Tank Set up for A Chile Rose

[Richard Shah]

Yep tomorrow's my day off so lucky molly is going to get a bit of a household makeover. She'd best be excited!! To be honest; even though Tarantula's really only need the basics- I absolutely love augmenting her little home. It's virtually entirely for my benefit. I'm always on the look out for interesting things to put in her home or for her to eat. So far the most interesting thing I've seen is Bug gel! ingenious!

All good if you got the money - but if you are a broke kid who wants to see their spider, a water dish, good substrate, nice cave and a few rocks work all the best!!!!!!!!!
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

[Simon Norfolk]

Well molly's house has now had a total makeover. I've added 8 more litres of eco earth, bringing the substrate depth to around 4 inches, taken Marks advice and semi buried that log thing and now she has some ample space to burrow should she so wish. It's still not super deep but I reckon 4 inches should suffice. The substrate I've put in is still pretty damp which Molly doesnt appreciate but should dry out soon. I've also added another thermometer on the opposite side of the tank to the heat mat so i can more accurately monitor the indoor temperature. All in all looks pretty bloody good in there!

[Peter Lacey]

after using coco fibre I often use a heat mat to help dry it out for a couple of days. I'm sure she'll make herself at home. 4 inches is fine, from what I've read the more you add the deeper they may go so its a balance between having a retreat and having a pet hole

[Roy Patten]

Set up.

Hi Simon
I've been keeping T's now for quite some yrs, for Terrestrials all I have is a 12"x12"x12" tank about a couple of inches of substrate (peat & vermiculite) water dish & a piece of cork bark. This has been quite satisfactory for all the terrestrials. Cause I'm in the opinion that if you use to much substrate they get down and you never see them for mths on end.

As for Arboreals thats a different matter, if you want to know about them let us know Simon. Do you only have the one T, or are you going to become a collector like some of us. If so you wouldn't be able to fit many of what you have in a small spider room, unless you have a large room then it won't matter.
All the best.
Roy.

[SylviRigden]

The 2 Rosies I have don't use their hides, they seem to like sitting up high on something. My first one made her home on top of her flower pot and was a real devil to get off it. I could take her to the schools, take the lid off the tank and know that she wasn't going to leave the top of her precious pot whatever happened - just don't touch the spider lol. My next one, a RCF is the same, she likes it up on top of the cork bark, looking down on her 'little kingdom'.

[SylviRigden]

All good if you got the money - but if you are a broke kid who wants to see their spider, a water dish, good substrate, nice cave and a few rocks work all the best!!!!!!!!!
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

You need to save up your pocket money, you don't look like a kid in your photo, you look like a teenager. These things don't cost very much.