Arthroverts
Arachnoking
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From my experience, memorizing the anatomy, physiology, and other aspects of a tarantulas anatomy has been of little application in day-to-day keeping; I would say that knowing the names of the body parts is very important though (i.e prosoma vs opisthosoma, femur vs trochanter, etc.). The basics of taxonomy is helpful to know, but so long as we have @Patherophis to help us out one doesn't need to delve into the complexities and intricacies of that side of arachnology unless you really want to.
As for naturalistic vivaria, the two problems I have had is A) Good lighting that can be incorporated into the lid, and B) Adequate substrate. Ventilation with maybe a daily breeze is all that is needed to keep the air from becoming stagnant. You really have to plan everything out, but after that it is generally pretty easy. Water features are a huge pain to deal with though, so unless you are really committed there is very little application for them (unless your showing off your H. gigas or your S. cataracta).
Thanks,
Arthroverts
As for naturalistic vivaria, the two problems I have had is A) Good lighting that can be incorporated into the lid, and B) Adequate substrate. Ventilation with maybe a daily breeze is all that is needed to keep the air from becoming stagnant. You really have to plan everything out, but after that it is generally pretty easy. Water features are a huge pain to deal with though, so unless you are really committed there is very little application for them (unless your showing off your H. gigas or your S. cataracta).
Thanks,
Arthroverts