south american fishing spider

[albob]

has anyone ever kept a south american fishing spider i have the oportunity to buy one and they sound amazing diving under water to catch food any tips on houseing

[Helio]

are u talkin' bout Dolomedes sp? I'll try to catch one tomorrow when I go fishing with my father.There are many swamps here in brazil that they are easily caught

[TNeal]

Hey,

Send me one of those fishing spiders too will ya?:worship:

How would you set one of those guys up? In an aquarium with just water and aquatic plants?

Tom

[Helio]

I got a juv, and i'll hunt a male to climb her soon xD

I'm setting up the aqua-terrarium, with a (i don't know this in english, so ill call as in brazil: "Isopor") as an floating island, and ill put artificial plants and grass on it... in the subwater floor I put some aquarium stones, i think it is cool

[orcrist]

Usually the spiders marketed as "south american fishing spiders" are ancylometes, which are only distant relatives to dolomedes and quite a bit larger.

Search "ancylometes" in this forum and you'll get a lot of information.

[Helio]

I am certain that teh one I got is dolomedes