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<blockquote data-quote="DustyD" data-source="post: 206937" data-attributes="member: 36911"><p>Hello and welcome aboard! I have some suggestions, but please understand I am relatively new (8 months) to tarantula keeping and I may have some unconventional ideas. </p><p>It is good to have multiple sources of information.</p><p></p><p>Ideally you can keep many (most?) Ts at T-shirt temperatures as m0lsx stated. But sometimes that is not possible or practical.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I live in Maine,USA which I think has similar weather to the UK. I currently use heating cable for my juvies and for my two slings a heating pad on side glass wall to provide heat at night where room temps so far dip down to 60F (15.6 C). I am looking at a small space heater but space is tighter than usually recommended for those. (And I work most overnights)</p><p></p><p>Caution: Tarantulas are attracted to heat and with heating pads and cable they tend to bask on the side closest to the heat. So at the very least make sure it is not too close/hot to them. </p><p></p><p>(Below my G. pulchra (left) and G. pulchripes before I started using heating cable)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]62444[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With the cable I am able to hang it at different heights and that seems to have reduced some of the basking.</p><p></p><p>As for lighting, I use aquarium plant lights as eventually I hope to introduce live plants. I have it on a day night cycle with some red light used just before the lights go off.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62445[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I am not sure about the advantages of using green light. I put the day sun lights at 50 percent or so. It probably will affect plant growth, but I am experimenting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DustyD, post: 206937, member: 36911"] Hello and welcome aboard! I have some suggestions, but please understand I am relatively new (8 months) to tarantula keeping and I may have some unconventional ideas. It is good to have multiple sources of information. Ideally you can keep many (most?) Ts at T-shirt temperatures as m0lsx stated. But sometimes that is not possible or practical. I live in Maine,USA which I think has similar weather to the UK. I currently use heating cable for my juvies and for my two slings a heating pad on side glass wall to provide heat at night where room temps so far dip down to 60F (15.6 C). I am looking at a small space heater but space is tighter than usually recommended for those. (And I work most overnights) Caution: Tarantulas are attracted to heat and with heating pads and cable they tend to bask on the side closest to the heat. So at the very least make sure it is not too close/hot to them. (Below my G. pulchra (left) and G. pulchripes before I started using heating cable) [ATTACH=full]62444[/ATTACH] With the cable I am able to hang it at different heights and that seems to have reduced some of the basking. As for lighting, I use aquarium plant lights as eventually I hope to introduce live plants. I have it on a day night cycle with some red light used just before the lights go off. [ATTACH=full]62445[/ATTACH] I am not sure about the advantages of using green light. I put the day sun lights at 50 percent or so. It probably will affect plant growth, but I am experimenting. [/QUOTE]
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