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Hexagon terrariums for tarantulas
My hobby is keeping and caring for tarantulas. During the past ten years I have produced a variety of terrarium designs, trying to come up with the optimum captive habitat for the spiders, both to promote good health and longevity.
Just recently I have successfully developed two hexagon terrariums both for arboreal and terrestrial tarantulas to replace the more traditional Pentagonal unit.
One terrarium was for housing the arboreal spider that lives at a higher level and the other was for the terrestrial spider that lives at ground level, hence one being higher than the other, both
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Many of our members are busy designing and manufacturing in their spare time – beavering away in home workshops. John Greaves IEng MIED has designed two very different and innovative products, which he is already putting to good use.
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with compartments of equal volume of 10,000 cubic centimetres, ensuring that the amount of water pumped into the compartment in millilitres would have the desired effect of controlling the humidity value to around 77%RH.
The temperature within each terrarium is controlled via a sensor to an average of 24.5 degrees C.
An earlier design of terrarium was a pentagonal five compartment unit which sat on the blue faced control box unit (see photograph on next page) which held the water container along with the pump unit and the electronics, the pentagonal unit along with the arboreal unit has now be dismantled.
Water and Mains Supply
Terestrial
Water Chamber Unit Distribution
Water and Mains Supply
Arboreal
Water Pipe Unit Distribution
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