Stigg's new T tanks & rehousing the Haplo

well here's one of stiggs new tanks. At first we though the dimensions were a bit small but we had forgotten the size of the tarantula, because she is a classic 'pet hole'.
got the idea from one of Volka Von Worth's papers. Saw them and thought oooh they will be good for space saving and obviously work well if he uses them.
You can get three of these tanks to share a 1ft sq. heat mat. And it will look nice to have a more professional look to the housing situation

And we discovered an easy way to get the tarantula into it's new home without causing it too much stress. The substrate was warm but obviously not hot. and the humidity that built up from the subby went straight into the pop bottle creating condensation inside of it, causing the tarantula to slowly lose grip off the sides and give her the idea to go into the new tank under her own steam without any severe risk of escape. Of all the T's we have this is certainly not one I would like to chase after or lose... incredibly aggressive species.
And apparently these enclosures are absolutely fantastic for eggsac's because they allow pretty good ventilation at the bottom of the enclosure

So anyway... here's the pics







and the sulking picture...


when she starts to burrow I will complete the pictures.

They look ace Lisa..

I'm sure Matt is very pleased with them
Look forward to the next lot of pics

we managed to move the o.aureotibialis with relative ease tonight. although there are only 2 tanks, it's going to look pretty good once we have a few of them together

Nice tank , I've been thinking of building some similar but was worried about substrate lose through the wire mesh .

Did you lose much ?

None at all . The mesh is fine but has plenty of holes so ventilation is good but there is no substrate loss at all

for your info the mesh is 20 count fine stainless steel from The Mesh Company

roughly £6 inc P&P for an A4 sheet. I think it's either orders over £10 or £15 that qualify for free postage.

Looks real good!