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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DewDrop" data-source="post: 58904" data-attributes="member: 4217"><p>I have an Avicularia Avicularia and a Grammostola Rosea.  I use aquarium salt water in the substrate to keep it damp for the Rose hair and moist for the pink toe. I started doing this when I read about how it is like an electrolyte for fish while it is also used to help prevent some disease in fish and figured since my recently shed pink toe was a bit sluggish I'd try it on her cage and see if there were any benefits. I came across some left over salt water aquarium salt mix and figured I might as well use it for something. Within a few hours of a humid environment with salinity in the air increased the pink toe perked right up. I have had her about a year now and she has shed three times. Seems like only yesterday we brought her home from the pet store. Is there anything to this saltwater or is it just assumption? My rose hair spiderling is active and seems do be doing great on a little salinity in it's substrate. I cannot find anything on the addition of salinity to the substrate written in books or in other educational or reference materials. It seems to help the pink toe shed so much smoother and quicker, but of course assumptions are not facts. So far so good. The rose hair is just precious. It was a little sluggish upon arrival, but perked right up on the salinity carrying it's freshly caught cricket around like a toy, eating the whole medium cricket in a matter of hours. These spiders are just dear to us, members of the family.  So, apparently salinity doesn't hurt the pink toe or the rosie, but any info on it if anyone comes across any public domain you can let me know if you'd like. Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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