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<blockquote data-quote="testdasi" data-source="post: 175457" data-attributes="member: 32655"><p>There are many factors to consider.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For terrestrials / fossorials (except Theraphosa, see below), fish tanks are perfect. You just have to make sure to get a moulded mesh top + a good set of clips to lock the top to the tank. To be honest, you don't even need moulded mesh but many people are afraid of freak accidents of T's getting foot stuck.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Theraphosa (especially blondi) needs a humidity level that is hard to maintain with a mesh top.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For Pokies, fish tanks turned on the side would also work but you need a piece of acrylic / plastic / plexi glass + silicone to mod something to hold in the substrate. Back when I had no money, I used duct tape, Mythbusters style. Obviously same thing with a mesh top (which would now become front foor).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you can get plexi glass cut to size then that would work really well. Just buy some cheap hinges from your favourite DIY store. Just google pre-made enclosures and see the hole spacing from there.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Exo Terra Nano Tall works with pretty much all adult arboreal tarantulas, perhaps except for the largest of P. ornata / P. rufilata.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is particularly true with Caribena / Avicularia. Again some prefer to mod the top due to the mesh fear but other than that, it provides plenty of cross ventilation. Fish tanks don't really work because you need cross ventilation.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>Note that with Exo Terra cubes, you will have to create a slope for most terrestrials to minimise falling risks. The 8" cube would work for pretty much everything up to about 4" DLS and the 12" cube for pretty much everything larger than that. You will never need anything more than the 12" cube unless you have a 10"+ Theraphosa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="testdasi, post: 175457, member: 32655"] There are many factors to consider. [LIST] [*]For terrestrials / fossorials (except Theraphosa, see below), fish tanks are perfect. You just have to make sure to get a moulded mesh top + a good set of clips to lock the top to the tank. To be honest, you don't even need moulded mesh but many people are afraid of freak accidents of T's getting foot stuck. [LIST] [*]Theraphosa (especially blondi) needs a humidity level that is hard to maintain with a mesh top. [/LIST] [*]For Pokies, fish tanks turned on the side would also work but you need a piece of acrylic / plastic / plexi glass + silicone to mod something to hold in the substrate. Back when I had no money, I used duct tape, Mythbusters style. Obviously same thing with a mesh top (which would now become front foor). [LIST] [*]If you can get plexi glass cut to size then that would work really well. Just buy some cheap hinges from your favourite DIY store. Just google pre-made enclosures and see the hole spacing from there. [/LIST] [*]The Exo Terra Nano Tall works with pretty much all adult arboreal tarantulas, perhaps except for the largest of P. ornata / P. rufilata. [LIST] [*]This is particularly true with Caribena / Avicularia. Again some prefer to mod the top due to the mesh fear but other than that, it provides plenty of cross ventilation. Fish tanks don't really work because you need cross ventilation. [/LIST] [/LIST] Note that with Exo Terra cubes, you will have to create a slope for most terrestrials to minimise falling risks. The 8" cube would work for pretty much everything up to about 4" DLS and the 12" cube for pretty much everything larger than that. You will never need anything more than the 12" cube unless you have a 10"+ Theraphosa. [/QUOTE]
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