Most tarantulas need a 5 to 10 gallon glass or plastic tank. Terrestrial tarantulas need more floor space then height. Ariel tarantulas need more height then floor space. It does not matter if it is leaking or not. The most important thing about your tarantularium is that your arachnid can not escape and that your screen or top is securely down.
There are a number of things you can use for your T.'s substrate. Right now I am using vermiculite. You can use that or peat moss, potting soil (The good kind from the gardening store with no chemicals in it), Bed-A-Best, or others, but I would only recommend these listed.
There should be at least three inches of substrate. More if it is a burrowing species, about 5 inches.
Remember not to put any foliage, leaves, or anything else like that on the bottom of your tarantulas tank because they are clumsy animals and will never find crickets with ten inches of leaves on the bottom of their cage. If you like to decorate your T.'s tank like that then you must feed it in a separate tank, but if you ask me that's just a waste.
There should always should be an open, shallow water dish. It should be refilled about every two days. Don't put in a sponge because it may grow bacteria.
All species vary on how many days they should be misted, but a Rose Hair should be misted two times a week.
You should give your T. at least one hidden place to shield it from the light (I'll explain more about the lights in Lighting And Heating). I am using a round piece of bark that I found on a tree and a tube from a roll of paper towels.
Like I said in Substrate, remember not to put any foliage, leaves, or anything else like that on the bottom of your tarantulas tank because they are clumsy animals and will never find crickets with ten inches of leaves on the bottom of their cage. If you like to decorate your T.'s tank like that then you must feed it in a separate tank, but if you ask me that's just a waste.
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