Forum: Vivariums and Terrariums

I love DYI projects but I hate when I have something in mind and can't find it. For those that flip tanks. What do you use to lock / keep the door closed? I have been trying to find something like what comes with the Marty Made cages. A simple little thumb lock that's spring loaded. I'm...

I may be getting an arboreal this weekend, a sling or small juvie, probably an Avic. This will be my first arboreal, and I want to make sure I'm doing this right. Even if I don't end up getting one, I'll at least have this enclosure ready for when I do. These are the materials I used: ...

Here's the setup I have for my first T, a G. Rosea. Cage is a plastic container from the Wal Mart home organization section, water dish, hide, and substrate purchased at Petco. Substrate is Eco Earth coco fiber. 2" of substrate on the floor, which leaves about 4-5" of wall space from floor...

Super stoked on my new home for my .5" OBT. It's a 8"x3" display case from Michael's craft store. I put about an inch of substrate tightly packed and a tiny little hide/burrow I made out of bark. I also added a blue goldstone rock I bought for myself but thought it was a nicer decor for my future...

Is lilac tree/bush bark and apple tree bark safe for a tarantula? I got a bunch of these in my backyard that I think would look neat in an enclosure. Thanks!

here is a video of my enclosures.

So I just got a new T that requires a little more heat than average. Would anyone oppose the idea of placing a small heat pad under one end of the tank and seeing how she reacts to it? The tank is 10 gallons and is filled with 6.5-7 in. of substrate so I wouldn't think a smallish heat pad could...

American Science and Surplus sells clear plastic tubes 6" tall and 2 1/8" diameter at $3.85 for 8. Good arboreal sling housing at a great price.

My 3 inch p. Rufilata is in need of a bigger enclosure but I think it is in early premolt should I wait until it's molted or is it safe to rehouse now. I had a bad experience with my first p. Metallica, which was much smaller and subsequently died but it was closer to actually molting than my...

Well hello everybody;) As you may or may not know, I have had my Brachypelma Vagans for many (8+ years). To celebrate this occasion, I decided on a little terrarium upgrade;) I have always kept her in something like a critter keeper, and it worked very well!

5.5 gallon aquarium with screen top from petco. 2" of Eco earth mixed with vermiculite and New Zealand sphagnum moss, little pink aquarium rocks dusted on top. The hide is wood bark I found on a bike ride, boiled in hot water to sterilize and dried out then hot glue gunned together to form a nice...

I would like to use any (or all) of the things listed above in some of my spiders enclosures but I don't know how to prepare them. I know I need to boil the leaf litter but for how long? I heard baking rocks causes them to explode, is this true? If not, how long do I bake them at what temp? And...