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<blockquote data-quote="Alfonso Faustino" data-source="post: 163047" data-attributes="member: 31334"><p>Hi, all.</p><p></p><p>I am new to this activity; and, recently, as of 18-December-2019, @ 1307 Hours PST, I purchased my first tarantula: Brachypelma Hamorii: spiderling: DLS 1.75" with slight bend to both legs: ~2-2.5 years old.</p><p></p><p>I spent ~4 months researching tarantulas; and, once I committed to purchasing one, I began the design, engineering, build, and landscape for a male juvenile Brachypelma Hamorii.</p><p></p><p>Many thanks to Petko: The Dark Den.</p><p></p><p>My enclosure: </p><p>- 14" sq. (14" x 14" x 14")</p><p>- secured with velcro fasteners </p><p>- substrate is 50% coco fibre and 50% organic unfertilized nor chemically treated potting soil</p><p>- Sphagnum Moss is used as garnishes and distilled water stations</p><p>- substrate is ~7" deep</p><p>- 10" cork-bark-tunnel: rear submerged into the substrate (The angle-of-attack fo the 10" cork-bark tunnel is ~45 dedgree-pitch from the floor of the enclosure.)</p><p>- cork-bark wall: hot-glued to the back panel of the enclosure added for visual appeal, as well as a climbing wall in case Arogog wants the work-out -- his fall is cushioned my the substrate</p><p>- ventilation: cross and circulation</p><p>- front-panel door (I don't like coming down from above on Arogog -- I learned this from my green iguanas and Australian Bearded Dragons.)</p><p></p><p>Ha -- I put a lot of build-time, travel-time, landscaping into this enclosure...only to find out my purchase was going to be a male Brachypelm Hamorri spiderling -- not the >= 2.5" DLS male juvenile Brachypelma Hamorii, for whom, I designed, landscaped, and built the enclosure.</p><p></p><p>So, I built Arogog a smaller enclosure made of plastic. It's a container I purchased for 97-cents at Diaso. It a common container used to store sugar, cinnamon sticks -- you get the idea.</p><p></p><p>Now, Arogog's smaller enclosure sits in the big enclosure -- I can't wait til he gets big enough to move out of the small enclosure and into the big one.</p><p></p><p>Funny the way things work out -- yes?</p><p></p><p>Check 6!</p><p>/s/ Alfonso Faustino</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alfonso Faustino, post: 163047, member: 31334"] Hi, all. I am new to this activity; and, recently, as of 18-December-2019, @ 1307 Hours PST, I purchased my first tarantula: Brachypelma Hamorii: spiderling: DLS 1.75" with slight bend to both legs: ~2-2.5 years old. I spent ~4 months researching tarantulas; and, once I committed to purchasing one, I began the design, engineering, build, and landscape for a male juvenile Brachypelma Hamorii. Many thanks to Petko: The Dark Den. My enclosure: - 14" sq. (14" x 14" x 14") - secured with velcro fasteners - substrate is 50% coco fibre and 50% organic unfertilized nor chemically treated potting soil - Sphagnum Moss is used as garnishes and distilled water stations - substrate is ~7" deep - 10" cork-bark-tunnel: rear submerged into the substrate (The angle-of-attack fo the 10" cork-bark tunnel is ~45 dedgree-pitch from the floor of the enclosure.) - cork-bark wall: hot-glued to the back panel of the enclosure added for visual appeal, as well as a climbing wall in case Arogog wants the work-out -- his fall is cushioned my the substrate - ventilation: cross and circulation - front-panel door (I don't like coming down from above on Arogog -- I learned this from my green iguanas and Australian Bearded Dragons.) Ha -- I put a lot of build-time, travel-time, landscaping into this enclosure...only to find out my purchase was going to be a male Brachypelm Hamorri spiderling -- not the >= 2.5" DLS male juvenile Brachypelma Hamorii, for whom, I designed, landscaped, and built the enclosure. So, I built Arogog a smaller enclosure made of plastic. It's a container I purchased for 97-cents at Diaso. It a common container used to store sugar, cinnamon sticks -- you get the idea. Now, Arogog's smaller enclosure sits in the big enclosure -- I can't wait til he gets big enough to move out of the small enclosure and into the big one. Funny the way things work out -- yes? Check 6! /s/ Alfonso Faustino [/QUOTE]
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