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My favorite arboreal container by far is the $4 Utz Cheese Balls container. I want more but I can't eat any more cheese balls.

Try sectioning your tank off. I turned my tall 20 gallon into three enclosures for Avics. Escape-proofing this difficult, though! I spent a lot of time on this part.

I can't tell the difference between my avic and my metallica. The azuraklaasi is bright now that she's older, but used to look just like a regular avic.

I've never seen any of these in person, but I'm amazed by the photos of Borneo blacks above the others.

I've had mine for over a year, it's still a translucent speck that could fit on my pinky nail.

I prefer the fireleg, too, but if you're interested in a beautiful tarantula you can hold, why not an Aphonopelma bicoloratum? They have the same coloration as Brachypelma boehmei, except they are much more handle-able (in general). Google Image results for Aphonopelma bicoloratum...

Most of my arboreals have tiny abdomens, but I tend to overfeed some hungry terrestrials and their abdomens become too fat. I think the abdomen being roughly the size of the cephalothorax is a good rule for rosies, mine are usually ever so slightly larger.

I think that smithi are more likely to put up with handling (although mine is my most defense T), but I personally feel that boehmei are the most beautiful NW's.

Oh, and another tip you may already know, but since I keep most of my slings in larger containers like yours I always start a burrow for them. I take the eraser end of a pencil and press into the substrate along opposite walls of the container. This way, they start one or two burrows in a...

People think I'm morbid! It has been suggested that I probably like torture devices and collecting human bones, among other things. I'm NOT kidding! I'm not a masochist nor am I trying to be macho. The line I hate it, "they aren't pets" or "I don't think it's a pet if they can't love you"...

Could you get a larger, flash photo of the carapace? It looks a bit like an Aphonopelma bicoloratum due to its raised triangle. $40 is a great deal regardless, this is a BEAUTIFUL spider! :D

Congrats! My G. pulchripes grew over 4" in just one year because I power fed her. I named her "Mammoth". The younger one hasn't even grown 1" in a year and is still too small to sex. She/he wasn't power fed. Since it's much smaller, I've named it "Mastodon". My point is that these guys...

Hey everybody, My computer crashed, and aside from losing my 80 GB of music (I've purchased an external hard drive to prevent this from happening again), I'm disappointed that I've lost all of the bookmarks to my tarantula shops. Here is my current list: jamiestarantulas.com...

I over-hydrated this exuvium and it tore. It seems male to me, but is it too wet to tell? Also, what's the best way to hydrate a molt? The abdomen had been crumpled up.

I lurv my C. fasciatums because of the webbing, eating, and tiger-ness.

I'm doing shelves now, but will switch to a cabinet when I have kids. Also I won't let my cats in my T room for now but I'd like that space open to them. People have reasons. I am thinking about getting a large bookshelf ($26, Walmart) and buying a door kit to install doors. Or go to Goodwill...

I mangled the specimen quite a bit, but it looks male to me.

A rosea was plopped onto my arm when I was 6-7 in a pet store. That was it!

Boy?