Moisture dependent species

[Gizalba]

Hi,

Last week I got a Chilobrachys sp. Electric Blue sling. She is about 2-3cm currently (I noticed she's already tossed out a moult yesterday). I have no previous experience of keeping moisture-dependent species so any advice would be very welcome!

I know this is going to vary depending on humidity of where I live, but I wondered roughly how often I should be dampening the substrate? I have watched Tom Moran's videos on keeping them however I am still a bit confused.

Below is the enclosure I have her in. When I set it up I left a gap down the right side with the idea of putting the water down there to keep the lower levels more damp. I'm pretty sure her hide is on the opposite side where she has webbed up around the flower, however maybe I shouldn't pour down the side just in case I flood her hide...

The substrate I have used is a mixture of top soil, coco fibre, sphagnum moss and vermiculite towards the bottom, then just top soil at the top.

 

[ilovebrachys]

Congrats on the new arrival
Theres no set schedule for when you need to moisten down the sub, just check on it every few days if it looks like it's drying out then dampen it down a bit.. Like you say you don't want to saturate it, you've done a good mixture for your sub so it should hold onto moisture pretty well and I'm pleased to see lots of ventilation as a lot of moisture dependant species can end up with mould issues ect when there's not enough air flow.
Good job sounds like you've got it spot on

 

[Arachnoclown]

Stick your hand down inside the burrow...if it feels dry add some water.

Just kidding

@ilovebrachys said it well. I wait until it looks like it needs water. Surprisingly its sometimes is quite a while, a few weeks. I tend to favor waiting a little longer then to create a swamp for my spider. Except my Hysterocrates gigas...she wants to swim in her burrow.

 

[Gizalba]

Congrats on the new arrival
Theres no set schedule for when you need to moisten down the sub, just check on it every few days if it looks like it's drying out then dampen it down a bit.. Like you say you don't want to saturate it, you've done a good mixture for your sub so it should hold onto moisture pretty well and I'm pleased to see lots of ventilation as a lot of moisture dependant species can end up with mould issues ect when there's not enough air flow.
Good job sounds like you've got it spot on

Thanks for the feedback! Will do

 

[ArachnoHorn]

Last week I got a Chilobrachys sp. Electric Blue sling.

beautiful species.