I Built a GOTH ENCLOSURE for my ANGRY Tarantula!

[@tarantulacollective]

Watch Tarantula Kats video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6rWemSBntSpnK8 Vote on your FAVORITE here: strawpoll.com/polls/7rnzGNoRWgO

[@sinbad2022]

Sorry kat had mushroom 🍄 so cute

[@sinbad2022]

but u did really good toooooo

[@DianaGarcia-kl5wl]

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[@ambertrochelman8437]

Both are good it's really a toss up

[@tarantulacollective]

@UCJXre1ducjQEMEYkC3_2_Cg 😘

[@justsayin6214]

I have only 2 Ts that took their enclosures as I built them. The others were like "what is this rat's nest? there needs to be a huge pile of dirt and these plants need to be buried and there is a lack of mess in general"

[@thequidder3747]

"There is a lack of mess in general." is the best description of a tarantula's attitude towards a new enclosure that I've ever read.

[@tarantulakat]

PLASTIC PLANTS 🚨 PLASTIC PLANTS 🚨 lol may the best enclosure win

[@tarantulacollective]

from the woman putting in fake mushrooms in her enclosure 🙄😒🤔

[@MagicalMundaneTarot]

Ooh you both make great enclosures. This is going to be hard. 😅

[@rebekkahbetancourt3069]

It was sooo hard to choose! Both look great. Love the shot at the end with her still angry. A beautiful tarantula with a beautiful enclosure!

[@steviekyme9153]

Love your angry girl. She was literally vertical at the end. Love both enclosures but this one takes it for me. I loved Kat's moss on the bark in hers but the black pulling this together was great. Great job on both enclosures, high fives all round

[@raerae0320]

Both are aesthetically pleasing in their own way. But I'd definitely be more drawn to yours. Amazing work to you both!

[@tarantulacollective]

Yay, thank you!

[@tarantulakeeper3292]

7:30 at least something the dark den will like about this enclosure 🤣

[@ajo7009]

I really love both enclosures. They both have a different feel!

[@goatvomit]

This is my first time viewing your channel, sent over from Tarantula Kat for the competition. This is such a hard decision. I love the autumn gothy look of yours but I also love the fairytale forest Kat did. 😭 Curse you both for making me struggle to decide!

[@Dzaeli]

They are both great and I love both aesthetics, but I gotta go with Kat for the details.

[@Timefortracy]

You both did a great job! But I think I’m gonna have to hand it to Kat this round, I was really digging that aesthetic. Both enclosures are functional though, the votes are really going to just come down to style preference 😊☠️🍄

[@kaotic300]

i love seeing the crossovers between you two! 🕷💀&🕷🐱 i really like the goth look of richard's enclosure, but i also feel that the spider would really like the hiding spots of kat's enclosure... awesome job both of you! 🕷🕷

[@georgecardiff1946]

Brilliant Richard, the enclosure looks fantastic.

[@LoriCurl]

I am new to spiders, Tarantula's, and both channels. Makes me feel I can be unbiased here. I loved both enclosures, but had to choose you, Richard.(Please don't be upset Kat, when you see my comment. Absolutely nothing personal :) Reason #1 for me is, it is certainly a setup meant for a Tarantula, and showcases the beauty of this species for me. #2 is I like the way you use the space. It has a full feel, and pcs are in proportion to the enclosure. Somewhat cozier, if you will. Great Job!!

[@bethany6622]

Absolutely loved the little snail shells and moss in Kats enclosure but yours takes my vote! Got to give my Nhandu an upgrade now though 😂

[@xandriatyson6834]

She's an absolutely gorgeous angry little lass

[@breaunasreptileworld]

It's hard to choose because we love both of them and don't want feelings hurt. I voted for tarantula kat

[@emilywilhite5807]

Honestly I can’t even vote. I love them both. I love the goth feel and black touches and skull in your enclosure. I also love Kat’s mushrooms and pops of color. They are both fantastic enclosures for beautiful Ts.

[@omnist7903]

Love the setup. Great shots too. Would you cover the phrixotrichus genus? There is a lot of confusion and misinformation on them. And little to no husbandry. It would be greatly appreciated.

[@leannetuckphipps1497]

Love a natural set up and love you Richard but kat got my vote the snail shells and mushrooms tipped it for me, amazing job both of you ❤

[@brianaglenn3706]

Love it! Both yours and Kats are so good! It’s too hard to choose one. *pulls out a second device to vote*😉😂 In all seriousness, great video! I love your channel so much.💪🏽

[@samhaines8228]

Very cool enclosure, nice vibe, love me some anatomically correct skulls, this one in black and gold totally works with the coloration of your T, and the overall theme.

[@DonisP.]

No pun, but in my opinion, Dave's Little Beasties makes very nice enclosures.

[@taybugs95]

I did vote for Kat (because I couldn’t resist the mushrooms and snail shells), but I really loved yours as well! 🤩

[@pantheratigris00]

Well, I have to say, my husband and I missed voting because we were at Furnace Fest, but you can plus two for yourself. Love Kats whimsical set up, but we preferred yours. Would love to see another challenge between you tubers though! Maybe brackets? March madness. Let's go!

[@BillieRC]

Richard, I am late but I have to say that I did like your enclosure but Kat’s is so adorable 🥰 I gotta late vote for Kat this time! I would love to see a Tarantula build off with other Tarantula content makers :)

[@marqueshafarris4882]

I cheer for you. That's why it's here for you.That's cause you're doing good play and I not really wanted to answer that i'm about to buy 14 my mom's period 10:00

[@mariestubbs4606]

Well Richard doin a Petko adding sand for texture ....lol

[@rebekkahbetancourt3069]

totally thought that too!

[@mariestubbs4606]

Richard its not on cos I luv em both ....

[@mikepetersen7319]

Exactly thought the same.

[@katyann4198]

Man, you both did great! I like Kats fairy tale theme but I LOVE anything goth looking. I set up a Nightmare Before Christmas themed 20 gallon enclosure for my skeleton leg tarantula. It took me 3 days 🤣🤣😫 glad I'm not the only one who devotes time and creativity to the enclosures.

[@janebrewer9326]

Both were great and have different aesthetics. I think you did a better job matching the colors and feel of the T to your enclosure. The threat pose pic sealed the win for m!

[@lordhawkridge4116]

I'm a big fan of naturalistic setups more than any sort of theme; replicating their natural habitat as closely as possible is far more important to me than any aesthetic (and if you do proper research into where they're from, you can certainly make them aesthetically pleasing still!). Both look great, but I do prefer yours out of the two!

[@dawnhazell2697]

Richard has my vote!! Both were beautiful but I love the amount of substrate, and the gothic look is awesome and perfectly matched to its inhabitant!

[@kriswTmom]

Loved these videos! Great competition. Loved both enclosures ♥️

[@jaeraison4892]

both enclosures are so cool! one appeals to my goth side, one appeals to my mystical side, i like them both!

[@tarantulacollective]

I totally agree!

[@deniserobinson8294]

I really like both enclosures for different reasons. This one is really cool. 👌 😎

[@anne-lenebakken5827]

Cool 👍 🤩 Now I just have to see Tarantula Kat`s enclosure😊

[@nathanialhoge9858]

You were the first creator I followed in the tarantula world. You're a fellow West by God Virginian. But brother, I have to give it her on this go around! Solid enclosures from both of you, though!

[@melissadanielle629]

Beautiful build. Great video ! Cheers

[@brianscreaturesofthenight2621]

Nice build and best of luck to you and Kat both.

[@st0n3p0ny]

Would love to see a video on cohabitation. Are all of your habitats single species? What interesting pairings do you have?

[@mereyemsuzanne8635]

Thank you for your videos Greetings from Amsterdam The Netherlands 🇳🇱 Your enclosure is much better and more beautiful !!!

[@1129BAMF]

I really liked both enclosures. I'm kind of over skulls, but I love how high you piled the substrate, while Kat's was a little lacking. I think I liked her aesthetic more, though. Tough to choose!!

[@ethanmccormack9561]

I'm so looking forward to seeing what Kat does, personally I think you are both good and decorating enclosures. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sets up enclosure, adds loads of stuff then thinks I need more substrate, so it gets dumped on top of the hard work 🤣🤣 this is what I love about the T community, rather than Kat getting annoyed and you both fighting, instead you are having a healthy little competition, now that is the best middle finger to trolls ever.

[@richardbriansmith8562]

You did an Awesome job with that enclosure Awesome Video Tarantula collective

[@ladymiaeriksson5809]

Tarantula Kats enclosure was really cute but the skull and black plants speaks to my dark soul 🤣🤪 You got my vote

[@arachnophobe2arachnoholic]

Love your enclosure suits your spider perfectly

[@Lisa-eu9fy]

You're both awesome!!! 🕷🧡🧡🕷

[@SRHMorbid]

Love kat! Id definitely love to see her maybe next yr.

[@zombiesusi]

I've never had such a hard time with choosing something. 😭 Both are amazing.

[@itsamylauren1615]

The enclosure looks amazing I’m sure your adorable tarantula will love it

[@kristellnone1516]

I like that you made yours the darkness with a light on the top awesome,not into fairy tales and to have it like there real home I like yours got my vote good luck to you both 🕸🕷

[@skippyb.coyote895]

Excellent work on the enclosure Richard! It's a real thing of beauty and fits that spicy Nhandu perfectly, though I think Kat may have you beat on this one >.>

[@mendizirkel4221]

I love both setups. I enjoy watching you both. However, since I only could choose one Tarantulas Kat got my vote.❤️🕷

[@alexjae1901]

Thank y’all for doing what y’all do I’ve been watching both of y’all’s videos for awhile now and yesterday I just ordered a baby grammastola polcra I can’t wait!! (First tarantula ever!!) So excited to pimp out that babes house when they get bigger :,D they gonna have a magic vampire lair I know it Thank you for all the links too so helpful !! Have a great day!!

[@Me-dt3ul]

Absolutely love both enclosures, but I have to give this one to Kat just more my style.

[@ja5yart]

After watching The Tarantula Collective and Tarantula Kats enclosure builds I have to say I liked both in their own ways. TKat had the live plant, colorful scene. Richard had the skull and goth theme. The only thing that would have made the build off better would have been if Dark Den had been in it lol

[@inkedandbeautiful6318]

You both have amazing enclosures

[@terra4na330]

At 3:37-4:05 wen ur adding the soil where did the fork background go cus it's not there ?

[@starlabratcherflannigan1798]

Richard gets my vote there is nothing wrong with cat or her enclosures I just kind of preferred the skull and I prefer Richard's Channel because he is so so knowledgeable about this stuff

[@chancewitt1308]

I really like both enclosures And it was really close but I'm gonna have to give my vote to tarantula collective For one simple fact Using the moss to cover up the cutline on the cork bark... still respect to both of you very cool setups

[@ppfd]

Love the Kat and her awesome build. You know I had to vote for my WV brother though!

[@tarantulacollective]

Thanks!

[@sydneyice]

Sand for the texture.. yes I'm familiar with the concept. First time seeing your channel but familiar with sand thanks to Petko with the dark den lmao

[@missmclane4030]

Kat sent me for the build off challenge, I'm a bit new to these videos, I just know a few, but loved this so much I subscribed!! Now to binge watch your channel!! Y'all did awesome, what a hard choice!!!!

[@tarantulacollective]

Thank you so much!

[@TarantulaHaven]

Love the set up. You could have cut about 4 inches of that cork background and glued it to the top since you buried most of it anyway. 😆

[@ingeniouspixie]

Dude, this is a GREAT enclosure!👌👌👍👍 But I'm a sucker for anything fairy... 😬🙃

[@bmapes87]

Hey Richard do you have a Cyriopagopus albostriatus - thailand black?? I'd love to see how you take care of one.

[@owainkanaway8345]

My Nhando Chromatus is usually in a threat posture, but it's a bluff, they don't bite. There temperament is that of brachypelma really

[@christensing2904]

Such as hard decision choosing !! love both of your content 🕷🕸

[@Textile_Courtesan]

This is an awesome build! Would this enclosure be appropriate for a C. versicolor? Is there enough ventilation for one?

[@SugarRushBandit]

Sand for the texture, love it XD

[@jaredwall7335]

Your videos quality is outstanding, I watch yours all the time. I voted for yours

[@melissasyard1212]

I love how you always add a skull! My dad is similar he even has a skull tattooed on one of his teeth!

[@JohnFierro92]

Awesome as always 👏

[@eriktopping8473]

It’s all about hiding those straight lines and moss works great for that. Not too many straight lines in nature. You should do a build off for the subscribers so I can win it.

[@amgtarantulas]

I just got a nhandu chromatus, so beautiful! Nice enclosure!

[@mariahchavez1993]

Both did amazing work.

[@twitchiewitch1]

Well... I do watch you a lot & I am a subscriber & I did vote... for Kat. Nothing personal, she just put a lil more thought into it & color. She also went outside of her norm, where yours was similar to all your other enclosures. Yours is cool for sure, hers was just better. 😊

[@nashmichaeld]

Dude. I voted for you as I prefer your aesthetic. 🎉

[@tomandalontheroad]

Very nice work on decorating. Loved the video, very themed based for the season and most likely your little girl. You seemed to be more aggressive when rehousing. Do you worry you may injure them? The locked in threat pose was awesome while she lay on her back. How did all the webbing get into your videos? How long after the rehousing did you shoot your final enclosure vids? Nice work!

[@tomandalontheroad]

What about the answers to my questions?

[@saradelamare2776]

No you guys!!! I love you both!

[@jojstv_lloydmolinos1205]

Amazing at all!

[@nightcaesar]

Nice enclosure build

[@exoticpetstv3433]

Wow it looks like natural enclosure

[@robwheelut]

Ive noticed you dont do bio active enclosures with the clay balls. Ive found it works much better at retaining moisture and works better with live plants.

[@tarantulacollective]

That's the beauty of the biodude substrate....you don't need the clay balls the way have it set up. But if you watch some of my other bioactive enclosure set up videos, you will see in at least half of them or so I do use a drainage layer. For example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6HdmqOChN-Dgpo kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5uXgpmmoJ2Gjq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6TEqpWKeJ2VbLc

[@Alecsweet3057]

I have to ask??? What's up with PETKO POPPING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VIDEO????? 4:45. 😂😂🤣

[@tarantulacollective]

He hates it when I put plastic skulls in my enclosures.

[@sabriguzman]

love this set up. now on to Kats..

[@robinpoeling]

Love your enclosure, its killer, maybe a little less substrate 🤔 so maybe she can web up the back wall you put in..🥰

[@gumdiseases]

beyond the legal obligation as a goth tc fan to vote for you, I much prefer the way/amount you placed the substrate and the darker tones feels more natural and satisfying than the fairy vibes. just my opinion. obviously, it’s still a nice enclosure!

[@geoffallert1921]

Great video. I hope you win.🧙‍♂

[@startrekfangirl]

I like what you did with your enclosure, it looks cool. Kat kinda has a Alice in wonderland look to hers which wins me over. However both look great!

[@mmmmmmmmmmmm666]

Hey Richard, why do you use metal tongs to move your Ts? I only ever use paintbrushes as they're more gentle. I've only seen a threat pose after I used my bamboo tongs to move my a. seemanni when I first started the hobby. Also, do you worry about them biting the metal and breaking their chelicerae?

[@jameswyatt2739]

I have watched videos. Richards I say you win. The decor is so you perfect for Halloween. In saying that Kat wins, because her enclosure just pops Kat was here. The closing sentence is both of you. You tarantulas win. Just look at what you built.

[@rachelsteedley5441]

She is absolutely 💯 beautiful 😍 and the enclosure is awesome

[@halfie44]

This looks really cool!

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video build Richard you got this

[@tarantulacollective]

Thanks 👍

[@pasthearrow]

Stoopz hyped learned a lot as always and will absolutely be following your channel love the crib and looking forward to moving my sling into a tarantula crib and my Costa Rican stripe knee into a bigger home and I appreciate the care sheets thanks Rich ☠️🕷️🙏😈

[@FunkyFreshReptiles]

✨sand for the texture✨

[@staceynoir1988]

I voted for yours because i have a baby nhandu cromatus and this was great enclosure inspo for when they grow

[@Inkedscales]

You got my vote. Love it!!

[@captainfyeah]

I cant believe Kat is winning right now, the collective peeps, go cast your votes!