communual p ornata

[neilkane]

yup

think u would be right or by markings. i know which spider is which because at the end of it they return to their own seperate homes so can keep track that way. i have software to keep track of tarantulas but havnt started to use it yet. is called the tarantulas keepers record v2 very nice. i would like to mark each spider but really not sure how 2.

 

[neilkane]

8 weeks not any trouble

still no trouble in this tank has been 8 weeks now and they really seem to like it in their tank especially for not being sociable tolerant species. have found usually hid in the day and only really wondering at low light or night. still watching under night vision.

 

[syndicate]

seems like your experiment is working great so far!keep us updated

 

[neilkane]

cheers

will do. im considering another community tank but is only a thought at the moment would like to try with a species more suited to community life.

 

[NastyNate]

soo neilkane, where did you buy(or make) that tank. prolli the best set up i have seen.

 

[neilkane]

tank

thankyou for your comment nastynate . i built the tank myself with a friend from work took me and him about ten hours or so. we used alot of glass because we kept breaking it.

 

[neilkane]

update

things still ok generally but have noticed something. if i open tank say for maintenance feeding etc i always seem to upset and disturb one of the t.s. thus resulting in a frantic spider running stupidly round its tank to get away from me. this results in one spider intruding on anothers hidy hole or running over another ornata. they do spend time closely and do enter each other areas as i like to call it but when r running wildly around the tank the others spiders seem to respond as if its a threat maybe just because they dnt have time to work out if its friend or foe and just go on instict. and possible my interferance in this tank could result in death as usually this tank is rather calm and my ornatas dont run round unless im their. im gonna try to keep my distance as much as possible. really love these spiders dont want me to be the reason all this fails.maybe in other peoples community tanks when it goes all wrong maybe is just because where they live they dont have to deal with us big people near them all the time.

 

[neilkane]

general

http://www.camberwellcarrot.net/T-Gallery/...ls.php?album=28 my ornata pics

http://www.camberwellcarrot.net/T-Gallery/...x.php?cat=10004 some of my other spiders this will be updated soon as well


nothing really to report r all ok eating and growing well. r waiting for my camera to be fixed so caan get some more images have missed some really good shots of them

 

[neilkane]

shed

ha ha one of my ornata shed today r well happy. dont they always look nice when they just shed

 

[stooka]

excellent!!! they still ok then,goin well.well done:clap:

 

[neilkane]

yup yep

yes are all ok. the one that has shed seems too be a nice size now ill give it a couple of days to stretch then ill meaasure it and take a pic.

 

[neilkane]

pics

not good pics but wanted to ake a pic of my little spider

 

[solaceofwinter]

very nice, congrats on having the guts to try when people tell you not to! i would just try to keep maintenance low, generally there shouldnt be a whole lot should there? later buddy, keep it up!

 

[neilkane]

thankyou

cheers for the kind words solaceofwinter

yes maintenance should is low havnt had to clean out the tank to much but the glass does get kinda dirty quickly from them and isnt to easy to remove just seems to smear.

 

[neilkane]

sexing my ornata

hi everyone again. today i have had a day from work and decided to attemp at sexing my ornata community i used this document to decide

http://www.zoonen.com/perzoonen/artikel.asp?oid=233789

i believe that i have 2 females and one male and my seperate ornata is a girl as well. i may be possible wrong but from the quick look i got at them seems right. it seems easy to tell on this species males from females compared to other t.s. i hope im right.

a quick question to u lot as well. would a community of female t.s act or be differant in anyway compared to a all male one ?

 

[pwilfort]

Hi neilkane, great set up you have for them, thanks for the site.

 

[neilkane]

well all spiders still ok the shedding one looks great at the moment. not much activity im afraid at the moment my ornata's and my 7 other species seem to be having a quiet period where their not eating and really just sitting their not doing alot. maybe they can feel he seasons change or something and r awaiting the hot season. i think possible the other 2 ornata may shed next couple of days as hasnt been much activity l8ly.

will keep you informed. cheers guys for reading all my stuff.

plz add yer pics to this thread as is of great interest to myself and others and very good for referance. i really love this forum lol.

 

[Jmadson13]

Very nice set up

 

[neilkane]

other ornata

since my community of ornata r doing nothing recently thought would post some pics of my 4th spare ornata that i keep seperatly to the group. this spider seems differant to the others in how it responds to me. but im always around this one. i keep the community tank out of the way as so is in peace and with as least inteferance from me

 

[neilkane]

scoffing

just a little update

all 3 ornata been real busy lately eating greedy little things. they are still socialising together without any incident but still returning to their own retreat at end of their day. . the one that spends all his time in his hollow branch at top of tank has spent alot more time out of it which is nice to see. hopefully soon it mite be to big to fit in and have to branch out a little more with the other two. will c eh.