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The best results I have had is to put them in corn meal with a tissue on top. For food, I give them carrots or a slice of potato and put that under the tissue. After they mature, they will mate and eventually die. Just remove the dead ones as you see them. Also, don't put all the worms in at...

In my experience, they are not as bad. I have red knees that will flick if you look at them wrong but the curlys seem to tolerate things better. In fact, other than a few smaller slings, I don't remember the bigger ones flicking very often at all.

I agree. I think B. albopilosum is the better of the two choices. Very healthy eaters and calm.

One of my males just matured and he is about 5.5" so your guy should mature on his next molt.

I started giving distilled water because it wouldn't leave any marks on the glass if it splashed up and dried. I use it in all my enclosures. I'd assume that since tap water is safe enough for us to drink, a tarantula would do just fine with it but when I used it, I had a lot of residue left...

I'd use the aquarium water for house plants and pick up some distilled water from the store for the tarantulas.

I'd include a Green Bottle Blue in that mix. They are very nice looking spiders (IMO).

I bought some enclosures from www.glasscages.com a while ago and I think they can work with you on different sizes and custom tanks. Their prices arn't too bad either. Of course, it works out better if they happen to be attending a show in your area so you can save money on shipping.

They will also eat meal worms which would end up being cheaper if you start breeding them. I've seen a meal worm start digging it's way down into the dirt and the greater horned baboon dug it up to eat it. These are great little spiders.

In comparison to others, the G rosea may not be as "valuable" as others since they are so common in the hobby. Of course, being so common, you can usually get adults for much less than other types which is why I thought of them when you asked for suggestions. Many people view G rosea as a...

My first thought would be G. rosea. Adults can be purchased pretty cheap and, eventhough the slings may not be worth a lot, the experience of mating them is worth much more. Good luck!

Greater horned baboons are one of my favorites but a 10 gallon is probably too big for him/her. If given enough substrate, they will burrow and make really nice tunnels in their enclosure. From what I have noticed, once they get settled in to the new enclosure, the females will construct...

As others have said, I also think it may have been trying to get down into it's burrow and dove into the water dish instead. All of my gigus make a run for their burrow when I open the lid. Or, maybe it was just washing it's face. ;)