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<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 227572" data-attributes="member: 31253"><p>[USER=41300]@Tarantulas&Cats[/USER] - I did have a fly infestation over summer that my friend confirmed were just harmless fungus flies. I use moss in lots of enclosures, especially for the slings that web up their water-bowl; the moss holds the water so they can also drink from that. So I didn't really want to get rid of the moss and I also didn't want to dry out any enclosures of moisture-dependent species. I'm not sure if I did right but I got some sticky fly-trap paper to put around the room on kitchen roll (so it didn't stick to my floor/windowsill as I had nowhere to hang it) and after a few weeks the infestation seems under control; just the odd fly about now. I made sure the fly paper was at the edges of the room though away from the actual enclosures as it does have an odor to attract the flies and I was a bit worried the odor might be toxic to the Ts. </p><p></p><p>As for live plants, I haven't yet put a live plant in an enclosure but have been growing one for that purpose; a pothos that my friend on here recommended as being successfully used in enclosures as they flourish with very little care. I have been experimenting with mine before I put it in and indeed it grows well by watering it very little in the same light exposure as my enclosures; I give it less watering attention than the Psalmopoeus species I want to put it in with. I feel that as long as the priority is the tarantula's requirements when you put a live plant in (and the plant is organic/very well cleaned); you get a plant that matches those requirements roughly and just water the enclosure as much as you would normally without the plant in, then I don't see the problem. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is a good point about natural and organic not necessarily being best with your example about humans and our health improving due to unnatural interventions (as long as you see humans living longer as a good thing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). However I am concerned about that photo you have at the bottom with that sparse enclosure. Is that an example of what to do or what not to do? I agree that nothing fancy is necessary but I feel that tarantula needs a hide or at least some digging room to make a hide if it wants :/. I know the tarantula looks healthy and fine, the stance isn't a scared one, but I like to give all of my Ts at least the option to hide just in case they want it at any point e.g. especially for when moulting and they feel/are extra vulnerable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 227572, member: 31253"] [USER=41300]@Tarantulas&Cats[/USER] - I did have a fly infestation over summer that my friend confirmed were just harmless fungus flies. I use moss in lots of enclosures, especially for the slings that web up their water-bowl; the moss holds the water so they can also drink from that. So I didn't really want to get rid of the moss and I also didn't want to dry out any enclosures of moisture-dependent species. I'm not sure if I did right but I got some sticky fly-trap paper to put around the room on kitchen roll (so it didn't stick to my floor/windowsill as I had nowhere to hang it) and after a few weeks the infestation seems under control; just the odd fly about now. I made sure the fly paper was at the edges of the room though away from the actual enclosures as it does have an odor to attract the flies and I was a bit worried the odor might be toxic to the Ts. As for live plants, I haven't yet put a live plant in an enclosure but have been growing one for that purpose; a pothos that my friend on here recommended as being successfully used in enclosures as they flourish with very little care. I have been experimenting with mine before I put it in and indeed it grows well by watering it very little in the same light exposure as my enclosures; I give it less watering attention than the Psalmopoeus species I want to put it in with. I feel that as long as the priority is the tarantula's requirements when you put a live plant in (and the plant is organic/very well cleaned); you get a plant that matches those requirements roughly and just water the enclosure as much as you would normally without the plant in, then I don't see the problem. That is a good point about natural and organic not necessarily being best with your example about humans and our health improving due to unnatural interventions (as long as you see humans living longer as a good thing :P). However I am concerned about that photo you have at the bottom with that sparse enclosure. Is that an example of what to do or what not to do? I agree that nothing fancy is necessary but I feel that tarantula needs a hide or at least some digging room to make a hide if it wants :/. I know the tarantula looks healthy and fine, the stance isn't a scared one, but I like to give all of my Ts at least the option to hide just in case they want it at any point e.g. especially for when moulting and they feel/are extra vulnerable. [/QUOTE]
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