Advice.. its my birthday, which T should i buy??

[bloodred1889]

ok so on thursday its my birthday and i wanted advice as to what to get! so hers a list tell me what you think... just one!

P. irminia 4-5inch female @ £74.95 (is this too much?)

GBB(greenbottle blue) 3-4inch (already have one, but this one is phyco and active)

Thialand black adult female

B. ruhnaui 2-3inch nice coloration around £40

H. lividum 4+inch

so yeah i can only have one which one should i get, if i get one this will be my 9th tarantula, and im experienced enough to keep any of the above...

 

[Hedorah99]

I'd go for the ruhnaui. I am a sucker for the Brachy's.

 

[rosehaired1979]

B.ruhnaui for my vote to

 

[Alissa]

Thailand Black - I'm assuming this is a haplopelma species? I love my H. lividum and H. schmidti: I don't see them very often, so when I do its a treat and I've been able to coax them into burrowing up against the glass so I get little peeks and see an awesome burrow. I think by nine spiders it might be nice to have something thats a little different behavior-wise, though I don't know which other ones you have.

I can't think of a bad one off of your list though. Or a bad tarantula at all :}

 

[jwasted]

B.ruhnaui for my vote to

My vote also thats 3

 

[stooka]

thailand black=H.minax
id buy the P.irminia although its pricey as i got mine for £30 as a 5inch female.But best spider there imo is the irminia

 

[bloodred1889]

sorry all i ment brazillian black!! hehe sorry

 

[bloodred1889]

i dunno actually which other tarantulas have black in there name?

 

[ShadowBlade]

Hm... Brazilian Black, G. pulchra?
Although G. pulchra hasn't been to appealing to me, almost every one here likes them.

I'd vote irminia. Favorite T in my collection, more active in feeding etc. then any other New World arboreal I've seen. Though they are cooler to raise from slings....

 

[ShadowBlade]

Actually wait, I changed my answer.

A Grammastola pulchra Adult FEMALE affordable??
BUY IT!!!!

Then I'd breed it...
But that's just me.

 

[Windchaser]

Here are my choices in order of preference:

1. .G. pulchra
1.1 P. irminia
1.11 B. ruhnaui
2. C. cyaneopubescens (GBB)
4. H. minax
5. H. lividum

The first three choices are all excellent and I am hard pressed to pick one over the other. The GBB is a close second to the first three choices. Though I like the looks of Haplopelmas, I dislike the fact that you rarely, if ever, see them.

 

[Thoth]

I second windchaser's list.

 

[Alissa]

If you meant Brazilian Black (G. pulchra), I couldn't recommend a better T for anyone. Gorgeous, sweet, hardy, and great eaters.

All tarantulas have good and bad qualities. I think just work towards getting a nice balance of different species with different behaviors and you'll be satisfied.

 

[bloodred1889]

oh wait... they just got in giant white knees around 3-4 inches... what do ppl think now?

 

[Lorgakor]

What's a giant white knee? Is that A. geniculata?

My preference from that list would be the female G. pulchra, followed by the B. ruhnaui, followed by the P. irminia female.

 

[bananaman]

B. ruhnaui all the way

 

[MRL]

Here are my choices in order of preference:

1. .G. pulchra
1.1 P. irminia
1.11 B. ruhnaui
2. C. cyaneopubescens (GBB)
4. H. minax
5. H. lividum

The first three choices are all excellent and I am hard pressed to pick one over the other. The GBB is a close second to the first three choices. Though I like the looks of Haplopelmas, I dislike the fact that you rarely, if ever, see them.

Agreed 100%

 

[JamesP]

I say go for the A. Geniculata.
They look awesome, grow to a very good size, and have a nice appetite!

 

[IguanaMama]

I have them all on the list except for the B. ruhnai and the H. minax (which is on my get next list.) The G. pulchra is very nice. I would grab an opportunity to get a female. They are gorgeous velvetly black, handleable, and entertaining. That and the B. ruhnai would be my first choices. People like the looks of the B. ruhnai, personally I don't, that is up to you (as well as if you like plain velvetly black!) The P. irmina is a great choice too, except that you can usually get slings pretty inexpensively, they are hardy as slings and fun to watch grow, so I wouldn't get an adult. Same with GBB and you already have one. The A. geniculata is also great, except again, it's a fairly fast grower, so I would get a sling and watch it grow up. It's fun to get these as slings because they eat a lot. I love haplopelmas, but if you only have a few Ts, they might not be a great idea, because you don't really get to see them much, unless you are a night owl. I see mine late at night and they have long pre and post molt periods when they don't come out at all. (At least mine do, I often wonder if they are even alive in there.)

 

[ShadowBlade]

Yeah, that'd prob be A. geniculata.
U can get A. geniculata off the internet anytime, but a G. pulchra adult female, at an affordable price is too cool to miss.
If u didn't get the G. pulchra, I'd recommend the P. irminia.