Yeah I would also recommend getting an A. Metallica or Caribena Versicolor or even a P. Cambridgei to get a little bit experience before you get a pokie. Or you could even consider a my personal favorite recomendation the chromatopelma cyaneopubescens aka Green Bottle Blue now I'm biased, someone could ask me what kind of dog they should get and I'd be like green bottle blue. But they are a hardy species, heavy webber, I normally house my gbb like an arboreal anyway even though there kinda in between an arboreal and terrestrial.
But the thing is they are normally about half the price of a P. Metallica, very hardy, and they are a very visible species and they are not photosensitive like P. Metallica is and they look fantastic in almost any light. P. Metallicas tend to look far more washed out under natural light then they do in most pictures you see of them and they are more photosensitive then your average pokie so this can be problematic. They also tend to spend way more time hiding then most pokies.
Now if you decide you still want to get a Pokie, I would recommend a P. Regalis over the P. Metallica since having your first tarantula spend most of its time in his hide is not the best new hobbyist experience.
But the thing is they are normally about half the price of a P. Metallica, very hardy, and they are a very visible species and they are not photosensitive like P. Metallica is and they look fantastic in almost any light. P. Metallicas tend to look far more washed out under natural light then they do in most pictures you see of them and they are more photosensitive then your average pokie so this can be problematic. They also tend to spend way more time hiding then most pokies.
Now if you decide you still want to get a Pokie, I would recommend a P. Regalis over the P. Metallica since having your first tarantula spend most of its time in his hide is not the best new hobbyist experience.