BenjaminBoa
Arachnosquire
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- Sep 1, 2011
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Alright so when I got my haplopelma lividum she was very emaciated, I didn't know this when I bought her because she was curled up underneath substrate, anyway I would feed her crickets but her opithsoma was not getting any bigger so I went out and bought her an anole to eat. She took the anole on day three after putting it in there, she struck it, backed away and waited about three seconds for it to die before dragging it into her burrow and getting fat again. (since then I returned to feeding her crickets) I don't know if she had just given birth or moulted or just was ill kept before I got her but shes been great now.
Anyway after buying that anole I did notice before he was eaten how surprisingly interesting they are with their curious behavior and color changing and I wanted to turn one of my aquariums into an anole tank.
The tank is about 20h x10w x10d It has a block of styrafoam in the back that was used to anchor pathos (which has covered it in leaves and areal roots) (it used to be used to anchor an orchid before it died) so the whole back wall is a thick matt of pathos, the bottom has hydro balls and coconut husk bedding topped with pillow mosses and lichens. After all of this planting the available space left for animals would be 16h x 10w x 8dx how many anoles could I keep in there, the tank is inside a closed system which is lit and heated to maintain 80% humidity and 75-80 degrees. (I have it inside a much larger insulated enclosure where I also put the enclosures for slings and iso tubs for my humidity loving tarantulas)
I know in the anole tank I will need a UVA UVB bulb and a basking spot in the day between 80-90 degrees, but would this tank be suitable for them? and how many could I house? All the care sheets I've seen say a ten gallon turned on it's side can only house two green anoles, that seems like a very small amount for such a large amount of open space.. is this true? If so are there any other animals I can house with them to add more to look at like giant milipedes, tree frogs, long tailed grass lizards, green grass snakes or anything?
Anyway after buying that anole I did notice before he was eaten how surprisingly interesting they are with their curious behavior and color changing and I wanted to turn one of my aquariums into an anole tank.
The tank is about 20h x10w x10d It has a block of styrafoam in the back that was used to anchor pathos (which has covered it in leaves and areal roots) (it used to be used to anchor an orchid before it died) so the whole back wall is a thick matt of pathos, the bottom has hydro balls and coconut husk bedding topped with pillow mosses and lichens. After all of this planting the available space left for animals would be 16h x 10w x 8dx how many anoles could I keep in there, the tank is inside a closed system which is lit and heated to maintain 80% humidity and 75-80 degrees. (I have it inside a much larger insulated enclosure where I also put the enclosures for slings and iso tubs for my humidity loving tarantulas)
I know in the anole tank I will need a UVA UVB bulb and a basking spot in the day between 80-90 degrees, but would this tank be suitable for them? and how many could I house? All the care sheets I've seen say a ten gallon turned on it's side can only house two green anoles, that seems like a very small amount for such a large amount of open space.. is this true? If so are there any other animals I can house with them to add more to look at like giant milipedes, tree frogs, long tailed grass lizards, green grass snakes or anything?