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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 85576" data-attributes="member: 1152"><p>I would guess that at only 3" or so she's still got a molt or two to go before she's sexual mature and before I'd attempt to mate her. I'm not sure of the max size of T. sp. Colombia, but if you consider the average size of taps is about 4-4.5", she's got a little ways to go. Personally, I'd five her another molt; you want your female to not only be mature, but to be in good shape size-wise compared to the male you introduce. Unfortunately, unlike their male counterparts, females don't have that telltale feature like the emboli to help distinguish when they are mature or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>