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<blockquote data-quote="Kurt Nelson" data-source="post: 12499" data-attributes="member: 394"><p>Some people never give their T's water dishes, but this means they have to keep keep the humidity up and do a lot more watering. Personally, once a T gets bigger than an inch and I take it out of the pill vials and put them in 32 oz deli cups they all get water bowls. They aren't going to drown, they aren't stupid creatures. But if you're really worried about drowning, put some rocks in that you'd buy for decoration on the bottom of a fish tank. Hell if you're only getting a bit you could probably even get it for free.</p><p> </p><p>Some if not all T's can even submerge themselves in water, their hairs keep bubbles of air which they can then use to breath with.</p><p> </p><p>[media=youtube]4AjtbhAjWlg[/media]</p><p> </p><p>I couldn't find the other video with a Poeci submerged in water, but the principal is still the same.</p><p> </p><p>And size of enclsoure does matter. Putting a sling into a 5 or 10 gallon tank is detrimental and in most cases will die. It's much harder to find food, and some say the stress can kill them. My slings, all of them from 1/8th of an inch to 1.5 inches all go in pill vials. From 1.5 to about 3.5 they are all in 32 oz deli cups. from 3.5 to about 6 they are in 2.5 gallon tanks if terrestrial, and if arboreal 5.5 gallon converted upright. Anything over 6 goes into a 10 gallon either upright or normal depending on the species. This is what I do, but that's just me. You can go the cheap rout and use shoe box enclosures, but it's all the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurt Nelson, post: 12499, member: 394"] Some people never give their T's water dishes, but this means they have to keep keep the humidity up and do a lot more watering. Personally, once a T gets bigger than an inch and I take it out of the pill vials and put them in 32 oz deli cups they all get water bowls. They aren't going to drown, they aren't stupid creatures. But if you're really worried about drowning, put some rocks in that you'd buy for decoration on the bottom of a fish tank. Hell if you're only getting a bit you could probably even get it for free. Some if not all T's can even submerge themselves in water, their hairs keep bubbles of air which they can then use to breath with. [media=youtube]4AjtbhAjWlg[/media] I couldn't find the other video with a Poeci submerged in water, but the principal is still the same. And size of enclsoure does matter. Putting a sling into a 5 or 10 gallon tank is detrimental and in most cases will die. It's much harder to find food, and some say the stress can kill them. My slings, all of them from 1/8th of an inch to 1.5 inches all go in pill vials. From 1.5 to about 3.5 they are all in 32 oz deli cups. from 3.5 to about 6 they are in 2.5 gallon tanks if terrestrial, and if arboreal 5.5 gallon converted upright. Anything over 6 goes into a 10 gallon either upright or normal depending on the species. This is what I do, but that's just me. You can go the cheap rout and use shoe box enclosures, but it's all the same. [/QUOTE]
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