Tarantula goals!!!

[gumby]

So I'm a very goal oriented person in many way. This last year I set the goal to:
1. start a Holothele incei communal set up which I finally did today.
2. Make a set up for a H. gigas with a pool and fish.
3. make a fun burrowing set up for my king baboon.
4. Start to collect more rare Avic species.

So far I've completed the first three and Ill be working on the last one for a long time. I was just wondering what other board members might have as goals? This way maybe I can get some ideas and new goals.

 

[Endagr8]

I'd like to establish pokie and incei colonies sometime.

 

[CodeWilster]

Collect every species

 

[Sky`Scorcher]

1.Get my KB slings to at least 5inches. (long term goal)
2.Get all of my slings to 5inches.
2.Get egg sacs out of every T I own and raised.
3.Find a new tanks for my pre-molt lividum and smithi.
4.Fill my room with T's. No, make it two.. or three! You can never have too much!!:drool:
5.Get to the 50 mark(does having extra of the species count?)
6.Buy roaches and crix. I ran out yesterday

 

[rustym3talh3ad]

Collect every species

this is tarantula keeping not pokemon lmao. j.k.

my goal this year is to learn as many species (common and latin names) as possible. free hand something that very few people will attempt (and not get tagged) and do a set up that would make even RobC jealous lol.

 

[CodeWilster]

this is tarantula keeping not pokemon lmao. j.k.

my goal this year is to learn as many species (common and latin names) as possible. free hand something that very few people will attempt (and not get tagged) and do a set up that would make even RobC jealous lol.

It's funny you mention that because I said something like that the other day and the girlfriend said the same thing!!! lol

Ok really, My goals:

Before I die:
1) Open a tarantula business that pays the bills
2) figure out every detail of the nematode problem in Ts
3) Use tarantula venom to cure/treat cancer
4) Through silk biosynthesis, study and genetically reengineer tarantula silks into other organisms to produce mass amounts and use it to shield your home against meteors, catch crashing airplanes before impact, decorate the yard for halloween, etcetera...

This year (on a more serious note):
1) visit states with native tarantulas/trap door spiders
2) visit other countries and see/photograph tarantulas (and other things) in the wild
3) spread the hobby like I try to spread my religion
4) breed at least one species from each genus, successfuly

 

[gumby]

I'd like to establish pokie and incei colonies sometime.

Do you know which pokie you want to try?

@CodeWilster let me know when you get this under wraps we may need it soon "study and genetically reengineer tarantula silks into other organisms to produce mass amounts and use it to shield your home against meteors"

and I would also like to observe some tarantulas in natural environment lucky for me I have environment all around me.

 

[blix]

Goals
- Handle P. nigriventer
- Collect S. calceatum eggsack using only hands
- Take a full dosis of T. blondi hairs in my eyes without blinking and moaning.
- Do blindfolded cage maintenence with my fingers in OBT enclosure.


On a more serious note:
-Breed Cyriocosmus elegans and Cyriocosmus perezmilesi.
-Buy a female GBB.
-Try not to get bitten.

 

[the_mask86]

my goals are pretty simple tho.

- zero deaths, not including natural demises.
- more is better!
- get my slings growing, so that they'll be big enough to move to the bungalow KK!
- not get tagged!

 

[Endagr8]

Do you know which pokie you want to try?

I've bred my regalis a few times already, so if I get a good eggsac (doubtful--male pretty old) I'll try with this species.

I'm also considering rufilata or fasciata.

 

[gumby]

I think one of my goals will be to start working with more OW arboreals. I love arboreals and have many of the NW but have never really got into the OW. So pokies would be fun to start adding to my collection.

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

I am going to get around to breeding some P. Irminia's (my fav t's) and breed the ones I have now for sure. C. Fasciatum, A. Metallica and if I can figure out what aphonopelma sp I have then that as well.

 

[burmish101]

I want to raise up my Plogius sp. goliaths into 10in. crazed beasts.
Grow all my other bugs and breed them so I have even more!
Get more oddball/tiny species of roaches to use as feeders.
Also get bit by more t's (9 already), so I can one day turn into spiderman.

 

[jme]

Get 1 T from every genus hmmm still have a verry long way to go :?

not get bitten or stung havent yet and ima try to keep it that way

breed my first T have 2 mature female G. rosea and one male also one mature female a. avic and mature male a. avic so it should happen soon

Start my first communal witch i did the other day (Heterothele villosella 6 little guys)

and have no more un excpected deaths those fricken suck

 

[lithiumflower9]

Lol code. I only have a few goals so far.

Get...
A. metellica
H. Lividum
P. Irminia

Get a few more Gooty Saphires and set them up for breeding and a pair of Singapore blues to breed.

And for the love of god I hope everything goes well with my new gooty sling and to raise (I'm going to call it a shim cause I have no idea what the sex is) shim up.

 

[xhexdx]

I don't really have many goals this year...

-Try and get a viable sac from an unnamed species () so there will be some CB in the US hobby.

-Get a good selection of shirts available so we have more of those circulating around as well. Katy's helping me out with that one.

-Double the size of my collection.

 

[Warren Bautista]

Oooooh this is fun!

1)Get my self one adult breeding pair of Ts from:
Africa (If the trade goes well w/ stevetastic this Saturday, I should have an AF P. Chordatus)
India
The rest of Asia
South America
USA, USA!
Australia

2) Get myself 2 slings of every species. (That'll happen!)


Realistic goals

1) Get an AF H. gigas with a pond in her enclosure. (Already got a 75 gal)

 

[equuskat]

-Increase the number of adult females in my collection.
-Produce my first viable sac (My P. cambridgei is holding a good-looking sac right now!)
-Continue to produce artwork for hobby shirts and other items

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

-Try and get a viable sac from an unnamed species () so there will be some CB in the US hobby.

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[MizM]

Rebuild the giant collection I got rid of when I moved from CA to TX!