Sling setup pics

[Robotponys]

Yeah, I have a similar setup for my versi, but a little taller. I do use the lid as the bottom. Makes for easy cleanup. The versi never comes down from the top.



I get mine from Hobby Lobby. The one my versi is in was $1.47. They come in all different sizes though. I'm building a supply of them. haha



The smallest is 1"x1"x3".

How do you get the food to land on the web? How can you do any maintenance on the web or remove the sling?

[ShadowBlade]

Even though that picture is over three years old, as for your questions, you shouldn't have to make the food land on the web. In a container that small, the sling will still get the insect. You shouldn't have to do much maintenance on the web, but even so, removing the top and flipping it upside will work fine. And with the container flipped upside down, just a little prodding will get it to run 'up' and out of the container. Easy to retrieve the sling.

-Sean

[Quazgar]

How do you get the food to land on the web? How can you do any maintenance on the web or remove the sling?

As ShadowBlade said, don't worry about it. Just throw the cricket in and the sling will get it. I have my versis set up like this and they have no problem getting it. The crickets often end up climbing the fake plant (if the versi doesn't climb down to get it). The web I leave alone. They build it up, tear some down, and build back up again. And if I want to remove the sling for any reason, I usually turn the top part upside down and use something long, like a pencil. The sling will climb up and out normally.

[BenjaminBoa]

I buy those locking lidded divided betta containers, heat a metal pick and add more side ventalation and put some charcoal and gravel on the bottom with a little eco earth and moss ontop with a few fake plants or live pothos sprigs. Once the sling is a little bigger I remove the divider. I'll post pics later today, I gotta figure out how to move them from my phone onto the web XD I use the charcoal coz I'm terrified of mold growing in my tanks, I have my guys in my basement so I take all sorts of measures against mold since I'm sure spores are in abundance in a basement setting.

[tangoblue37]

I use amac boxes from the container store. they are clear all around, and IMO better for display if that matters to you. They come in lots of sizes, but the ones I use for my 1" slings are only 69 cents and I drill holes in them. (For the record, I have since learned that for arboreals they do best with the lids as the bottom)

There is such a thing as a container store! wow that is un-be-livable.

[Danielson]

It sucks that i can't find containers like amac in the UK, i want one so bad!