It is time for us to rehouse our P. murinus, as it will have outgrown the present enclosure next molt. We are setting it up in what will be its adult tank, as it is named Pikachu for a reason and teleportation is its specialty. We are using a cracked 15 gallon fish tank we already had. It will be a semi-arboreal enclosure so it will have plenty of things to anchor web on and build the crazy structures like it has in its current enclosure.
We used the dark brown caulk from Home Depot and spread it on the back/cracked wall thickly and used a putty knife to even it out. Next, we laid it down and mounded up peat moss on top of the caulk and pressed down with our hands as hard as we could. We then let it dry for a few days. After turning it upright, we had a finished background, with a few pebbles embedded in it as well. We're trying to go for an eroded bank look, with roots and dead wood being exposed. The peat on the back, and the peat on the substrate we will add, should help accomplish this by blurring the line between substrate and background. That way the ground is underneath, but also behind.
We used the dark brown caulk from Home Depot and spread it on the back/cracked wall thickly and used a putty knife to even it out. Next, we laid it down and mounded up peat moss on top of the caulk and pressed down with our hands as hard as we could. We then let it dry for a few days. After turning it upright, we had a finished background, with a few pebbles embedded in it as well. We're trying to go for an eroded bank look, with roots and dead wood being exposed. The peat on the back, and the peat on the substrate we will add, should help accomplish this by blurring the line between substrate and background. That way the ground is underneath, but also behind.