Holothele incei communal setup

[Dave Shinn]

Hi all! Just thought I'd give an update on my H. incei communal setup as since joining the forum I've not had a chance. In August I got 3 H. incei slings, all 3 are in the same enclosure. Within a few hours they had all found their own little homes and began to start laying down web. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that one had moulted, and yesterday when I went to mist the tank I found that another one had also moulted. I very rarely see the slings as they spend alot of time in their burrows, but they all appear to be feeding as I put in 6-7 small crickets every 3-4 days and they soon disappear. I was wondering if anybody else on here has a similar setup and if they could share their experiences with me. I shall post some pics soon of the few glimpses I have had of them

Dave

[Nicola Dolby]

Hi Dave, Any chance of some pics of your set-up? I thought about doing this myself in the summer but went for some GBBs instead. A few pics might help as I've not given up on the idea yet and might still go for it! Many thanks,
Nicola

[Christopher Smallman]

Not sure if you have ever visited Arachnoboards over in the USA.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=193984

If you go down to the bottom of the above post there is a list of other threads one or two about communal set-ups.

If I could find 5 somewhere at a good price I would love to give it a go

Chris.

[Dave Shinn]

Hi Nicola, my set up is rather simple, it's just a 12x6x6 glass enclosure with alot of coco husk and cork bark in it


I haven't had any problems, although when one of the slings moulted I have no idea where it's shed is, I guess it's in the burrow somewhere ha ha. I also had a slight mould issue but the woodlice have sorted that for me

Thanks for the information Chris, it was on one of those forums I came across a Canadian set up that made me go for a communal set up

Dave