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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 135055" data-attributes="member: 27883">It varies a lot.I have other different Avicularia and a C. versicolor. Care is the same for all of this type. Here is what I've read and what I'm doing with mine: For smaller ones, I like a damp substrate, but not wet. Have a bottle cap water bowl at the bottom and over flow it a little as need to keep the substrate slightly damp when re-filling. What is most important is ventilation. They need good cross ventilation. Make ventilation holes on opposite sides of the enclosure so air can flow through. Here is how I did it:[ATTACH=full]31595[/ATTACH]I also have an Avicularia purpurea, not pictured here with these three arboreals. I made mention of it, but then showed a pic of two Psalmopoeus. Didn't want this to be confusing...</blockquote>