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I love that you always show your failures and your success.
Keep up the great work
Maybe make another waterfall enclosure for this T. Try splitting the wet and dry areas with thin stone slabs or tile. This will stop the water from seeping over the barrier. Also do some more intense waterproofing. AntsCanada had a similar problem with a leaky water feature in one of his bioactive enclosures and managed to fix the problem with rocks and a lot of sealant. Hope you can give the enclosure another go!
th-cam.com/video/-h0XRDxh45s/w-d-xo.html 👈 AntsCanada's video on his struggles with a waterfall.
Hi Petko. Next time I’m sure the enclosure will be better. Learn from our mistakes, is the best way to grow personal experience 😉
Yer and I agree the only way u can learn is by trying it and seeing what happens .. I bet if he does it again it will work ... really good idea tho
Interesting when you mentioned the problem with the post office. My family used to keep bees when I was a kid. We ordered some colonies by mail which didn't please our carrier. He delivered them but after that we had to go over to the post office to pick up any further colonies. The driver refused to carry anymore packages of live bees. One day someone mailed a letter to us but he didn't know our name of address so he simply addressed the letter to. "Bee People". The post office people knew exactly where to deliver the letter.
Maybe the next time when you order a spider by mail have the sender note on the package, "Highly venomous live tarantula" so the post office people will learn who you are. And to really have some fun pretend to check the package before taking it and suddenly proclaim, "Oh no it got out!! Nobody move until I recapture it".
I’m fairly certain H.Gigas adapted the ability to submerge under water to survive flooding burrows. Just like emperor scorpions can close their book lungs to survive their burrows flooding.
I'm almost certain that they also swim if they have to, Don't quote me on that 😂 I believe I seen that may have been a different Genus ☺️
@@PsychoticEwok fun fact: Owls can also swim if they need to!
I'll be honest, this shit freaks me right out. It popped up in my thread and for some reason I put it on. But this guy is brilliant and I can't stop watching... Goes to show what enthusiasm a
can do
Petko in another life would totally be some mad architect. 😱
Or tarantula-architect: Chilobrachys, since they are long and thin like Petko and also his favorite genus :3
he already is idiota
Fr lol
Oh Petko, this is in the top ten saddest moments in The Dark Den, I'm sure you will figure out what to do with the enclosure and make your waterfall dream become true once and for all. Love your videos!
EDIT: Nevermind, I commented before watching the entire video)
Your channel is really turning it up, thank you. Even though i'm not a biologyst nor an entomologyst, i've been really interested in zoology since i was 4 years old. Been on serious diet of books and encyclopedias. Now i'm 35, i'm into business management and music production, and i GOTTA say and thank to those sciences as i really like and enjoy taxonomy as complicated and exciting as it is. It helped/ helps me a lot to understand and clasify things around on my stuff and daily basis activities, and it's all about those early attachments. Your channel is so full of it, and i gotta confess i stopped watching other youtube channels because of yours 😅 'Feeding the Devil' stated it all around June 2018. Thank you, keep at it!
Feel free to shout out ✌️
Damn bro.. You messed up her subterranean swimming pool. Thats why she was mad😂 you know how much construction cost that set her back🤣🤣
Hey, that sucks but that's kind of why I like this channel your learning along with us and your always honest. Keep up the great vids Petko!
No dont do it
You just need a barrier remove the substrate from the background so its above the water level and paint the lower portion of the background and it will stop the capillary action it's an easy fix
The fuck does all that mean LMAO
@@bigtweek6819 sounds fairly straightforward to me, he is basically saying the water is climbing up the substrate therefore remove all the lower substrate from the back wall surface etc and paint a protective coating (waterproof) to just above the water level and then the water cannot escape. Basically leave the bottom section of the wall free from substrate.
A drainage layer won’t be enough. You need to stop the wick effect.
Will see :P
Noooo, don't scrap this as a T enclosure. There are lots of good tips from other commenters about how you can fix it. I wanna see this T catch a fish!
Amazing that she was quite comfortably walking in the water!!
@The Dark Den, If you ever revisit the project of making an enclosure for this type of tarantula. You might want to try adding a drainage layer, but in the form of 'light diffuser/Egg Crate' on top of the clay balls. Then add a drainage hole at the side, so you can empty the water out. The tarantula shouldn't be strong enough to bite through that type of material.
A longer enclosure, like an aquarium would probably be ideal. Basically, add your baffle like you did on your current set-up. Then add a second baffle that is a bit taller further to the right. Then add the drainage layer in between these two baffles. So the water that siphon out , simply can be drained from between the two baffles while the tarantula burrow is kept in the last baffle, where you have a single layer of clayballs and an egg crate/light diffuser on top. Add your mesh on the underside of the egg crate, so the tarantula have a hard time destroying it. To keep the drainage layer clear of debris.
Plant the region between the first and second baffle heavily with plants that spread their roots out. Add a light diffuser/Egg crate an inch below the soil, To prevent the tarantula from trying to burrow there. Then simply add the water to the farthest left. Try add rocks on the baffle up against hte background, so you foam a rock into place. That way, you can avoid having that dirt seam that seemed to wick the water. Then make a rocky slope into the water. Then add some java moss and some pest snails to clear the algae.
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fitfiltration.co.uk/products/copy-of-egg-crate-white-600x600 - Might want to check with reef shops in Croatia.
Thats alright if things don't go as planned Petko! Not everything will be perfect. I know from experience X) Thats great you managed to fix the enclosure for now, I wish I knew how to do that. Also that's great, another addition to the dark den. Thanks Petko and love your videos! :)
You are my favorite you tuber and i love your videos. They are fun to watch and i learn so much! You were my inspiration to get myself a Brachypelma Albopilosum(curly hair) tarantula and your videos have taught me a lot. Just want to say thank you and that your videos are the best
So thankful this enclosure was repaired and not taken down. Can’t wait to get more updates on this in the future!
Petko : It's hard doing it with only one hand.
Then follows doing it with just one hand but changed to the opposite hand.
Brain: Am I a joke for you?
Emanuel de Araújo 😂😂😂 I laughed when saw this too, so funny
I really enjoy your videos Petco. This is another great one can't wait till Fridays video!
Oh boy oh boy I can already sense a troublesome tarantula removal!
Looks like that fan art board will be covered again in no time 🕷📝🖼
Winton Night which board?
Sorry
At 0:06 on the right
I had the same problem with some of my first crab enclosures. Now I've gone over to a kind of flooded landpart with a big drainage layer. And most of the Geosesarma or Metasesarma like that kind of soaked substrat to dig there burrows.
And I would probably add something more structure for the crabs on the land part.
I remember watching your video about the making of this enclosure and being mesmerized by it. Been watching your videos for a few weeks now and subscribed last friday. Keep it up! Greetings from Peru :D
I can't believe how much this channel has grown! nearly 400k wow, such a humble guy as well.
Maybe you could make a solid barrier by lining the lip with rocks and silicone them around so that the water has a better barrier. Or, you can make a drainage layer, but use a cut piece of plexiglass with drilled holes in it for the water the drain through. I had a similar problem with my Fire Bellies paludarium, and making a barrier with rocks greatly reduced the problem for me.
Or just get the crabs because I love those too!!!
Whatever you do, it was still a really cool enclosure
You do some of the best videos bro, wish you all the best
Petko, you can also use such type of enclosure for Ancylometes species. They are fishing spiders that actually dive, swim and hunt underwater for small fish (hence the name), frogs or bugs. Extremely interesting for observation. These spiders should be easily available, because of their popularity. Also they aren't too expensive.
Simple solution on next build attempt, line the base with some strong plastic tarp that will act as a 'container' vs relying on silicone joins that can deteoriate with time. Look up in youtube on how to build manmade ponds in gardens to understand it better.
Hope you will attempt to build a waterfall enclosure again and make it successful. Then maybe attempt to create rain too. Antscanada did just that recently.
Thank you for the great content; I love your channel! Please put that amazing poster up of you riding a tarantula with your straw yelling “more substrate”. That fan art is fabulous and it should be on your wall!
Don’t worry about it Petko! I’m sure you’ll get it the next time, you have to have some failures so you can learn and evolve! ❤️
Oh Petko I love how much effort and imagination you put into your enclosures. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next though!
Love your videos. Love seeing the downs aswell as the ups x
Dude please don't give up on making a water enclosure for your T I know it will work it's just trail and error, you saw that she is fine with water so this is good. Maybe make the next enclosure a little deeper so you can add drainage layer and a way to to pull the water from it back into the waterside, also it might be worth making the waterfall more to one side so less likely chance of it climbing into the dry side. Keep up the good work, I do love your videos. I have about 2 weeks left in dubai and then about a month after I return to the UK I will be sending you a package.
It's great you learned from this. It was awesome seeing her survive in the water for the time she was in there! Great shot though, the idea of this waterfall enclosure is still cool! Hope to see more of your ideas in the future 😄
Goood catch petko, I’d be freaking out way more than you did! Good job for keeping it cool like always!!
Finally vampire crabs ;D I still remember a long time ago I asked in an E-Mail if you will keep them someday. The tank looks great for them already. Should probably add a stick/bark for easier time climbing up from the water, though they will not have a hard time how it is now. You should definitely try creating a "cave" in the background, they do definitely use those hiding spots and it will prevent cannibalism between aggressive males. Maybe a tunnel from water part to land part, that would be awesome. They also like to burrow, but not deep, so you can have a drainage layer without them digging it up.
I like how you went thru the trouble of getting back on the ladder and grabbing a big stick to try and get the cord. But all you really had todo was move the enclosure over slightly.
I feel for your frustration. I am working on an enclosure for a tiny jumping spider I saved from a bigger spider's web. It's become a bit excessive. If I get a Regal Jumping Spider like I want to, it would be perfect for an adult. It's a 48 oz. Miracle Whip container, cleaned and de-labeled. I'll have a video to edit when I finish the darn thing. Mesh for air and hot glue..... grrrr argh. Over thinking..... KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. I'll post the link to the video here. I love all the info you have to offer. Pretty great stuff. I promise, if I send you anything from the USA, I'll keep it under $20 USD, and put Candy on the label so you'll know what's in it.
I knew that was going to be the end result lol. You should have used a high quality clear aquarium silicone to glue some plexiglass in place as a foundation for the waterfall & the pool of water completely isolated from the substrate, than you could have glued some rocks to one side of it or something. I have had many Lizards over the years & I used to like to buy Waterfalls with pumps in them for running water, but they ALWAYS leaked. So I got into the habit of modifying them as soon as I brought them home even if they were brand new. I would use Clear Aquarium Silicone to put a 2-3 cm or half inch Bead around the Rim of the Water Area & Down Along the Flow Path of the Waterfall. That way the water was contained. I had to do this EVERY time I had a Pump with Water in a Terrarium.
Any Areas connected to the Waterfall without a Rim of Silicone to stop it will give the Water a path to Soak up into the Substrate. Put a Bead all the way down & across the top.
Can't wait for crabs! One should be called Mr. Crabs from Spongebob.
Mr. Krabs*
Mate, im honestly waiting every mon/fri for your videos. There just bloody awesome🍺 Such a bummer on waterfall enclosure, as ive seen your build on it. Great the tarantula is all swell👍 As always, great video. Looking forward to fridays vid!
Now, I don't want to look careless, but I would really like to see you make another enclosure with water in it for this female. It doesn't have to contain a waterfall, but just some water in it, a little filtrated pond, in order to see its mysterious fish hunting behaviours. A couple of feeder fish in the enclosure, and it would be quite interesting to watch what happens. It might look risky, however, since the tarantula obviously doesn't easily drown, as it can be seen in this video, it wouldn't be a problem if you make the enclosure more carefully and without the problems of this one. You know, well siliconed and e.t.c...
That was the intention of this enclosure, and I didn't said that I'm giving up on the idea :P
👍🏻 😉
13:16 lol like a witch making a brew
You have to break the capillary action. This can be done a few ways. 1) cut a small trench going from the devider all the way to the top and fill it with black silicone so the water can't travel past it. 2) cut into the foam and place a strip of plastic/glass going from the divider all thr way up to the top. You have to have some sort of break between the wet side and the dry side on the back wall or the water will be sucked to the dry side through capillary action every time. And you MUST (not shouting) have a break in the back wall between both the waterfall side and the dry side. Option 1 is the easiest to do and the least obvious one. Jist remember and natural fibers that touch both sides will pull water to the dry side. I had a similar problem with my first attempt at a paladarium 15 years or so ago. And I tried option one but didn't like the look of plastic running through the middle of my wall. I then filled the gap with black silicone and it looked a lot better and worked great.
we're super hyped for this though even if things dont always go as planned 👍👍
I love u petco sorry if I spelled it wrong but u are sooooo amazing and smart and u take the time to teach us and entertain us and u are amazing for that u teach the people that are not as fortunate as to have a communal tarantula and I really thank u for teaching me about all of the stuff u have
Bummer! But glad she's okay & still feisty 🙃 and your very crafty... I'm sure you'll figure it all out 😉
Genuinely like terrified of any type of frog, spider, bug. It’s like a paralysing fear of mine but IM OBSESSED WITH YOUR CHANNEL
going, to be honest, I am way to freaked out by spiders of all kinds to actually keep one. But at the same time, I am an avid zoologist and animal lover and I love your videos. you exude so much passion for the hobby and I just want to say thanks for all the hard work you put in.
Thats why you mark the package as a gift. Its how Aliexpress have been doing it for years.
I think you’re fans want to fatten you up!! 😆 You have the best fans! So sorry about the enclosure but I think you got it this time. Again, you have made another fan of tarantulas and tiny scorpions!! Love what you are doing- you are the best!!!
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Now, I'm hyped for your new crab! 🦀 P.s. love your vids and pets!
You learn from the mistakes. I am sure the next one will be better. You are very creative and I am sure you can do it! Good luck!
Gutted for you that it didn’t work out for your H Gigas but pleased you have found the crabs for it, I think it will be perfect for them, finally spotted the wooden spider on your shelf that my daughter gifted to you when we saw you at the BTS...or a least I think I saw it lol 😂 👍🏼 will show her tomorrow 😁
Oh nooooooo when u said u have to dig it all up sad
Love your video's Petko❤
I can see in the video that the background is wet 15 maybe 20cm up, meaning that eighter the expanding-foam or the substrate has to high a capillary value.
You could fix it by using only (semi)smooth rocks and silicone glue.
Another solution could be to leave the wet substrate as is, and install an extra pump in the back pf the substrate to pump the water back to the pond.
I hope this helps.
Also thanks to your videos my girlfriend can handle spiders allot better now so keep up the good work😀 ❤
Hey petko! Maybe try something that is hydrophobic by nature, this will help with the capillary action of the water. You could try covering that area with silicone to prevent the water from climbing the background!
I've learned through all my years of building Paludariums that it can be hard as hell to seal both sides and keep water out. As a precaution I always add a drainage layer. I've had lots of them never leak but the minute I dont add one I know water will find it's way into the substrate..lol
hi petko I REALLY want to see the slings from that one eggsack you pulled last time. can you update us on that pls?
WOW!! At least you will have a cool enclosure for your new animals Petko. It’s not a complete failure. 😊
Couldn't you just use a glass/ metal "border" in between the water and the substrate part? If you glue it solid enough, shouldn't that prevent the water from leaking into the other part?
I am sure you can still make it look awesome😊
What a strong tarantula you have. The crabs will love the tank and your tarantula will love dry ground again I bet. 😊
So creative to adapt it for something totally different 😃 It’ll be great to the crabs settle in too!
Oh nooooo, great video though my man, still the main inspiration for my channel keep it up
So sorry it failed for your tarantula. Is so beautiful.
empty the substrate, silicone an plexy partisan to completely segregate the wet area from the dry substrate. set the rocks in the mini pool to hide the clear wall between the rocks and the substrate.
Great video Petko can't wait to see your new buddy's when they come in
Maybe you should invest in a polarizing filter! It usually filters out reflections which might be usefull with terrariums
If you're getting vampire crabs, try to get them captive bred. Wild caught ones will almost certainly die. Try with dart frog hobbyists, as dart frog type setups work the best for these crabs, so dart frog people seem to have more success breeding them.
Hey Petko the spidershop.co.uk had some vampire crabs. I'm sure you have had packages from the spider shop before ? I'm just not sure about the shipping of crabs ?
A year ago my fiancé wouldn’t let me get a tarantula, but I stubbornly kept watching these videos and learning about them, and finally he caved and I got my first T a month ago. Now we’re even looking into a second.
Love your channel bruh, hella educational and the only reason I tackled my fear of spiders. Now its a hobby of mine been collecting T's and other insects for a couple years now. I even started a hissing cockroah colony that were supposed to be food for my collection but now theyre a part of it 😆.
One enclosure fixed ✔️....now speaking of frogs, can we get a video of fixing the dart frog enclosure pleeeeeaaaaase. Lol love the vids
Ants Canada did a setup like this for his ants. You should watch his video on making it and maybe get some ideas to possibly try again in the future.
Hi Petko, when making this enclosure add a piece of plexiglass to make a divide/separate the background that way the water will not be able to travel through to th substrate
Vampire crabs will be cool! Or what you ever want i like you videos and you content! ( :
Some good footage for a end of the year TOP/FAIL Videos
Can't wait until you get those crabs! 😄🦀 They are so curious and colorful 😍😍😍 love them
So sorry it didn't work out dude, I'm sure you'll end up making an even cooler one!
I think the capillarity effect is caused by the dirt that you put on the foam. If you cut the dirt and leave the naked foam it should stop, because the dirt absorbs water and due to capillarity it goes on the other side.
Lol I’m just trying to get my wood a nice enclosure and this vid popped up
You can fix this easily by adding a piece of acrylic through the backing next to where its creeping up. You should be good if you cover it with rocks instead of substrate and mix brown paint and clear acrylic to make it look natural
I don't know why, but in the beginning your accent was so strong ❤
could we get some more scorpion videos just an idea I recently got a flat rock. you always give so much good information it would be helpful
I've heard some arboreal tarantula species would jump out of trees and into streams or rivers to avoid getting caught by predators. They would just float down until they reach safety.
The Spider Shop UK sells vampire crabs!!!! I was thinking of getting some
So sad, but I hope that you try another tarantula waterfall enclosure!! Still very impressive
Sometimes it takes a few tries to get things right, it's all a learning experience!
Even though it failed, it looked sick!
Hey big man can’t you use pond liners to stop the water by taking it up the water fall and make the substrate lower than the liner to stop it climbing up. Keep up the good work.
I hope you figured out a way to re-line the water area! That was beautiful
DUDE! I feel ya sooo bad... I did the exact same mistake with my Waterfall build... So annoying... Its so baffeling how ALL the water can seem through like that haha. Good she was alive and well :)
Dark Den... the only person in the world who wants to get crabs...
I cannot keep track of how many times ive had to rewind because im attempting to watch this on a 7 hour train trip
You should talk to @Mark's Tarantulas. He makes super enclosures if you haven't seen vids of him already. Both him and yourself are my two fave spider guys, for your enclosures and ultimate care of your spider broods. But yeah he has done an awesome enclosure for his fishing spider.... as well as many others of course!
Digging out a tarantula must be anxiety provoking
Maybe get some kind of water proofing spray and spray everywhere around the waterfall.
"Y u gotta take away my pool, man, dafuq????"
Oooh and I love your adventures in nature... any plans to make another wildlife adventure?