The H. gigas Project.

[dennis]

Originally posted by genious_gr
Do you plan to just feed it fish? Cause if you want to give it crickets, they will most probably fall in the water.....
What about cutting another screen to place over the water when feeding it crickets??

That's an interesting thing!! I haven't thought of that myself, lets hear what Bill has to say about it .

Dennis

 

[genious_gr]

BTW, I really think this project should be placed in a site. Do you plan to? I've got some free space

 

[genious_gr]

Originally posted by genious_gr
Do you plan to just feed it fish? Cause if you want to give it crickets, they will most probably fall in the water.....
What about cutting another screen to place over the water when feeding it crickets??

Stupid me:8o
I forgot you placed an entire divider on the tank. I'm sorry for the space my posts have been taking up.
Keep us updated!!!! Great work.!!!

 

[conipto]

Originally posted by genious_gr
Stupid me:8o
I forgot you placed an entire divider on the tank. I'm sorry for the space my posts have been taking up.
Keep us updated!!!! Great work.!!!

That's part of what the removable divider is for, yes. However, I still see a possibility of them climbing the corners and jumping over the brackets into the water. Still working on that (and trying to plug a super-slow leak that I can't find)

As for putting it in a web page, sure, why not. Seems like it'd be simple enough to do. I'd rather wait to see if it actually WORKS though

Bill

 

[Valael]

So what ever happened with the substrate, gold fish, and/or spider? I'm impatient! I must know!

 

[krystal]

apparently everything worked out according to plan (as if we expected anything less from bill). he accidently killed off three of his fish due to the temp in the water, but gail gave good "keeping goldfish alive" feedback. he's got everything together--the fish are swimming, the h. gigas is in its burrow after a moult (which ended in a very nasty 6.5" spider), and i believe there's only a teeny tiny leak, but bill said he'd spit in the water everyday to keep the water level up.

i think he's just waiting to load his pictures to post 'em.

i'm pretty sure bill said something about his next tarantula set-up project including running water and a barbecue pit.

 

[conipto]

Yep, Ms. Krystal is correct. I did plug the leak though, and when I woke up this morning, Subject A was trying to get around the divider. Hopefully that's a good sign. I have more picutres on the way.

Bill

 

[Valael]

Did I miss a second thread that was started about this or something?

 

[conipto]

Nah, I just never kept fish before, and had one in the watering hole about that. I'll add that part when I get the other pics uploaded.

Bill

 

[conipto]

Part IV - Wrapping up.

Well, I finally got everything up and running, my H. gigas is burrowed, and thanks to Gail and others, the fish are alive..for now. Here's a few pics of everything in place. After this, only one more pic to go, if I can get it.

Bill

Here's Subject A heading for her predug burrow opposite the tank.

 

[conipto]

How to let fish adjust.. who knew.

 

[conipto]

Fish swimming about, and as of now all are still alive.

 

[conipto]

In the burrow, and happy.

 

[conipto]

And one last pic of the final project.

I'll be opening the divider tonight, as she's burrowed up pretty good.

Bill

 

[Nixy]

That looks perty darned great.
Thanks for sharing that with us.

 

[genious_gr]

Yea that project is SUPER.
BTW, could you tell me the dimensions of the whole tank?? so I can get an idea of how big it is.. (don't just say it's a 10 gallon tank cause here in Greece we don't use that and I just dont get how big it is....)
Thanks

 

[conipto]

Sure, It's about 10 inches x 20 inches x 12 inches. The divider is six inches from the closer wall to it, and goes up 7 inches high on the fixed portion.

Bill

 

[Valael]

Ever release her? Any fish poof?

 

[That Guy]

Thats would be nice to see a pic of it going to get a fish

 

[conipto]

My fish all died.. I must be a terrible fishkeeper. Anyhow, I'm gonna try tommorrow night with new water and fish, and remove the divider.

Bill