unrealgeforce
Arachnopeon
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- Feb 2, 2014
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clearly you have done your research prior to getting her.. props man. ALOT of people come on the boards here having zero clue, (myself included admittedly) how to care for one. LOL@bryce - thanks for the info, I never handle her and the distance from the top of her substrate to the top of the tank is 5". I did this to ensure her safety
Lol I think she's rather dull looking. Hence I just bought another little slow moving pet rock tarantula that's a metallic gold with red abdomen hairs. My G. porteri though, you have to look real close under a light to see her pinkish hairs. It's her attitude that makes her interesting. She's more than willing to go toe to toe with anything. Including me.Thank you all for the responses!...I know T's are completely different from any other pet and new owners often worry too much, but I just wanted to be sure. I'll keep offering once a week and try to switch it up.
This is her setup, it's a 5.5 gallon.
p.s. Gobey she's gorgeous! I only have my one T...I have too many pets to get others hehe. (40 gallon community freshwater aquarium, 15 gallon freshwater betta aquarium, 2 gerbils, a Leopard gecko, and am considering crested geckos)
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It was my second species... fourth spider haha... now I also have an L. difficilis and I think I'm getting 2 L. parahybana's this week. I'm planning on getting 2 GBB's and a pumpkin patch in the third week of October too if all goes well. That will bring my total to 10... in a little over 3 months.. ....Lol I think she's rather dull looking. Hence I just bought another little slow moving pet rock tarantula that's a metallic gold with red abdomen hairs. My G. porteri though, you have to look real close under a light to see her pinkish hairs. It's her attitude that makes her interesting. She's more than willing to go toe to toe with anything. Including me.
By the way good luck having one tarantula. Even with your other pets. Sooner or later your next acquisition or replacement is another species of tarantula. They say everyone should have an Avic too. It was my 2nd T.
the joy really is raising them from slings and watchingg them grow. well maybe not G. roseas but all others is perfectly fine. lol in that i mean they grow agonizingly slow. i have a rosie sling that went from 1/4 inch to just over an inch in 2 years. lol this sling might out live me at this rate.It was my second species... fourth spider haha... now I also have an L. difficilis and I think I'm getting 2 L. parahybana's this week. I'm planning on getting 2 GBB's and a pumpkin patch in the third week of October too if all goes well. That will bring my total to 10... in a little over 3 months.. ....
well, I've got 2 mature rosies.. actually porteri's and one sling.. it's right at one inch but it's ok, I'm in it for the long haul lol. My avic avic is right at 2 1/2 inches and my difficilis is at 2 inches. The parahybana's I'm getting are 1 inch and the gbb's I'm hoping on getting later in the month are also 1 inch. the pumpkin patch is the smallest at 1/2 inch. I might go 2 at 1/8 inch just so I can get my requisite 2 per species. lol.the joy really is raising them from slings and watchingg them grow. well maybe not G. roseas but all others is perfectly fine. lol in that i mean they grow agonizingly slow. i have a rosie sling that went from 1/4 inch to just over an inch in 2 years. lol this sling might out live me at this rate.