40 Gallon Tank Setup

[Ratmosphere]

Hell yea man, glad she's good. Feed her up, looking a bit slender there. What's the DLS?

How's the condensation now?

 

[Tynan918]

Hell yea man, glad she's good. Feed her up, looking a bit slender there. What's the DLS?

How's the condensation now?

No condensation in the enclosure as of right now. I'll feed her.

What's DLS ?

 

[Ratmosphere]

Diagonal leg span.

 

[Tynan918]

Diagonal leg span.

I'm not sure, she's in her hide burrowing at the moment. I want to say 5-6" roughly.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Not bad! If you want to put size on her fast, use Dubia roaches. If not, the large crickets will work but she will need a LOT of them.

Let her get acclimated to her new environment, then try to feed her after a few days.

 

[Tynan918]

Not bad! If you want to put size on her fast, use Dubia roaches. If not, the large crickets will work but she will need a LOT of them.

Let her get acclimated to her new environment, then try to feed her after a few days.

What about wild black crickets and wild grasshoppers ?

 

[Ratmosphere]

Never feed wild caught prey, there's always a risk of pesticide exposure.

 

[Tynan918]

Never feed wild caught prey, there's always a risk of pesticide exposure.

Gotcha, understood.

 

[Tynan918]

She just ate her first cricket...4 crickets actually...lol

How long in between crickets do I feed her ? How do I know when is enough ?

 

[Ratmosphere]

This info will vary from keeper to keeper. However, I do like to keep my tarantulas on the fatter side. Not obese though.

When the abdomen reaches or exceeds the size of the carapace, you don't need to feed as much.

Your gal is on the skinny side and could use a few meals.

 

[Tynan918]

This info will vary from keeper to keeper. However, I do like to keep my tarantulas on the fatter side. Not obese though.

When the abdomen reaches or exceeds the size of the carapace, you don't need to feed as much.

Your gal is on the skinny side and could use a few meals.

Roger that.

 

[Tynan918]

Does she look Stirmi or Blondi to you ?

I read that Stirmi have less hair than Blondi on their abdomen, and the hair on the legs, the hair stops at the knee with Stirmi.

Looks as if the hair grows past the knees on her, and there's quite a few hairs on her abdomen.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Can't tell from the pics, maybe @Casey K. could help.

 

[Tynan918]

Can't tell from the pics, maybe @Casey K. could help.

I'll post it in some Facebook groups and see if someone can try to identify as well and let you know.

 

[Tynan918]

Well, she hasn't burrowed yet but stays in the her hide.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Totally normal, going to take some time to adjust to her new environment.

 

[Tynan918]

Totally normal, going to take some time to adjust to her new environment.

Ok.

She's ate 7 crickets so far.

 

[Tynan918]

Ok let's talk prey...

She ate a total of 9 crickets until bedtime. I don't think the 250 crickets are going to last the month and a lot are already dead.

I'm thinking maybe meal worms or hornworms, dubia roaches are pretty expensive because I'm looking for a months supply.

 

[Tynan918]

Condensation was thick this morning.

I thought of an idea...

What if I get these small round magnets and glue them to the acrylic lid and where the lid lays...

It would raise the lid 4 to 6 mm high allowing more air inside.

 

[Tynan918]

Condensation was thick this morning.

I thought of an idea...

What if I get these small round magnets and glue them to the acrylic lid and where the lid lays...View attachment 76164

It would raise the lid 4 to 6 mm high allowing more air inside.

I just keep the lid off during the day, close it up during bedtime for now.