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papilio said:
An absolutely mindblowing thread Jason!!! :D Same goes for your collection! Ah, someday ...

Seeing your new little L. nigerrimums, did you breed your female? She's so magnificent, really makes me sad about mine.

I just realized that I've got some others from Pat which I forgot to mention ... P. ornata slings and juvie (3-4" now) P. rufilatas ... yours perhaps? Best luck with the Borneos, BTW!!

I love the way you've set up some of your hides, siliconed to the side to keep the T visible! My P. formosa sub-adult female just molted last week too ... was wondering how this species has behaved in your experience? I got mine from Ana this past Christmas (as a present), but (judging by disturbances in her webbed-up hide entrance) she's only come out of her hide three times in as many months. As a photographer, pretty frustrating! ;) More than that though I hope she's getting the food and water she needs. I did pull her out of her hide about a month ago, nudged her to the water dish and she took a 20-minute drink! Are they typically this reclusive? I've never seen anything like it. I'm hoping that it was three months of pre-molt behavior and that she'll begin showing up more, but no change so far.

Thanks! Now back to surfing your magnificent thread ...
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Hey man, thanks for the compliments. As for my enclosures, I have totally abandoned siliconing/gluing things lately. I just use damp coco fiber to pack around the cork bark so it makes it nice and snug. In my personal experience P. formosa is a very reclusive pokie and doesn't come out much. I'm not sure if it's just the individual or it can be applied to all formosa, but my female is easily the most skittish pokie in my collection. The MM is a little more bold but still runs at the drop of a dime. My female hasn't molted since I don't know when. It's been so long I've lost track. Also, I did pair the L. nigerrimum and right now I have a bunch of EWL's in the incubator. Anyways, take care and thanks again! :)

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Hey man, thanks for the compliments. As for my enclosures, I have totally abandoned siliconing/gluing things lately. I just use damp coco fiber to pack around the cork bark so it makes it nice and snug. In my personal experience P. formosa is a very reclusive pokie and doesn't come out much. I'm not sure if it's just the individual or it can be applied to all formosa, but my female is easily the most skittish pokie in my collection. The MM is a little more bold but still runs at the drop of a dime. My female hasn't molted since I don't know when. It's been so long I've lost track. Also, I did pair the L. nigerrimum and right now I have a bunch of EWL's in the incubator. Anyways, take care and thanks again! :)
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Thanks for the feedback on the P. formosa, Jason. Really too bad, she's so beautiful with all that magenta on the carapace! The only photos I've gotten of her were taken right when she arrived, and they're not great. But I'll try to remember to post a couple of them one of these days.

Good luck with the little nigerrimums, and take care! :)
 
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Wow! The lampropelma nigerrimum is feisty! And the sumatra tiger is a beauty! Great collection and photos :)
 
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papilio said:
My keyboard's a mess from drooling over your collection! :eek:
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Lol! Thanks! :D

Hendersoniana said:
Wow! The lampropelma nigerrimum is feisty! And the sumatra tiger is a beauty! Great collection and photos :)
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Thanks man! Both the nigerrimum and the sumatra tiger are right up there in the mix of my favorite species. :)

syndicate said:
Nice shot man!Is this one from one of my sacks or a Ken import?
-Chris
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Thanks man. That's one of yours and they're growing like weeds! I'm hoping the other one is a male and matures soon because I also have 4 more from Ken who are all around 4". I'm guessing they're female as well? :)
 
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Ya she is very nice lookin!....

....how come this thread isnt 5 star??...i put my vote in everytime
 
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syndicate said:
Awesome man!Its always nice to see my kids growing up haha!
I'm sure you will have no problem breeding these down the road ;]
-Chris
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I know how you feel! I hope so Chris, they're one of my favorites and I'd love to get to hatch some out myself.

advan said:
Wow! She is gorgeous! :drool:
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Thanks, Chad. I concur! :)

crawltech said:
Ya she is very nice lookin!....

....how come this thread isnt 5 star??...i put my vote in everytime
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Thanks, bud. I'm not sure. I don't know what this vote thing is you speak of. I've noticed the stars before but never knew what they meant.

advan said:
I was thinking the same thing a few days ago. :D
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Well thanks! haha

papilio said:
Sorry to be such a noob Jason, didn't know about the voting thing ... just added my 5 stars. :D
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Thanks man! I didn't know about it either! lol

Here's my newest communal setup, a 10 gal housing 19 H. incei "Gold", all consisting of different sizes between .75"-2". I used fake plants because I don't have enough time to maintain a real setup, but I think it came out pretty nice anyways. It's been less than a week so there hasn't been much webbing, but I bet with a little bit of time they will cover the entire thing.


 
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Protectyaaaneck said:
Here's my newest communal setup, a 10 gal housing 19 H. incei "Gold", all consisting of different sizes between .75"-2". I used fake plants because I don't have enough time to maintain a real setup, but I think it came out pretty nice anyways. It's been less than a week so there hasn't been much webbing, but I bet with a little bit of time they will cover the entire thing.


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Beautiful...everyone loves communals.
 
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Pretty inspiring Jason! :) Right now I've got my whole collection in Vitaliy's enclosures, which are wonderful, but lately I'm really being pulled in the direction of full-blown faux-vivariums (sans the actual living plants) ... the more sophisticated the habitat, it seems, the more beautiful the Ts look.
 
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paassatt said:
Beautiful...everyone loves communals.
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Thanks a bunch! :)

papilio said:
Pretty inspiring Jason! :) Right now I've got my whole collection in Vitaliy's enclosures, which are wonderful, but lately I'm really being pulled in the direction of full-blown faux-vivariums (sans the actual living plants) ... the more sophisticated the habitat, it seems, the more beautiful the Ts look.
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Thanks Pap, I don't have any of Vitaliy's enclosures but I do have a few from tarantulacages. The reason I decided to make a tank myself this time around was because I had some acrylic laying around and I didn't feel like spending much money. The enclosure came out nice, but I think I'm going to add a few items and get some isopods for it as well. I don't want it to get too messy in there. :)

crawltech said:
lookin good dude!...and about time this thread got 5 star rating!
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Thanks bud! :D

Hendersoniana said:
Wow the H incei will definitely love that huge tank! Beautiful spiders :).
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Thanks and I'm sure they will! :)

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