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@@itsmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i think that one is from the teespring store. Under the video there is pictures of merch from teespring. Click on any of them and it will take you to the store
Did you check that you do not have a magnet missing on the big enclosure..? I have about 100 of these and when I shake upside down the lids don’t fall off at all... However I did receive one with a missing magnet and that did just fall off if shook upside down, but quickly got a replacement free and fast...
@@simonhollom591 as I said in the video, there were 3 large magnets on the enclosure, and when I twist it around I could feel them lock into place. When I held it upside down it didn't fall, but with the a little pressure the lid popped off. But that was only on the largest enclosure, all the small ones stayed attached with no issues.
@@tarantulacollective yes but inside the actual lid that detaches was one missing... you can feel them if you run your finger around the lid... they feel like bumps and mine was missing one... you could not actually see it as the ones in the lid are hidden between a sandwich of two plastic lids bonded together... I have literally shook my even larger enclosure it’s a 30cm wide to death upside down... It doesn’t fall off... I can even pick it up by the lid only, whilst it is fully setup with substrate and decor etc... There is definitely something a miss with your enclosures...
I'm glad Tarantula Room is branching out to the US. He's big in the UK community and he's such a lovely guy who's always out to help people whenever they need it and always helping our markets out with these enclosures, as we're quite deprived on tarantula-esque enclosures. Great video.
@@amandaz9762 yes truely a man dedicated to craft and has mastered entertaining, yet well edited videos that are still educational. A one of s kind compared to other tarantula youtubers.
The Dark Den is chewing gum on the bottom of your shoe compared to this channel....... much better information from this channel.... much better editing..... i don’t feel like he is talking to me like I’m 12 the dark den definitely speaks like he is trying to explain everything to a kid.......I can easily go on but it’s just genuinely much better content on this channel........
I am happy to tell you I put the lids to the test with a BIG centipede. I did put the enclosure inside another incase of escape. 2 months later its not managed to get out 😊
Richard there's a sweet spot on the lid were the magnets meet up, I don't think you could have found it, just spin the lid while its on and you should feel it grip, we've got a few of them here in England they are very good but pricey for what they are.
H. mac #2 almost made a run for it. Good thing it decided to stay in. The large cylindrical enclosures really need to be more sturdy. A great example as to why you always pick up any enclosures by the base, never by the sides, because it's easy to lose your grip and drop it on accident. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
We have some of these enclosures and we are keeping Poecilotherias in them. There is a lip on the inside of these enclosures that keeps the T from running out when you pop the lid. These are nice display enclosures.
Something cylindrical would be amazing if you have small collection or have a T you wanna use as a centre piece on your coffee table or something. 360 degree views. Sweet.
Just discovered you through Wickens, and have been binge watching. Yours are absolutely the best T vids around. The amount of information, and the production value is beyond all others. Thank you!
@@Cliffhanger_MFC I have but since i also love in the UK and funds aren't steady, those would be ideal enclosures for temporary use until finances become steadier 🤞
Hi Richard. Rest review. I bought the smallest cylinder last week to house my jumping spider. I really like it. Good quality and the lid works well. I did have to put in cross ventilation though, which really was no bother.
These do have a really sleek futuristic design, and how lightweight they are could possibly be great for keepers with disability/mobility issues. Those magnets make me nervous though, and it doesn't look like more have been added to the design by now. I love the genuine review!
Always enjoyed seeing those enclosures and water some but at the same time almost every rehouse I’ve seen countless struggling with the lip of the enclosure and getting the T to get into the catch cup. Still pretty cool enclosures. Thanks for sharing 💙
Hi Richard hope your well. As you know I’m In the UK and I have a few of these enclosures and I agree regarding the magnetic strength on the larger one’s for adults. I do like the enclosures and I use one for my C.versi and I added cross ventilation with a iron with no issues.
Hi Richard just got to see your video, great review by the way. I work in a plastics factory, we supply sign makers with all types of plastic products including acrylic. That material looks like a material called PETG it's similar to poly carbonate, but i couldn't be 100 percent sure unless i had my hands on it. I just thought id throw that your way.
I have few of the medium one stacked up. And yeah, I did drill holes to the side. Works well. I like that they are light weight, because my shelves are full😂
I’m from the Uk and they got new designs I think made from acrylic which I melt cross ventilation they also have more magnets 😂😂 I keep my scorpion in cylinder one and adult obt in a big square one 😂😂 I’m so happy they been shipped to US I hope people in the hobby enjoy them as much as I do
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I guess I never realized you could rehouse a smaller scorpion simply by picking them up with tongs by their tail… gently of course. But I saw that and I had to do a double take!
These enclosures are excellent for arboreals and slings/juveniles. But I’d definitely like to see some for adult terrestrials that are at least 20 inches across or more, your typical 10 gallon tank size.
I have a few of the earlier design (pre magnets) work really well, lightweight, good visual display, just don't use them for jumping spiders....they get up under the top ridge and are a bugger to get out once there lol. Love the vids.
Can you do a top 10 on species for impatient keepers (fast growers, colorful slings, slings that don't spend months underground, slings that will actively come out of their burrows to eat, etc). I'm not even sure many of those species exist but if they do I'd definitely like to know about them. I've only been in the hobby for a little under a month, and I still have a small collection (4 Ts, 3 of which are slings) so I'm sure you can imagine how anxious I am to see some action lol. Right now I just feel like I have a bunch of boxes full of dirt that occasionally make crickets and meal worms disappear.
Use these enclosures myself, no issues so far & also like a bit of cross ventilation & it's an easy job to poke some holes in the side with a soldering iron
As you say though with the bigger enclosure popping off like that you could use more magnets of even may put some heavy rocks or paperweights on top? Just not covering the air hole unless you make more holes in the sides. It would be a lot nicer and more appealing if they were made of acrylic
Ive being using these enclosures for juvenile's to adults with no issues to date, , vent holes placed where needed depending on species but overall I find them fantastic
I believe that he's recently been testing out spacers to put between them when stacking.... They're much stronger than the look too. I think he stacked like 12 high, all full of substrate too....
Hey Rich! I have one which I've use for my P metallica communal and it did a great job. Keeps the humidity good and tbh no side ventilation is needed. I love the lip on the top. U can see it stopped the second maculata form bolting out. Ideal for any bolting species as they just go under the lip and hide there. Even bigger spiders have a problem with bolting out. And yeah... the plastic mesh is the best. Had some Ts stuck on the exo terra enclosure so plastic mesh is awesome!
Maybe adding some neodyme magnets to the top? That should help - they are a lot stronger, than common ferrite ones, but still relatively cheap. 10x1 mm neodyme is enough to lift one pound, so adding 3 to the top should be enough to keep anything inside. And they are like 5 or 6 for 1 dollar. Oh, and you can acctually get ones, that have glue on one side, so they are easy to install.
Here in the UK, we are pretty deprived of good quality tarantula enclosures, ones that don't cost and absolute fortune as well. Tarantula Room enclosures are the best ones I've come across so far that we have available. I have 5 of these enclosures myself, mostly the square ones with the flat edges. Due to the acrylic being flimsy, it is really simple to modify in my experience; you can just use a screw driver to add cross ventilation along those flat edges and around the circumference of the cylindrical enclosures. Also, the mesh is pretty easy to cut out and replace with a bit of acrylic or plastic; decided to do this with all my enclosures to eliminate the risk of toes getting caught. Bit of a faff but definitely worth the effort! Ime, the arboreal enclosures make a great space and opportunity for fossorial Ts!
I've got a couple of these, but mine are the older design before the magnets were used. 3 little twist clips to hold the lid in place and no worry about them failing. I prefer that to the magnets if I'm honest.
Plastic dog biscuit jar from walmart or the large plastic jar for cheese balls from costco... Large cylindrical plastic containers one & two gallon sizes
Have you done an update on these enclosures? Would like to see you try adding holes. Also, are the square lids on the larger enclosures any more secure than the round ones?
I like these, have four myself. Met him at my first invert show and thought he was a great chap too. Regarding the seam, i like adding backgrounds of some sort to my enclosures. So with these for example, i sometimes create a very basic moss or coir background running up and around the seam, using Gorilla Glue. My Huntsmen species, especially my H. boei settle and camouflage on the back wall.
Great video Richard. I looked at these enclosures before and although they look nice as displays I'm a bit put off by the flimsy plastic. Not as good as Perspex or glass and quite expensive considering the material their made from.
I'm from the Uk and I have a fair few of these enclosures various size's both shapes and I agree the larger ones could do with extra or larger magnets to secure the lids and if you mist your tarantulas they do tend show watermarks quite quickly so if you can dependant on what species you have in the enclosure, of course, make sure you wipe residual water or they will get dirty looking very quickly but there's where the cons stop for me, I have housed many T's in these enclosures and without exception, they have all done very well in them keeping Avics in them can be slightly problematic because as you know they usually web up the top of their enclosures which is a bit of a problem with the smaller arboreal enclosures but I've found with the larger enclosures there's enough surface area with the lid to be able to tilt the lid high enough to feed without disturbing the T too much that could be a problem for some keepers but for myself, it hasn't been a big issue the lack of cross ventilation hasn't been a problem again for myself others may disagree I have experimeanted with cross venterlating with some but left others with just the top venterlation and have found no real differance I have not lost an avic in these enclosures, cross-ventilation is easy to do but if you are using a heat tool to make the holes remember the acrylic is very thin and it will end up looking like Swiss cheese if you arn't carefull, Poccy's seem to do very well in these but as you said the magnet problem could be an issue but there are ways and means to secure it and Tarantula keepers are a resourseful lot so not a massive problem. The terrestrial and fossorial species all do very well in them and the smallest enclosures are great for your slings and I have had no issues with them. These enclosures are not perfect and in the US it seems you have a lot more options when it comes to enclosures but if you are on a budget but still want a good looking enclosure you should really put them on your list of options for enclosures. This is my experience using these enclosures it will, of course, be different for other Keepers because if we all agreed about them we wouldn't be talking about the Tarantula keeping Hobby 😂 I hope this helps a little keep up the great show mate 👌👍
I have full racks of the tarantula room enclosures... Got them from the spider shop in U.K... Cheep too for enclosures and look the bomb 💣... The big ones have 3 magnets they are very strong, I also had a very tall custom made for my very large Omothymus violaceopes Singapore Blue Female she’s very large and strong (stronger and far bigger than my poecilotheria metallica that are in the same type of enclosure and they have yet to escape... However one enclosure I purchased did come with a magnet missing you could see it was missing and they sent a replacement without any issues... I have so many T’s in these types of enclosure and your T will not escape them... The magnets are strong 💪 enough for any T’s you put in, unless you have a magnet missing...
I didn't know you had H. macs! Could you do a husbandry video on them? I got one a while back from a local pet shop but I can't seem to find a lot of good quality information on husbandry... or anything really.
i have the 22cm/ 8.6in cube tarantula room enclosure, had it for about 3 months my almost fully grown gbb calls it home, added cross vents with a hot nail but unlike yours the magnets on my are really strong to the point its hard to get the lid off and it pulls it out of my had putting it back on
Wish there was cross ventilation like tarantula cribs has 😕 maybe cross ventilation isn’t as functional as we think idk too much about it but I do prefer that it’s there.
It seems like visibility is really nice on these, the small seam isn't a huge deal. I like magnetic stuff, I'm not sure what drawbacks are as long as the magnet is strong enough (tho I guess magnets add to the price.) For instance I love using magnetic ledges. I would totally try out one of the smaller ones.
I love enclosures like this, but I would rather just got glass, the plastic/plexi/acrylic gets scratched too easily for my preference. And before long I feel the need to replace them. Which it's a fault of the enclosure, it does the job its supposed to either way, but little scratches just bother me more. Other than that I really appreciate these type of enclosures. I wouldn't be opposed to using them over the Amac containers or the mainstay plastic containers. They definitely look a lot nicer and more professional.
@Adrian B hardscaping and just extended rehousing. but I just am not a fan of any enclosure that can easily be scratched or is prone to wear the way plastics and acrylics are. But I should clarify I'm very OCD, so a single scuff or scratch will bother me, I just happen to notice them less with glass.
I was literally just saying that I need to rehouse my H. devamatha while eyeballing the cylindrical enclosure my betta inhabits and wishing I could find one like it for T's. How coincidental 😊
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Where is your hoodie? I didn't see it on the site
@@itsmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i think that one is from the teespring store. Under the video there is pictures of merch from teespring. Click on any of them and it will take you to the store
Did you check that you do not have a magnet missing on the big enclosure..? I have about 100 of these and when I shake upside down the lids don’t fall off at all... However I did receive one with a missing magnet and that did just fall off if shook upside down, but quickly got a replacement free and fast...
@@simonhollom591 as I said in the video, there were 3 large magnets on the enclosure, and when I twist it around I could feel them lock into place. When I held it upside down it didn't fall, but with the a little pressure the lid popped off. But that was only on the largest enclosure, all the small ones stayed attached with no issues.
@@tarantulacollective yes but inside the actual lid that detaches was one missing... you can feel them if you run your finger around the lid... they feel like bumps and mine was missing one... you could not actually see it as the ones in the lid are hidden between a sandwich of two plastic lids bonded together...
I have literally shook my even larger enclosure it’s a 30cm wide to death upside down... It doesn’t fall off...
I can even pick it up by the lid only, whilst it is fully setup with substrate and decor etc...
There is definitely something a miss with your enclosures...
I'm glad Tarantula Room is branching out to the US. He's big in the UK community and he's such a lovely guy who's always out to help people whenever they need it and always helping our markets out with these enclosures, as we're quite deprived on tarantula-esque enclosures. Great video.
Found you last night and I'm here to stay
He has a aamazing helpful channel
Richard quickly grew to a favorite of mine and a go-to. He does a fantastic job.
@@amandaz9762 yes truely a man dedicated to craft and has mastered entertaining, yet well edited videos that are still educational. A one of s kind compared to other tarantula youtubers.
I'd like to see Richard and Petko from "Dark Den" respectfully discuss plastic skulls in enclosures 😁
Oh man petko would be so mad 🤣🤣
The Dark Den is chewing gum on the bottom of your shoe compared to this channel....... much better information from this channel.... much better editing..... i don’t feel like he is talking to me like I’m 12 the dark den definitely speaks like he is trying to explain everything to a kid.......I can easily go on but it’s just genuinely much better content on this channel........
My tea sipping, bowler hat wearing ears were tingling.
Pro: love the looks!
Con: I prefer enclosure with cross vent
I am happy to tell you I put the lids to the test with a BIG centipede. I did put the enclosure inside another incase of escape. 2 months later its not managed to get out 😊
Richard there's a sweet spot on the lid were the magnets meet up, I don't think you could have found it, just spin the lid while its on and you should feel it grip, we've got a few of them here in England they are very good but pricey for what they are.
thats true there are lot of money
Yeah I agree they are quite overpriced as I have bought several of these, also considering the postage cost
H. mac #2 almost made a run for it. Good thing it decided to stay in. The large cylindrical enclosures really need to be more sturdy. A great example as to why you always pick up any enclosures by the base, never by the sides, because it's easy to lose your grip and drop it on accident. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
can wait for the Heteroscodra maculata husbandry video
Got these tarantula room enclosures for my juvies. Great stuff.
I love that Les Paul behind you😍
Wow 🤩 there different, nice looking thanks Richard 👍
I do like the look of them, kinda gives off a mad scientist look 🤙🏼
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We have some of these enclosures and we are keeping Poecilotherias in them. There is a lip on the inside of these enclosures that keeps the T from running out when you pop the lid. These are nice display enclosures.
Can't wait till these make it to Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Sup CANADA from Detroit hey y'all 👍🕷️🕸️
Thank you for what you do, ive been watching your channel for a while now, and it inspired me to get my first T today
That is awesome!
The video quality is so HD and crisp. OMG 😍😍😍
Something cylindrical would be amazing if you have small collection or have a T you wanna use as a centre piece on your coffee table or something. 360 degree views. Sweet.
Your photography skils are so pleasing and satisfying
hello great video information Richard
i have one of these and looks top notch
Your videos are so professional! A+ interesting content
Just discovered you through Wickens, and have been binge watching. Yours are absolutely the best T vids around. The amount of information, and the production value is beyond all others. Thank you!
Thanks so much! Glad you checked my channel out, it is awesome to have you!
the cylinder enclosure looks dope
Dude! I've been trying to find decent enclosures for ages! Thanks for the ideas 🤙
Have you not seen the Tarantula Cribs or dream plastic enclosures? They are by far the best designed and looking!!
@@Cliffhanger_MFC I have but since i also love in the UK and funds aren't steady, those would be ideal enclosures for temporary use until finances become steadier 🤞
@@that_tarantula_guy_shaun gotcha👍
Great tanks. I have two myself with no issues. Keep up that great work for the community.
Looking forward for the husbandry video of H.Mac
am was go get few of those but am glad watching this now. am in UK
Your videos just keep getting better, Richard! Keep it up and I can’t wait to see what you come out with next.
Hi Richard. Rest review. I bought the smallest cylinder last week to house my jumping spider. I really like it. Good quality and the lid works well. I did have to put in cross ventilation though, which really was no bother.
Should say great review 🤦🏻♂️
I do like the look of the enclosures. I just gotta have a top that isn’t coming off for sure.
I've bought from the owner and speak to him every now and then, take a look on his FB page there are pictured of all his enclosure easily 60+
These do have a really sleek futuristic design, and how lightweight they are could possibly be great for keepers with disability/mobility issues. Those magnets make me nervous though, and it doesn't look like more have been added to the design by now. I love the genuine review!
Loved the video dude, great photography as always. I have the big cylinder one and its served my Formasa well. Take care ❤
Damn the room looks good in the background GOOD JOB
watching from phillipines
Always enjoyed seeing those enclosures and water some but at the same time almost every rehouse I’ve seen countless struggling with the lip of the enclosure and getting the T to get into the catch cup. Still pretty cool enclosures. Thanks for sharing 💙
great looking enclosures and you made some awesome environments.
Hi Richard hope your well. As you know I’m
In the UK and I have a few of these enclosures and I agree regarding the magnetic strength on the larger one’s for adults. I do like the enclosures and I use one for my C.versi and I added cross ventilation with a iron with no issues.
Great episode pass on the enclosures I like them to be more sturdy in my opinion but it’s great they respect your platform and sent you them.
Hi Richard just got to see your video, great review by the way. I work in a plastics factory, we supply sign makers with all types of plastic products including acrylic. That material looks like a material called PETG it's similar to poly carbonate, but i couldn't be 100 percent sure unless i had my hands on it. I just thought id throw that your way.
I keep considering these, I've just had some shelving built into my wall and you've just cemented my idea
Great rehouse video
Please make a video on Heteroscodra maculata
I have few of the medium one stacked up. And yeah, I did drill holes to the side. Works well. I like that they are light weight, because my shelves are full😂
Another incredible video!! That last one was beautiful!!
I’m from the Uk and they got new designs I think made from acrylic which I melt cross ventilation they also have more magnets 😂😂 I keep my scorpion in cylinder one and adult obt in a big square one 😂😂 I’m so happy they been shipped to US I hope people in the hobby enjoy them as much as I do
That enclosure looks pretty cool 🔥
Love and Hugs, Richard.
Found that very helpful. I'm rehousing my pink toe tarantula in a new enclosure tomorrow.
The small enclosures seem great
hey man im ur number 1 fan in philippines, I love your video's because of the clear HD and all your contents how i wish that i have one of your enclosure and tarantula. thankyou more to come
Thanks for another informative and honest review!
Awesome
another AWESOME VIDEO I would put Mantis or Stick Insects into them enclosiers like you said they are easy to open some do have twist catches too
I guess I never realized you could rehouse a smaller scorpion simply by picking them up with tongs by their tail… gently of course. But I saw that and I had to do a double take!
Very nice looking enclosures
And awesome honest review
These enclosures are excellent for arboreals and slings/juveniles. But I’d definitely like to see some for adult terrestrials that are at least 20 inches across or more, your typical 10 gallon tank size.
Creepy stuff dude.
Keep it up.
Dry nice the spider shop uk has them my funnel web would do well in on
I have a few of the earlier design (pre magnets) work really well, lightweight, good visual display, just don't use them for jumping spiders....they get up under the top ridge and are a bugger to get out once there lol. Love the vids.
I have a couple of these, love them for my mantids but Idk if I would trust the magnets with Ts
I prefer a more secure enclosure like the komodo ones with the sliding lids with locks.
Great review Rich!
Can you do a top 10 on species for impatient keepers (fast growers, colorful slings, slings that don't spend months underground, slings that will actively come out of their burrows to eat, etc). I'm not even sure many of those species exist but if they do I'd definitely like to know about them. I've only been in the hobby for a little under a month, and I still have a small collection (4 Ts, 3 of which are slings) so I'm sure you can imagine how anxious I am to see some action lol. Right now I just feel like I have a bunch of boxes full of dirt that occasionally make crickets and meal worms disappear.
Use these enclosures myself, no issues so far & also like a bit of cross ventilation & it's an easy job to poke some holes in the side with a soldering iron
I live in Poland and I have been using similar tubes for a long time in our country Bioterra.pl makes great tubes greetings
Pro: lid actually seemed to keep the T inside during transfer! Lol nice review
As you say though with the bigger enclosure popping off like that you could use more magnets of even may put some heavy rocks or paperweights on top? Just not covering the air hole unless you make more holes in the sides. It would be a lot nicer and more appealing if they were made of acrylic
Really helpful review. I’ve been thinking about getting these. Mostly the cylinder shape for arboreal and fossorial Ts.
Aesthetic! ✨
9:08 😂funny to see that it happens to experts too, great video!
Ive being using these enclosures for juvenile's to adults with no issues to date, , vent holes placed where needed depending on species but overall I find them fantastic
I believe that he's recently been testing out spacers to put between them when stacking....
They're much stronger than the look too. I think he stacked like 12 high, all full of substrate too....
Hey Rich! I have one which I've use for my P metallica communal and it did a great job. Keeps the humidity good and tbh no side ventilation is needed. I love the lip on the top. U can see it stopped the second maculata form bolting out. Ideal for any bolting species as they just go under the lip and hide there. Even bigger spiders have a problem with bolting out. And yeah... the plastic mesh is the best. Had some Ts stuck on the exo terra enclosure so plastic mesh is awesome!
Maybe adding some neodyme magnets to the top? That should help - they are a lot stronger, than common ferrite ones, but still relatively cheap. 10x1 mm neodyme is enough to lift one pound, so adding 3 to the top should be enough to keep anything inside. And they are like 5 or 6 for 1 dollar. Oh, and you can acctually get ones, that have glue on one side, so they are easy to install.
Here in the UK, we are pretty deprived of good quality tarantula enclosures, ones that don't cost and absolute fortune as well. Tarantula Room enclosures are the best ones I've come across so far that we have available. I have 5 of these enclosures myself, mostly the square ones with the flat edges. Due to the acrylic being flimsy, it is really simple to modify in my experience; you can just use a screw driver to add cross ventilation along those flat edges and around the circumference of the cylindrical enclosures. Also, the mesh is pretty easy to cut out and replace with a bit of acrylic or plastic; decided to do this with all my enclosures to eliminate the risk of toes getting caught. Bit of a faff but definitely worth the effort! Ime, the arboreal enclosures make a great space and opportunity for fossorial Ts!
Yea yea nice bro 🕷️🕷️🕸️🎥
I've got a couple of these, but mine are the older design before the magnets were used. 3 little twist clips to hold the lid in place and no worry about them failing. I prefer that to the magnets if I'm honest.
nice!!!!😍😍😍😍😍
Plastic dog biscuit jar from walmart or the large plastic jar for cheese balls from costco... Large cylindrical plastic containers one & two gallon sizes
Have you done an update on these enclosures? Would like to see you try adding holes. Also, are the square lids on the larger enclosures any more secure than the round ones?
Random question, kinda, whats the name of those tiny climbing vines i see in your bioactive setups
I got two are brill think the tarantula room is starting to sell in usa
Was there an update video made as well as did the add magnets?
I like these, have four myself. Met him at my first invert show and thought he was a great chap too.
Regarding the seam, i like adding backgrounds of some sort to my enclosures. So with these for example, i sometimes create a very basic moss or coir background running up and around the seam, using Gorilla Glue.
My Huntsmen species, especially my H. boei settle and camouflage on the back wall.
These would be amazing for mourning geckos 🦎
Great video Richard. I looked at these enclosures before and although they look nice as displays I'm a bit put off by the flimsy plastic. Not as good as Perspex or glass and quite expensive considering the material their made from.
The square ones look more solid.?
Ps they don’t ship to Canada 🇨🇦
I'm from the Uk and I have a fair few of these enclosures various size's both shapes and I agree the larger ones could do with extra or larger magnets to secure the lids and if you mist your tarantulas they do tend show watermarks quite quickly so if you can dependant on what species you have in the enclosure, of course, make sure you wipe residual water or they will get dirty looking very quickly but there's where the cons stop for me, I have housed many T's in these enclosures and without exception, they have all done very well in them keeping Avics in them can be slightly problematic because as you know they usually web up the top of their enclosures which is a bit of a problem with the smaller arboreal enclosures but I've found with the larger enclosures there's enough surface area with the lid to be able to tilt the lid high enough to feed without disturbing the T too much that could be a problem for some keepers but for myself, it hasn't been a big issue the lack of cross ventilation hasn't been a problem again for myself others may disagree I have experimeanted with cross venterlating with some but left others with just the top venterlation and have found no real differance I have not lost an avic in these enclosures, cross-ventilation is easy to do but if you are using a heat tool to make the holes remember the acrylic is very thin and it will end up looking like Swiss cheese if you arn't carefull, Poccy's seem to do very well in these but as you said the magnet problem could be an issue but there are ways and means to secure it and Tarantula keepers are a resourseful lot so not a massive problem. The terrestrial and fossorial species all do very well in them and the smallest enclosures are great for your slings and I have had no issues with them. These enclosures are not perfect and in the US it seems you have a lot more options when it comes to enclosures but if you are on a budget but still want a good looking enclosure you should really put them on your list of options for enclosures. This is my experience using these enclosures it will, of course, be different for other Keepers because if we all agreed about them we wouldn't be talking about the Tarantula keeping Hobby 😂 I hope this helps a little keep up the great show mate 👌👍
I have full racks of the tarantula room enclosures... Got them from the spider shop in U.K... Cheep too for enclosures and look the bomb 💣...
The big ones have 3 magnets they are very strong, I also had a very tall custom made for my very large Omothymus violaceopes Singapore Blue Female she’s very large and strong (stronger and far bigger than my poecilotheria metallica that are in the same type of enclosure and they have yet to escape... However one enclosure I purchased did come with a magnet missing you could see it was missing and they sent a replacement without any issues... I have so many T’s in these types of enclosure and your T will not escape them... The magnets are strong 💪 enough for any T’s you put in, unless you have a magnet missing...
Nice Video! Those would be nice if made from glass!
I didn't know you had H. macs! Could you do a husbandry video on them? I got one a while back from a local pet shop but I can't seem to find a lot of good quality information on husbandry... or anything really.
Oh, hadn't watched all the way through when I asked that... lol. I'll be on the look out for that care and husbandry video!
yaaaaaaas, i got a few of these at doncaster 2 years ago, my slings are too small for them thou lmfaooooo
i have the 22cm/ 8.6in cube tarantula room enclosure, had it for about 3 months my almost fully grown gbb calls it home, added cross vents with a hot nail but unlike yours the magnets on my are really strong to the point its hard to get the lid off and it pulls it out of my had putting it back on
Wish there was cross ventilation like tarantula cribs has 😕 maybe cross ventilation isn’t as functional as we think idk too much about it but I do prefer that it’s there.
the cylindrical I guess good for centepedes 6-7inches
It seems like visibility is really nice on these, the small seam isn't a huge deal. I like magnetic stuff, I'm not sure what drawbacks are as long as the magnet is strong enough (tho I guess magnets add to the price.) For instance I love using magnetic ledges. I would totally try out one of the smaller ones.
I love enclosures like this, but I would rather just got glass, the plastic/plexi/acrylic gets scratched too easily for my preference. And before long I feel the need to replace them. Which it's a fault of the enclosure, it does the job its supposed to either way, but little scratches just bother me more. Other than that I really appreciate these type of enclosures. I wouldn't be opposed to using them over the Amac containers or the mainstay plastic containers. They definitely look a lot nicer and more professional.
@Adrian B hardscaping and just extended rehousing. but I just am not a fan of any enclosure that can easily be scratched or is prone to wear the way plastics and acrylics are.
But I should clarify I'm very OCD, so a single scuff or scratch will bother me, I just happen to notice them less with glass.
Is there a guitar vid on the horizon?
I was literally just saying that I need to rehouse my H. devamatha while eyeballing the cylindrical enclosure my betta inhabits and wishing I could find one like it for T's. How coincidental 😊