Collecting Benchmarks: Speed

[Ungoliant]

How long after getting your first tarantula did it take you to reach the following benchmarks?

• having a total of 5 tarantulas
• having a total of 10 tarantulas
• having a total of 25+ tarantulas
• getting your first arboreal
• getting your first Old World species

benchmarks I've met:

• 5 tarantulas: 2 years, 9 months, 28 days
• first arboreal: immediate (my first two tarantulas were Avicularia avicularia)

 

[Venom1080]

having 5- 3 years
having 10- 3.5-4 years
having 25- 5 years
first arboreal- A versiolor (part of the original 5, unfortunately passed a few months later, damn you care sheets)
first OW- 3 years, my fifth spider.

 

[Rittdk01]

First tarantula was aboreal (pinktoe). Took 2.5 years to get 5. Counting spiderlings I have 14. I got 10 of those in the last five months. When I bought my lp the seller gave me an obt spiderling, which was my first ow.

 

[Python]

First 5- a few months
first 10- a few months later
first 25 probably not long after that,
My first few years were almost all rosea and seemani, that was all that I had available to me.
first arboreal probably 2 years, I think it was a pair of avics, both wild caught
first OW- maybe 5 years, H lividum.
After that, I think I went with P cambridgei and then went nuts. No idea how many or what came after that