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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spiderengineer" data-source="post: 15409" data-attributes="member: 515"><p>their has been alot of debate on this subject and the general consensus is that its perfectly fine to have them in complete darkness for long periods of time. things to note, T's have poor eyesight and really only can seen light and shadow. they are nocturnal for the most part so they come out when its dark out and during the day will hide away (in burrower or where ever they are staying in during the day) these places are usually completely dark. so with that in mind a you shouldn't need a light source unless you want to simulate a natural day/nigh cycle</p></blockquote><p></p>