Reddit reviews REPTIZOO Mini Reptile Glass Terrarium Tank 8"x8"x12", Front Opening Door Full View Visually Appealing Mini Reptile or Amphibians Glass Habitat
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You haven't messed it all up! It's a learning process, and this isn't the worst setup ever, but it could definitely use some tweaking and adjustments. :)
It's a great start!
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Don't feel bad, there is a ton of misinformation out there and it probably feels overwhelmign right now, but the correct way to keep tarantulas is MUCH easier than the incorrect way. Most of the stuff they tell you to do is totally unnecessary, but this forum and arachnoboards and Tom's Big Spiders are all fantastic resources.
The enclosure itself isn't ideal for a pink toe, mostly because they like a lot of cross-ventilation and this doesn't provide any of that. This is what I keep my Avicularia (pink toe) in -- there is top ventilation as well as ventilation beneath the front-opening door, so you get the necessary cross-ventilation for the species. The other issue is that they stay up high so if you only are able to get in through the top, you might end up messing up their webbing and stuff... but primarily the issue is the lack of cross-ventilation.
You can get rid of the humidity/temp gauge; it's unnecessary. Tarantula will be fine at room temp -- the general rule is if you're comfortable in a regular shirt, your tarantula will be comfortable too. Chasing humidity is a waste of time and could even be totally counterproductive -- one of the worst things for your Avicularia is an overly stuffy, moist and stagnant enclosure.
If there is a heat pad or anything they told you to use, get rid of that too. If you cant get it off just unplug it :P but she doesn't need it, it could actually harm her.
Avicularia are totally arboreal, like, I've never ever seen mine even touch the substrate in its enclosure. So you'll want to move the foliage up to the top half of the enclosure (suction cups/command hooks?) and you can simply flip her little 'log hide' so that it's standing vertically, though she may never actually go inside it.
In the meantime, in that enclosure, I would suggest keeping the substrate dry (keep everything dry) with clean water in her dish available always. You could spray some water droplets on the side of the glass maybe once a week but since this doesn't have cross-ventilation, you're going to want to limit the amount of moisture in the enclosure in order to avoid that stagnant moisture issue.
I don't have any photos handy but I'll take a couple of my Avicularia setups when I get home if you want!
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TL;DR -- Switch to an enclosure with cross ventilation, move the foliage up top, flip her hideout so that it is vertical, no need to measure humidity/temps as long as she's in a room that stays in the 70s you're fine. And don't feel bad for learning; we all start somewhere!