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Spagnum Peat moss is what I use.

A. geniculata for sure. Grows pretty large, has outstanding feeding response, stays out mostly and makes a great display Tarantula. The striking color contrast between black and white makes it stand out for sure. You wont regret it and there is no cons to owning the A. geniculata!

They can molt way faster than that. OP can either get the enclosure best suited for now or best suited towards the way the enclosure will be decorated.

Height is plenty fine. It can be adjusted down with substrate.

I did say it won't necessarily harm the T. While it is said that mold cannot harm a tarantula, mold does indicate a condition that can be undesireable. The most important thing I am referring to in my post is adequate ventilation. For me personally, mold is ugly and nasty. Totally unacceptable...

The molting schedule can be vastly different even between 2 tarantulas of the same species, even from the same sac. There are alot of variables that can be at play which can include temperature and feedings. I can appreciate the fact that you tried to keep data. I too have kept molt records but...

Whenever we rehouse, we prepare the substrate and most likely, preparation of said new substrate is done with a little water. This would be reflected with the humidity gauge reading. It won't necessarily hurt the tarantula. But make sure there is adequate ventilation so that the high humid...

For males, its easy peesey. Look at their pedipalps. If it looks like boxing gloves and not like legs, than that is a mature male. Without this one feature you would not be able to mate them. Now if the male is mature and the female is larger than the male or at least similar in size than you...

I do get what you are saying and I know its not an argumentative debate or discussion but the context of me questioning "why are we focused on what I mentioned (concerning lights)" is with regards to this specific thread. I wanted to keep on topic and didn't want this thread to just go off the...

Like I said in my very first post (concerning this) and hopefully this puts an end to trying make this a debate... Is there any scientific fact that its necessary for tarantulas? None that I know of nor is there facts pertaining the necessity of a day/night schedule. Nor any facts that it...

Actually from the 18 tested, it was 17 to 19 hrs which is faster than the 24hrs of the majority of the other species of Orb weaver spiders. From the article: "There are 3,122 species of orb-weaving spider, although the researchers only studied 18 total spider species, three of which were...

I am a believer that almost all creatures (from bacteria to fruit flies to humans) has a circadian rhythm which is heavily influenced by light (be it natural sunlight or artificial light from lamps). Therefore I adhere to that belief (and somewhat a fact to most creatures on the planet). This is...

If you want it to molt faster think of it as they need to outgrow their current shell (Exo) and the temps need to be really warm. As in the 80-85Frange. But with higher temps, you have to be more careful. When the booty becomes black, it will molt. With higher temps metabolism will be faster as...

Exactly! I follow the personal tactic of duplicating sunlight and nightfall in my husbandry habits for them.

Beautiful! :kiss:

:cool: Daily

Just a note. The actual age of a T does not correlate to its size. I can have 2 tarantulas and dependent on husbandry techniques, one can remain a sling (size) and the other can be a very large adult even if they both came out of the same sac.

I had several and loved them all. The size, feeding response and the fact that they stay out in the open is what makes them excellent T's.

2.5 gallon tank can be a good start.

Different species has their speed for the "Powerfeeding" method. But I was able to start from birth of a T to about 5" in a year (of course this is species dependant). Exactly. I did not keep T's as pets. They were kept as a hobby so in a sense like having a collection of baseball cards. If I...