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<blockquote data-quote="Thistles" data-source="post: 86219" data-attributes="member: 3949"><p>Ok, sorry, back on a computer!</p><p></p><p>First, don't try to split it. One of the spiders will always find its way into the other side, and presto! One fat spider.</p><p></p><p>Second, ventilation is a bit of a concern. I have a rather large (20 gallon) 24" deep tank for my AF <em>Pelinobius muticus</em>, but I keep her on the dry side so I don't have to worry about too little ventilation causing mold. If you follow Scoolman's lead and set up a viv with cleaner crew and good air circulation (not the same as ventilation) you could keep a big ole Theraphosa in there, and she'd love to burrow in such a deep tank.</p><p></p><p>Some people have kept Poecilotheria communally, but in addition to the risk of cannibalism I have some concern about the size of the tank and the other members of your household. When dealing with speedy spiders, I like to move the tank to a small room which I can seal off. You can't exactly be picking that beast up and moving it into the bathroom every time you need to do maintenance, and more pokies just multiplies the chance for escapees and mishaps, particularly for a first time keeper. You've gotta be on your toes for a single poec. I can't imagine having to watch 5 of them while having to maintain a tank with the whole lid removed, especially since they're arboreal and their instinct will be to run up!</p><p></p><p>Here's another thought: don't do a spider. I've kept a communal of <em>Pandinus imperator </em>(I like to call them "pimperators" because it sounds more gangsta... oh god, I'm fooling no one) in a 44 gallon pentagon. They LOVED to dig in it, and I had a few batches of scorplings in there. You could do another type of tolerant scorpion, or do some Amblypygids! They're wicked cool, and would use the vertical space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thistles, post: 86219, member: 3949"] Ok, sorry, back on a computer! First, don't try to split it. One of the spiders will always find its way into the other side, and presto! One fat spider. Second, ventilation is a bit of a concern. I have a rather large (20 gallon) 24" deep tank for my AF [I]Pelinobius muticus[/I], but I keep her on the dry side so I don't have to worry about too little ventilation causing mold. If you follow Scoolman's lead and set up a viv with cleaner crew and good air circulation (not the same as ventilation) you could keep a big ole Theraphosa in there, and she'd love to burrow in such a deep tank. Some people have kept Poecilotheria communally, but in addition to the risk of cannibalism I have some concern about the size of the tank and the other members of your household. When dealing with speedy spiders, I like to move the tank to a small room which I can seal off. You can't exactly be picking that beast up and moving it into the bathroom every time you need to do maintenance, and more pokies just multiplies the chance for escapees and mishaps, particularly for a first time keeper. You've gotta be on your toes for a single poec. I can't imagine having to watch 5 of them while having to maintain a tank with the whole lid removed, especially since they're arboreal and their instinct will be to run up! Here's another thought: don't do a spider. I've kept a communal of [I]Pandinus imperator [/I](I like to call them "pimperators" because it sounds more gangsta... oh god, I'm fooling no one) in a 44 gallon pentagon. They LOVED to dig in it, and I had a few batches of scorplings in there. You could do another type of tolerant scorpion, or do some Amblypygids! They're wicked cool, and would use the vertical space. [/QUOTE]
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