leg room.

[vincent winyard]

hi everyone just need some info on tank size. hopefully next week i'll be getting an adult female smithi but what im not sure about is if the tank i have for her is big enough. it's 12 by 12 by 12 inches as are all the others i have. i do have an adult female chilli rose in one and she seems very happy in there but i've heard that smithi's like a bit more room as they like to wander.

[Chris Sainsbury]

Hi
Sounds like plently of room to me.
cheers
Chris

[Colin D Wilson]

I agree with Chris, not many people keep their adult spiders of that and similar genus in much more floor space...
I would put in as much substrate as you can so the risk of damage from falling whilst climbing is minimalised though.

Colin

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Vicent, we use a 12 x 8 x 8 Wilco's tank, and she's happy enough in there.

[vincent winyard]

cheers colin just making sure.

[vincent winyard]

thanks for the info linda like i said to colin i just needed to make sure thats enough room thank's.

[vincent winyard]

cheers chriss sometimes i just need a second opinion thanks.

[matthew spooner]

easiest way to work out tank size is that the floor space needs to be atleast 2 and a half times the leg span of the spider

[vincent winyard]

ok thanks thats what i thought,