Enclosure advice needed

[Pacer]

Hiya, first post here so please let me know if I do anything wrong. I've just bought a 4cm GBB and I'm wondering if the enclosure I've got is suitably sized? It's a 20x20x20cm tank, but I'm worried it's too big. I've researched a bit and I get mixed results but apparently an enclosure no more than 2.5-4x the legspan is ideal, and larger enclosures cause stress, feeding and molting issues. I have a 10x15cm critter keeper, would that be more suitable for it? Or would a larger enclosure be fine for a GBB of this size?

 

[Le_kelscifer]

If you can keep a good eye on them and they're eating, You can leave them in the bigger one. If they start seeming stressed you can always downgrade. Otherwise they might enjoy the extra space. Especially cause they like webbing. If they are close to 2 inches like stated, don't see an issue.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Is the 4CM the diagonal leg span or the body size?

 

[Pacer]

Is the 4CM the diagonal leg span or the body size?

Legspan, as outstretched as it would go

 

[m0lsx]

The enclosure you have is not huge, compared to leg size & is perfectly OK.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Could you post some pics?

 

[Pacer]

Couple (hopefully) attached to this post. Personally I feel it's way too big but I really wanna make the right choice here. As mentioned, I do have a smaller enclosure I can use, and I'd be more than happy to use that one for this GBB if it'll be better for the T.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Looks a bit roomy, but could work. Keep in mind that this species prefers dry substrate as well.

Any pics of the other enclosure?

 

[Pacer]

I can't really get anything better, hopefully this'll do. It's a simple 15x10cm plastic enclosure.

 

[Ratmosphere]

I think the first one would be better if these two are the only choices that you have.

 

[Pacer]

Many thanks for the help and advice! I'll keep him in the larger one for now, but I'll keep an eye on him and potentially move him to the smaller one if he's showing signs of stress after about a week

 

[Ratmosphere]

He could show stress for a week or longer. Be patient because it will take him a while to start webbing everything up. I’d just leave him alone for now.