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    Hi,

    a flat-sharing community = of juvenile and subadult Poecilotheria subfuscas:








    all the best,
    Martin
    »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

  • #2
    What happens if one forgets to do the household chores?

    Does he get evicted?

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    • #3
      Hi,

      *lol*

      They are all a bit messy – like almost all of my spiders. That's why I have employed charladies: As charladies/garbagemen I put a small tropical woodlouse (probably the species is Trichorhina tomentosa) with about 4 - 5 mm bodylength in all of my moist tanks (they need the moisture otherwise they will dry out). They will eat anything which can mould and keep the tanks clean. =

      all the best,
      Martin
      »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Martin Huber
        Hi,

        *lol*

        They are all a bit messy – like almost all of my spiders. That's why I have employed charladies: As charladies/garbagemen I put a small tropical woodlouse (probably the species is Trichorhina tomentosa) with about 4 - 5 mm bodylength in all of my moist tanks (they need the moisture otherwise they will dry out). They will eat anything which can mould and keep the tanks clean. =

        all the best,
        Martin
        Are you coming to the show this year?

        If so I'd be extremely grateful if you could bring a couple of these garbagemen with you for me - I could really do with them in my Haplopelma tanks

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        • #5
          Not sure yet if I will there – would like to of course! Remind me some days before and I will bring you a starter culture to the BTS show. Otherwise I can send you a couple via snail mail next spring (at the moment it is too cold, it's freezing here) or piggyback with someone who is coming to the International Theraphosid Meeting in Stuttgart - Kornwestheim.

          Cheers,
          Martin
          »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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          • #6
            .


            BTW, her is a close up shot of these small tropical woodlice I use: >>click here<<

            And here they are in action (in a P. cambridgei tank, eating the remains of a roach [Blaptica dubia] which has eaten a carrot itself short before getting eaten by the P. cambridgei): >>click here<<. After one or two days, you only will see the remains of the chitin left.

            Cheers,
            Martin
            »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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            • #7
              Hi martin is there any chance(when it gets warmer of course) that i could purchase a starter culture from you.I could do with some maids!
              Cheers
              Brendan

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              • #8
                Hi "BigEars",

                Originally posted by Aviculariinae
                Hi martin is there any chance(when it gets warmer of course) that i could purchase a starter culture from you.I could do with some maids!
                yep, should be no problem, normally I have a lot surplus.
                BTW: BTS members will get a starter culture just for the shipping costs! =

                all the best,
                Martin

                This website contains a lot of photos of spiders, especially of tarantulas.

                »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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                • #9
                  Poecilotheria subfusca, young female:






                  all the best,
                  Martin
                  »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Martin Huber
                    Poecilotheria subfusca, young female:


                    all the best,
                    Martin
                    Now thats a great looking Poecilotheria

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Martin Huber
                      .


                      BTW, her is a close up shot of these small tropical woodlice I use: >>click here<<

                      And here they are in action (in a P. cambridgei tank, eating the remains of a roach [Blaptica dubia] which has eaten a carrot itself short before getting eaten by the P. cambridgei): >>click here<<. After one or two days, you only will see the remains of the chitin left.

                      Cheers,
                      Martin
                      Wow can I get some too

                      Visit my web site @ http://www.gwrightstarantulacare.co.uk

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                      • #12
                        Hi Martin. Why You breed them together? I know that some Poecilotheria can be breed together, but exist some risk that they kill eachother.

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                        • #13
                          Hi Zibi,

                          Originally posted by Zibi
                          Why You breed them together?
                          'cause I don't have enough money for an own tank for each individual! =

                          seriously: I want to study their behaviour.

                          Cheers,
                          Martin
                          »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Martin Huber
                            Hi Zibi,

                            Originally posted by Zibi
                            Why You breed them together?
                            'cause I don't have enough money for an own tank for each individual! =

                            seriously: I want to study their behaviour.

                            Cheers,
                            Martin
                            LOL
                            By now, what can You say about their behaviour?

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                            • #15
                              Hi,
                              Originally posted by Zibi

                              LOL
                              By now, what can You say about their behaviour?
                              not much since they are not adult yet – the first specimens are now subadult. Boris STRIFFLER wrote an article about his experiences of keeping and breeding them in communal tanks:
                              • STRIFFLER, B. (2002): Poecilotheria subfusca POCOCK, 1895: Gemeinschaftshaltung und Nachzucht. Reptilia 7(6): 36-41.

                              all the best,
                              Martin
                              »ARACHNE« – The Journal of the German Arachnology Society

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