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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jonarbuckle" data-source="post: 240123" data-attributes="member: 49871">Hi all, I bought my first tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) as a subadult a few days ago and I was wanting to give it a larger and more terrestrial enclosure. I took a 6-inch deli cup and taped up the holes that were too big, then poked smaller ones in with a thumb tack. My main concern is soil, the best subrate I had on hand was a potting soil/coco fiber/peat moss mix so I sifted out the large bits, and I'm left with is a fine soil without any large wood or peat chunks, though there are a lot of small bits of moss left that worry me a bit. Is this a good substrate for burrowing? I have put pictures of my and the stores enclosures in a drive folder for anyone interested.<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-594juWeNvpEehra9gNKEHvGS3iQULEK" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-594juWeNvpEehra9gNKEHvGS3iQULEK</a>Also, any advice for transferring it? I have a catch cup and some tongs in case I need to nudge it, is there much else I can do? Thanks.</blockquote>