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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.

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<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 188534" data-attributes="member: 31253">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. [ATTACH=full]53211[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]53212[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 188534, member: 31253"] 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. [ATTACH type="full"]53211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]53212[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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