37G Planted Viv for Avic

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37G Planted Viv for Avic

Hi everybody!

I just joined up here. I haven't kept tarantulas since I was a little kid but I am going to be getting an Avicularia (still deciding on a species) to go with a terrarium setup that I have been working on.

I link a picture of the setup below. I am more of a plant hobbyist and actually I do have a few pretty cool plants in there. I'm trading the plants for a spider.

 
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yeah that tank IS pretty B.A..... i really like the grain and coloring on that piece of wood too...
 
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Hey thanks you guys. I made the driftwood feature with manzanita branches and a stiff sheet of PVC. The plastic sheet fits right into the grooves in teh top of the tank and it's handy because I can just lift the whole thing right out.

 
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only if maintained 24-7, it looks wonderful I assume the daylight ight will be cycled on and off:) I also perdict your tarantula making a web in the cwalls of the tank, they have a thing for following the outskirts; hopefuly it will take to the drift wood if it can find it.
 
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Yes the lights will only be on for ~8 hours/day. The spider can just hide while the tank is lit up. I hope to set up some kind of dim dawn/dusk lighting and maybe it will have some activity then.

I hope that it will web more in the manzanita and less on the tank side panels. I'll see how it goes.
 
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Hey thanks so much. I might have more picture updates tomorrow. I want to add a few more plants.
 
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Oh this tank definitely has at least two kinds of snails in it. There aren't very many though and I hardly notice them. Snails are generally problematic only in new tank setups or if the tank is getting too much food.

That larger cichlid is a Cryptoheros cutteri, which are from Honduras.
 
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I got a quick picture here of the top rear panel with fan, knob handle, hygrometer and thermometer.



I cut a couple of notches for the airline too. And I also put a screen on the front of the fan. It was a wussy little fan to begin with and now the breeze from it is barely perceptible. I hope that it will help to mix that air anyway.
 
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Not much else new with this setup. I'm still trying to track down a spider.

Does anybody out there have any tips (or offers) for finding a sub-adult A. versicolor or something similar? I'm on a budget, but I also have some nice stuff that I can offer in trade.
 
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This is a different setup, but I got a few quick pictures to show the foliage in my 30G project with the "living fossils" plants. Here's a view in through the top.



That Zamia vasquezii fills up most of the tank. I pulled it out and got this shot to better show the rest of the plants.



They all look happy so far. That Didymochleana fern grows really fast and it's a good one for filling in. The Zamia integrifolia that I got from Florida all died back on top and I cut off the dead leaves, but the caudices are nice and firm and I hope they will resprout soon. The guy who sent them to me said that the leaves would dry up but resprout when I got the plants into stable conditions again.
 
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Still no spider yet, but here's another quick picture from a couple of weeks ago...

 
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I don't have much news to report for this project. I did finally find a spider...just need to go pick it up. I know that this setup is really big for a single A. versicolor, but like I mentioned I set this up mainly as a plant display, so I don't mind lots of extra room for the animal.

Here's an updated shot to show the planting. The plants are all looking happy.



This picture shows a few of those little palm seedlings in the foreground, also looking good and growing.

 
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You can get leaf litter from dart frog supply sites....
Joshs frogs, black jungle, neherp etc...

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