Enclosure for C versicolor and m balfouri

[Mundo exotico]

2 more rehouses to do:
C. Versicolor

And m balfouri

 

[Arachnoclown]

Looks great!!!!

 

[Mundo exotico]

Looks great!!!!

Thanks

 

[octanejunkie]

I'd avoid rocks in the balfouri enclosure. They burrow.

 

[Mundo exotico]

I'd avoid rocks in the balfouri enclosure. They burrow.

Thanks for advise. The rocks are stuck to the ground. They are quite long

 

[Oursapoil]

Communal balfouri setup.
4 big juveniles 3+ inches and 1 sling (1.5).

 

[octanejunkie]

Communal balfouri setup.
4 big juveniles 3+ inches and 1 sling (1.5).
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What's the size of the enclosure?

 

[Oursapoil]

What's the size of the enclosure?

12x12 and 8 in height.
I fed them this afternoon and one of the big juvenile scored a large dubia it brought back on the web. Now the sling is munching on it which is fun to watch as the dubia is about 3 times it’s size

 

[octanejunkie]

12x12 and 8 in height.

I've got 5 communal 1-1.5" balfouri slings coming and was thinking about setting them up in a 5gal (8x8x12) to start

 

[Oursapoil]

I've got 5 communal 1-1.5" balfouri slings coming and was thinking about setting them up in a 5gal (8x8x12) to start

That sounds perfect. Before doing my setup I did some online researching (let’s say I gave that job to Enzo) and they recommend smaller than bigger for communal setup. The reason behind it being that the closer they are to each other the less likely there is for an “accident” to happen. If they have to much space they might split and become territorial. So far so good and the 4 big juveniles (acquired as a group) adopted the much smaller sling (that I already had on his own) without any issue.

 

[Oursapoil]

That sounds perfect. Before doing my setup I did some online researching (let’s say I gave that job to Enzo) and they recommend smaller than bigger for communal setup. The reason behind it being that the closer they are to each other the less likely there is for an “accident” to happen. If they have to much space they might split and become territorial. So far so good and the 4 big juveniles (acquired as a group) adopted the much smaller sling (that I already had on his own) without any issue.

One more thing, although they do burrow, like a GBB they will build up with web rather than go underground if it is easier, like in my setup.