TheNatural's Picture Thread

[Nate]

Terrific setups!!!!

I’ve stopped using drift wood because of molding. I bake the wood, have plenty ventilation and dry substrate. What are you doing differently? :?

 

[jw73]

Do you use tap water or destilled to water plants ? Do you fertilize plants ?
Your setups are splendid.
:clap: :worship: :clap:

 

[TheNatural]

Terrific setups!!!!

I’ve stopped using drift wood because of molding. I bake the wood, have plenty ventilation and dry substrate. What are you doing differently? :?

Hi Nate,

Well I usually use good wood sold in Aquarium pet shops.

Try to "cook" it with lots of salt. You can also varnish it with opaque shellac.

 

[TheNatural]

Do you use tap water or destilled to water plants ? Do you fertilize plants ?
Your setups are splendid.
:clap: :worship: :clap:

thanks a lot man. I use tap water and I never fertilize the plants.

 

[Anthony]

Very well done, time and effort well spent.They look like a piece of nature

 

[Nate]

Hi Nate,

Well I usually use good wood sold in Aquarium pet shops.

Try to "cook" it with lots of salt. You can also varnish it with opaque shellac.

Thanks for the reply but I'm a little lost on the salt. Do you rub salt all over the wood then cook it? What does that do?

 

[TheNatural]

Thanks for the reply but I'm a little lost on the salt. Do you rub salt all over the wood then cook it? What does that do?

I put salt in the water and than I boil it. Salt is a very good way to avoid fungus and bacteries. The wood absorbs salt and becomes much more resistant.

 

[TheNatural]

Some new pics:

B. smithi molting

B. smithi molting (super close-up)
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B. smithi post-molt

B. boehmei

G.rosea

P. regalis

P.irminia

G.alticeps

N. coloratovillosus

 

[TheDarkness]

go to the top gui...

I'm a <edit> crazy guy... And you too...

I continue buying T's, same knowing that this goes to take me to the ruin and the bankruptcy...

I not have much big T, at know my little knee-faces are collored...
but I have very beautiful T and soon they turn adult...

Bye

 

[Scolopendra55]

Great t's and fantastic enclosures!

 

[TheNatural]

new pics

P. pederseni

P. striata

P ornata

T. gigas

D. fasciatus

B. albospilosum

Euathlus. pulcherrimaklaasi

Grammostola aureostriata

Heterometrus laoticus

Aphonopelma bicoloratum

A.geniculata

Haplopelma schimidti

Haplopelma hainanun

More babies..

 

[Duc de Blangis]

great job on the enclosures and excellent pics. what i'm curious about is how do you keep the humidity up with such good ventilation? those look to me about as well ventilated as a kritter keeper, if not more and for the life of me i can't keep any humidity in those things.

 

[jwasted]

Wow that setup is really nice! I can't see how you do not get mold.

 

[Nate]

Wow that setup is really nice! I can't see how you do not get mold.

I'm thinking world location has something to do with it.

 

[Scorpiove]

Wow you have the most beautiful tanks. Hey mail me some plants.... j/k

 

[common spider]

Great looking T's and the setups are very very cool!


:clap:


The natural look is the bomb to me and you have done a very good job on your tanks.

 

[Cpt.nemO]

I'm thinking world location has something to do with it.

nah man, here we have long seasons of tropical humid warm if you know what i mean. from Brazil has dribbled the mould problem by the way he made his tanks very good ventilation systems

 

[TheNatural]

great job on the enclosures and excellent pics. what i'm curious about is how do you keep the humidity up with such good ventilation? those look to me about as well ventilated as a kritter keeper, if not more and for the life of me i can't keep any humidity in those things.

Hi Duc,

For the sp I want to keep high humidity, I mist 1 time a day and I overfill the water dish a lot, to keep the substract always very humid. Very good ventilation and keep it clean.

 

[Fierce Deity]

Does boiling the wood in salt water harm the T's at all? And what about that shallac stuff.

 

[TheNatural]

Does boiling the wood in salt water harm the T's at all? And what about that shallac stuff.

I don't think so, because the wood will absorbs a few quantity of salt anyway, If you use shallac U will protect the wood against almost everything and it will look natural as well. These are options but I prefer using "good wood" that doesn't decompose. Look for them in acquariun pet shops.