This is a quick start on a journal thread for this viv setup that I have been working on for a little while now. I already have plants and most everything else in it.
My intention is to keep a single Avicularia sp. tarantula in here. Avicularia are South American/Caribbean arboreal spiders and among the most attractive of tarantulas. Here is a Wikipedia, Creative Commons picture of A. versicolor...
I was working on the setup some more tonight and got a quick picture here of the top rear panel with fan, knob handle, hygrometer and thermometer.
I am trying to source an adult or sub-adult spider to introduce to the tank. I haven't settled with any particular species, but that A. versicolor would be a nice one to use.
This setup was just sitting messy-looking for a few months, but I decided to clean it up and rearrange things a couple of weeks ago. The spider is still in there, but she is hiding in one of the rear top corners. She likes the glass the best: it's too bad she doesn't like to climb on the manzanita much. I have some pretty cool plants in here.
I can't imagine reaching in there and casually moving plants around. Housing such a creature in a tank that you emphasized is more about the plants makes my skin crawl!
I cleaned up this setup last night and got a couple of quick photos. I have changed the planting again and now it is almost all mini collector palms in there.
This is one of my favorite setups that I have ever made. It is so simple, but just perfect. I spend a couple of minutes every day looking in there. I like the spider a lot too. If you look you can see her pink toes over on the right.
Look! I have update photo from the other night. If you look real close you will see the spider.
I have changed the planting a little bit more. The plants in this setup are awesome. This terrarium is probably my favorite project that I have made. I spend a couple of minutes staring into it every day.
Those are special plants. I spent a lot of time researching them and looking for them. They are true miniature palms that stay small and grow slow. Here are the ones that I have in there.
Thanks so much. This spider is really sweet and mellow. I built the wood feature with manzanita branches attached to a plast plate with stainless steel screws.
I like the setup a lot! I've always wanted to set up a riparium as well housing some orchid praying mantises.
I looked up some videos about your spider on youtube and the first one that came up was it biting someone. Haha. Have you tried to handle it?
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