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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 184150" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>I have a probable blondi that is about 3 inches (7-8cm) & a stirmi that is a good 3 inches (10cm - 11cm) & both are in 12 X12 (30 X 30) Exo Terras. I keep both in moist, but not wet, conditions. I also have a bigger Stirmi girl, who is in a 17 X 12 Exo Terra.</p><p></p><p>I keep a larger than normal water container in with them & keep the substrate moist, but not wet.</p><p></p><p>The 12 X 12 tank is a little too large for my smallest probable stirmi, but it came with the tank & it's a bio active tank & has a false bottom filled with clay balls, to allow water to sit at the bottom of the tank. So I am keeping them in that tank, as it is so well set up.</p><p></p><p>Live plants, moss & a larger water bowl are good ways of keeping moisture up. But a false bottom with clay balls & a mesh over it to allow water to sit at the bottom is by far the best method.</p><p></p><p>My big girl, when I got her, was in a dry enclosure more suited to a Brachypelma, than a Theraphosa blondi, but she had lived there for a couple of years & had molted there too. The poor girl even had a branch from a Christmas tree in her enclosure & anything Fir tree, is a really big no, as pine contains an insecticide. So don't feel you need to be too spot on with them. Just reasonable.</p><p></p><p>My newest Theraphosa</p><p>[ATTACH=full]51279[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My biggest girl</p><p>[ATTACH=full]51280[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The tank my biggest girl lives in. The water bowl for size comparison is around 4 X6 inches. (10 X 15cm.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]51281[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A post from last year, on this site about false bottoms.</p><p><a href="https://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/false-bottom.23366/" target="_blank">https://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/false-bottom.23366/</a></p><p></p><p>Edited to add. I use a large (600ml) syringe to push water down into the substrate. Not just for my Theraphosa, but with other species too. I either push a pencil into the substrate & slowly inject some water in. or I pull a small area of substrate back & fill it & let it soak in before covering it over. Even with desert species, this allows me to up the moisture level & not have the substrate too wet on the surface. If you do not use the same place each time, then mold will not be an issue. The syringe is also a great way of topping water bowls up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 184150, member: 29323"] I have a probable blondi that is about 3 inches (7-8cm) & a stirmi that is a good 3 inches (10cm - 11cm) & both are in 12 X12 (30 X 30) Exo Terras. I keep both in moist, but not wet, conditions. I also have a bigger Stirmi girl, who is in a 17 X 12 Exo Terra. I keep a larger than normal water container in with them & keep the substrate moist, but not wet. The 12 X 12 tank is a little too large for my smallest probable stirmi, but it came with the tank & it's a bio active tank & has a false bottom filled with clay balls, to allow water to sit at the bottom of the tank. So I am keeping them in that tank, as it is so well set up. Live plants, moss & a larger water bowl are good ways of keeping moisture up. But a false bottom with clay balls & a mesh over it to allow water to sit at the bottom is by far the best method. My big girl, when I got her, was in a dry enclosure more suited to a Brachypelma, than a Theraphosa blondi, but she had lived there for a couple of years & had molted there too. The poor girl even had a branch from a Christmas tree in her enclosure & anything Fir tree, is a really big no, as pine contains an insecticide. So don't feel you need to be too spot on with them. Just reasonable. My newest Theraphosa [ATTACH type="full" alt="6.jpg"]51279[/ATTACH] My biggest girl [ATTACH type="full" alt="10.jpg"]51280[/ATTACH] The tank my biggest girl lives in. The water bowl for size comparison is around 4 X6 inches. (10 X 15cm.) [ATTACH type="full" alt="Stirmi5.jpg"]51281[/ATTACH] A post from last year, on this site about false bottoms. [URL]https://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/false-bottom.23366/[/URL] Edited to add. I use a large (600ml) syringe to push water down into the substrate. Not just for my Theraphosa, but with other species too. I either push a pencil into the substrate & slowly inject some water in. or I pull a small area of substrate back & fill it & let it soak in before covering it over. Even with desert species, this allows me to up the moisture level & not have the substrate too wet on the surface. If you do not use the same place each time, then mold will not be an issue. The syringe is also a great way of topping water bowls up. [/QUOTE]
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