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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DVirginiana" data-source="post: 31914" data-attributes="member: 3320">I ordered a G. rosea and am expecting it to arrive within the next two days.  I've gone ahead and set up the enclosure based on various caresheets I found online and wanted to get some second opinions before my spider gets here.I've got a plastic tupperware container with ventilation holes in the top (no mesh or anything involved). I put expanded Eco-earth cocofiber with as much water as possible squeezed out and packed firmly, then some dryer loose cocofiber and dry sphagnum moss on top.  I've got a very shallow water dish (used to use it safely for millipedes, so I'm guessing it's also safe for a tarantula) as well as some fake vines for hiding places.  I'm leaving the top off to remove excess humidity until the spider arrives.  The room she'll be in is set up to house both tropical and temperate reptiles/amphibians, so daytime temps are 80-85, and night temps hover around 78.Does this sound alright?  Several of the caresheets I've read contradict each other, especially on humidity and temperature...</blockquote>