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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 140419" data-attributes="member: 27883">Cage dimensions of 8x8x14" are for an arboreal species. Any of the Avicularia, Caribena, Psalmopoeous, or smaller Poecilotheria species would be best suited for an enclosure of those dimensions, and all should be fine with those temps. Those cage decorations will suit any species. The decorations are more for us than them. The spider wouldn't care if you used a rock and a piece of 2x4, so decorate the enclosure in a way that is pleasing to your eye, and the spider will use whatever you give it.Alternatively, you could use 6 inches of substrate, and then comfortably house any of the previously mentioned species.I like to keep my spiders warmer, so in the winter months, you might consider putting the enclosure on a high shelf somewhere, as it will be a few degrees warmer than lower in the room, but this is not critical if 68 is your seasonal low.</blockquote>