B. Smithi, emilia, or boehmei?

[shining]

Well after a little bit of looking some things over it looks like the list is...
Brachypelma albopilosum
Brachypelma smithi
Euathlus sp red/yellow
Thrixopelma cyaneolum
Acanthoscurria geniculata
Avicularia purpura
Grammostola pulchra
C. cyaneopubescens

Any recommendations from the Aphonopelma genus I should look into specifically?

Aphonopelma behlei
Aphonopelma paysoni

 

[viper69]

Well after a little bit of looking some things over it looks like the list is...
Brachypelma albopilosum
Brachypelma smithi
Euathlus sp red/yellow
Thrixopelma cyaneolum
Acanthoscurria geniculata
Avicularia purpura
Grammostola pulchra
C. cyaneopubescens

Any recommendations from the Aphonopelma genus I should look into specifically?

A. chalcodes is the classic in my opinion, but do the population a favor and get a captive bred one.

For Avics, I'd go with A. avic or A. metallica if you want an Avic that is less jumpy (I do mean literally JUMP off you, they do that all the time FYI) and less skittish, but larger. My A. purp jumps off me and everything else the moment it manages to come out of its container when I work in its home.

If you want a smaller species Avic, go with A. minatrix (only species that keeps the abdominal tiger striping into adulthood), they max out at about 3" DLS.

 

[Mattkc]

Just looking into a future purchase, was wondering out of the 3 Brachypelma listed, which do you enjoy the most? Is there a species out of these 3 that is more desirable due to personality or activity? They all seem rather beginner/intermediate friendly. Also looking into a Euathlus sp, aand a Brachypelma albopilosum. Any other genus you might recommend? I'm keeping Grammostola pulchripes, Avicularia versicolor, Brachypelma Vagans, and 2 tiny hapolopus sp columbia.

Like I said just looking into the future

All are good choices depending on what is most important to you - docile or display animal. As other have said, each T has their own personality. If handling is something you want to do, some T's have a solid reputation for flicking or aggression, most notably in your list and in my experience is the B. Boehmei. You may want to consider another great looking T that usually has a great disposition, the G. pulchra - I always had great luck with these guys...

 

[magicmed]

All are good choices depending on what is most important to you - docile or display animal. As other have said, each T has their own personality. If handling is something you want to do, some T's have a solid reputation for flicking or aggression, most notably in your list and in my experience is the B. Boehmei. You may want to consider another great looking T that usually has a great disposition, the G. pulchra - I always had great luck with these guys...

I'm not really interested in handling, ive subscribed to the "T are like fish" school of thought. I would like to experiment with a Euathlus sp red/yellow just for my own curiously, but that will be once or twice just to test the disposition of the species.