus, needing large enclousures. Well, they do have all the room in the world to roam in the wild, except for one thing, tarantulas do not roam. Once they find or make a burrow, web, whatever they rarely venture more than several inches out from that area. They are passive hunters, meaning, they don't go out searching for food, they wait until it comes to them. So, to end my rambling, they don't need a huge enclousure because they won't use it and it can prove counter productive, especially with slings.
Hope that helps.

 

[Garficro]

THX!! She is alredy 1month in that tank, so i dont think she is "unhappy"!

 

[Jetzie]

hehe, no pun intended but it may be been unhappy for 1 mth already

 

[Faunya]

Here's a few of my containers...the one on the right (containing a Haplopelma sp.) is in need of repair, since the hot glue came off the corner...hence the tape until we have time to dig him out and fix the tank properly.

 

[Lorgakor]

This tank belongs to my T. blondi, Hagrid. He's in his pot as usual.

And this one belongs to my brand new E. campestratus, Charlotte. She's hiding behind the plant.

And last, this is for the baby, my B. smithi sling Red. Also hiding behind the plant, but you can still see her.

 

[Fince]

My blondi's terrarium.