Great news

My friend wanted my corn snakes so I gave those to her. now I have an empty 55 gallon tank I'm going to use for when I purchase my 3" Cameroon Red Baboon (Hysterocrates gigas). So this should fun to set up. If anyone has any ideas on how I should set this up to make it look really nice let me know.

and since I know tanks don't hold humidity well I brought a humidifer that should work great to help that.

also if anyone has any properly set up tarantula tanks that are really decorated I'd love to see pictures of those.

Thanks :rolleye2:

A 55 gallon tank is awfully large for any tarantula, even an adult t. blondi.


You might consider dividing the tank. At that size, having substrate 7 or 8 inches deep won't be a problem, as your t. is a very deep burrower. I really don't think you will need the humidifier if you keep the substrate damp, as that will keep the humidity in the burrow at 80% or more, and that is where the tarantula will spend most of his time.

(got this news recently)

I talk to botar and told him I was going to use a 55 gallon tank for my new H gigas. that I’ll be getting. and he told me it was a little to big for one.

So what did he tell me I should do? He said I should house two in there by starting burrows on each side of the tank. and he said he has read reports of these guys diving into their water bowls after feeder fish.

So What he said he’ll do for me is I’ll pay for one and I’ll get one for free and house them together and see how this goes.

And I have a water dish big enough for the feeder fish to go in so this should be fun.

Also, I’m buying a Brazilian Giant Blonde (Nhandu vulpinus).

By all accounts, Botar is a great guy to deal with. I have never heard of housing two without a divider, but I'll defer to his expertise on that one. I have heard of them going after fish too, but it sounds like an awful mess to clean up to me.:(

Nhandu Vulpinus is a nice looking species, too.

*scratching head in confusion*
I've known Charles a long time and him saying something like that seems way out of character of him, especially knowing the species temperment and aggression level. I'm going to give him a call and ask him what's up with that advice....that's not right.

If you want to put 2 in one tank, that's your choice, just don't be too upset when you wake up one morning with only one....it will happen eventually.

I know people have success with communal housing of pokies, and also avics, but in those cases, they came from the same egg sac too. I have never heard of communally housing any African species.

ok I just did step two, I brought like 5 bags of sphagnum peat moss and got the tank set up.

I used two tops from the repti - shelter caves made for snakes to make pre -made burrows and I have a big water bin in the middle for where the water goes.

Now all I gotta do is place my order tomorrow and get my items friday morning and I dont have to work.

woo hoooooo

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Originally Posted by Shadowspider

*scratching head in confusion*
I've known Charles a long time and him saying something like that seems way out of character of him, especially knowing the species temperment and aggression level. I'm going to give him a call and ask him what's up with that advice....that's not right.

If you want to put 2 in one tank, that's your choice, just don't be too upset when you wake up one morning with only one....it will happen eventually.

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yeah i agree.i wouldnt house any 2 tarantulas together unless i was breeding them.even if they had their own burrows.

Ok so I went to petco and got a divider for my H. gigas tank and I brought some driftwood also and I’m going to put some terriaum moss within the dens so this should also help make it look realistic. hopefully they wont be able to knock down the divider. This a precautious measure because i do wanna have both spiders as long as possible.

A divider is your best bet. You can secure it with aquarium calk if there is no way to secure it from the top. With the depth of substrate you will need for that species, I don't think they will be able to move the divider, just make sure they don't have room to squeeze between it and the tank, or between the divider and the lid.

What is Aquarium calk? and how much is it? I think there is a small space they can fit through between the divider and the top of it.

Also my 55 gallon tank came with a place you can insert a divider but I guess the pet store doesn't sell the dividers that would go in this space so the employee gave me one for a fish tank type thing and i dont think this is going to work. Unlesss the surface for it will be too smooth and the spiders may slide back down but I doubt that.

So what I may have to do is go to home depot and see if they can cut me a thin but thick enough piece of wood that stay in the divider hole that came with my tank. So I guess that means I''l have to measure it.

Ok so i went to home depot got what i thought was the correct measurements for the divider. got the wood home and the width is suppose to be 11 inches either I measured wrong or the guy cut the wood wrong because im short a few inches on the width so now i gotta put some kind of board or something there to make it fit tight enough so it cant be knocked over...this is frustating but its worth it so im not giving up.

I meant waterproof silicone caulk when I said aquarium calk. How does the lid attach to the tank? Is it hinged, or does it slide in and lock? If it is hinged or just lays accross the top, you might be able to put a strip of wood on top of the divider so that it sits tightly against the lid. That should keep one T from climbing over to the other side. You definitely need a flush fit on all 4 sides of the divider if you don't want one to go to the other side.

The kind of tank I got the lid just lays across the top of it however when I brought the tank i brought clips to hold the lid down tight so they get out..
so one of the boards i got from home depot should I put it between the lid and the top of the divider? That's what your telling me? if so I'll still have space left on one side of the divider because its not wide enough.

If the divider fits right up against the lid when it is down, don't worry about it. You just need to make sure there are no gaps anywhere around the divider, or it won't work.