Good species for beginners

[Charlottesweb17]

How big is her enclosure?

 

[Rittdk01]

^^ venom done derailing op's thread in one of your one up competitions. You win My lp is in 10 gallon. All others in 5.5 gallon.

 

[Venom1080]

clarifying your wrong advice and potentially helping the OP and other beginner that read through this thread is hardly derailing.

 

[Charlottesweb17]

How big is your lp?

 

[Charlottesweb17]

Lasiodara parahybana (pink salmon bird eater or something like that), here's a shot of my sister's that just molted a few days ago:
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The golden knee (Grammostola pulchripes), was my first, and with zero regrets. Seeing an adult in person had me sold instantly. Unfortunately it molted into a male, but my dealer (TangledInWebs) was kind enough to exchange him for two juveniles instead. Here's my 3.5" girl in all her glory. It'll take some time for her to reach the size I originally bought, but the hobby preaches patience
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Looking at both those as well now too, lovely!

 

[Venom1080]

How big is your lp?

im not sure if youre asking me or not, but my LPs about 4.5", suspect male.

 

[D Sherlod]

Looking at both those as well now too, lovely!

If your considering an LP don't be afraid to get a sling or juvi, very inexpensive and grow very fast. Gives you time to get use to larger size.
I got mine in December for $5. Was half inch and is now at least an inch and a half.

 

[Haemus]

How big is your lp?

My sister's Lp looks close to 4" and molts like it's going out of style. She keeps it in a shoe box enclosure very similar to this one for my B. smithi:

 

[Moakmeister]

Undoubtedly, the best beginner species is Heteroscodra maculata.

Kappa.

 

[Arachne97]

If you're gonna buy a t as a sling, I'd recommend a lasiodora parahybana or an acanthoscurria geniculata. They both grow fast(about 4-5in in a year), are always out in the open, and never refuse food. Just dont handle though.

 

[Moakmeister]

If you're gonna buy a t as a sling, I'd recommend a lasiodora parahybana or an acanthoscurria geniculata. They both grow fast(about 4-5in in a year), are always out in the open, and never refuse food. Just dont handle though.

Aren't the geniculatas pretty defensive and their hairs awful?

 

[Arachne97]

Aren't the geniculatas pretty defensive and their hairs awful?

I'd call them semi-defensive. A lot of individuals are docile and handleable though. Mine is. They will tolerate you opening the enclosure and doing maintenance and wont usually flick hairs or give threat poses as long as you dont touch them

 

[Ungoliant]

Aren't the geniculatas pretty defensive and their hairs awful?

More like extremely enthusiastic about food.

But both of those species have fairly bad urticating hair, so if you're sensitive, you'll want to take precautions (like wearing gloves and using tongs for maintenance)

 

[D Sherlod]

Extremely enthusiastic LOL That's a really nice way to say it

 

[EulersK]

To be clear.

A 10 gallon aquarium is not suitable for any terrestrial tarantula without some heavy modification. Period. There is nothing wrong with putting an adult LP in an enclosure this size (big as it may be), but that is leaving out a huge part of the equation; modification. Please stop spreading false and incomplete information.

Here are two modified 10 gallon aquariums; one housing an adult female T. stirmi, the other housing a community of M. balfouri juveniles. Notice how it is not a one-size-fits-all approach. There's a reason that they're not identically modified, and it requires proper understanding of a species' husbandry to be successful.


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