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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 241151" data-attributes="member: 29323">Everything depends upon the size of your enclosure & the size of your T.   A large T needs a larger tube, as most like to web the top & hide inside. If a branch looks good in the enclosure, then use it. But remember, you ideally need to be able to fill the water bowl, even with webbing.  The more webbing points you add, the less chance of filling the water bowl. And if I need to revert to simply giving the enclosure a decent & twice weekly misting. Then it's what I do, rather than damaging webbing. Webbing wicks water from a water bowl. So sometimes a water bowl becomes useless anyhow. For me, a tube with some trailing plant cover provides a decent environment. It gives extra climbing space, cover & climbing space between tube & enclosure wall. And arachnids like tight spaces. They feel safest there. Especially if it has some cover, training plants too. But gnarly branches with dead litchen on them look good. I have a large glass jar that I use for Linothele spiders, that has some tall plants & an action man in it.  It looks great & provides lots of webbing points & climbing space.  But when full of webbing it looks equally good.  So do not feel restricted when it comes to how you set your enclosure up.   You are allowed to be creative.</blockquote>