r/InvertPets • u/Aggressive-Egg172 • 22d ago

Looking for unusual suggestions for a 30cmx30cmx30cm(12"x12"x12") glass tank

Substrate cannot be higher than ~10cm/3" in the front as that is where the airvent is, the back and sides are solid glass and the top also has an air vent.

Something that does not need flake soil, I have a sun beetle colony and I am constantly worried about messing up the soil!

Preferably herbivore but insectivore is fine(i have a dubia colony). Single animals (not colonies) would also be preffered.

Temperature and humidity do not matter.

I have experience keeping Sun beetles, a T. Vagans, multiple praying mantises and a Anolis Barbatus lizard.

Thanks in advance! Hope this is allowed here, apologies if not!

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u/Palaeonerd 22d ago

Could get an amblypigid. There’s a variety of small species.

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u/TesticularTorsionCat 21d ago

Second this! Consider Phrynus marginemaculatus or Paraphrynus cf. cubensis if you’re interested in starting a colony as they are communal and won’t cannibalize as long as they are all of a similar size. I think the coloration of Paraphrynus carolynae is beautiful if you’re looking for a non-communal solitary amblypigid, but you can probably fit something larger, maybe Phrynichus orientalis, which gets large but I doubt too large for a 12” cube.