Hello, my name is Robin :)

[Robin Johannessen]

Haplopelma lividum enclosure

This is how I made my Haplopelma lividum enclosure:
First off, I try to figure out in what kind of landscape the tarantula come from. When I have done that, I usually search the web for pictures from that area. If I see something I like, I try to reconstruct a little part of it, into my enclosure.

This time, I decided to use an old root my stepfather made me some years ago.



I think this root is perfect, since it`s hollow, and has many entrances/exits.

Usually I use enclosures with doors infront, but becasue the H.lividum likes alot of sybstrate, I decided to use one with the lid above.


To moisten the peat, i add water and peat into a suitable tank, and leave it in for about 15-30 minutes. Then i squeeze the peat until it`s free of superfluous water.(Hard work!!)


Here, alomst the entire enclosure is filled with peat, except where the root is. I also have stuffed all the holes in the root.


Then, I added a little plant with unknown name :P


Then,I cover almost all the ground space with moss and add some pices of leaves and other suitable details.


Time to add a spider


Looking around in it`s new home, still a little bit skeptic


overview


The glass behind the enclosure with the inscription "Aass", is a Norwegian beerbrand.

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My personal hellhole


Please excuse my lacking english grammar

Greets
Robin

[Glen Feasey]

Robin,

Absolutly excellent!

I really liked this thred, and would love to see some some next time you create a tank. Keep em' coming!

Thanks again, Glen

[Robin Johannessen]

Time for a little update again

This time I will try to make a decent enclosure for my A.geniculata

Mixing some peat and water


The "ingredients"


I always makes "peat balls". Try to squeeze out the redundant water.


Adding a root and alot of peat to the enclosure


Still trying to keep real plants alive in my enclosures :P


With moss added


Trowed in some leaf


Background


Spider moving in


Still a little nervous


caught hwer on tape while removing some dirt from her new home


Greets
Robin

[Richard Goram]

Amazing set ups. I'd love to do something like this for some of my tarantulas and this has given me some good ideas. Thankyou for sharing, and the video was excellent (nice music aswell, Sepultura).

[Daniel Carpenter]

Love the tank set up and the vid ....i find it amazing to watch them move soil and then like *tuck* it into place ....cheers,
Dan.

[Robin Johannessen]

Thanks Guys
The video part was a little hard to shoot, because the spider stopped moving everytime it spottet me :P

I love Sepultura with Max on vocal

[Glen Feasey]

Robin, what an amazing video!

I love the idea of video sharing! What next? Live T webcams?

Keep them coming Robin!

In admiration, Glen

[Robin Johannessen]

Robin, what an amazing video!

I love the idea of video sharing! What next? Live T webcams?

Before my computer crashed, I had a live Scorpion (Mesobuthus martensii) cam ..
It was just a test project. The plan was to install it in one of my "active T`s" enclosure :P

[Daniel Carpenter]

That would be well gd if you had that running...you could have it running from evening to the morning coz T's are most active then and it would save the electric bill.... Only an idea...
Dan.

[Robin Johannessen]

A little update

My new little,but fat Grammostola pulchra


My Cyriopagopus sp. Singapore "blue"


The Citharischius crawshayi has decided where to live :P




Poecilotheria fasciata sling, having a snack


Megaphobema robustum


Grammostola rosea having a B.dubia for lunch


Chromatopelma cyaneopubecsens molted some days ago


Cyclosternum fasciatum


Greets
Robin

[Daniel Carpenter]

Amazing pictures, loved the Cyriopagopus sp. Singapore "blue" and the Chromatopelma cyaneopubecsens ...brill,
Dan.