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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 212062" data-attributes="member: 3872">Overthinking is not uncommon of new keepers. The truth of the matter is once you get the husbandry 80% correct, the thing pretty much takes care of itself - we tend to overcomplicate things, part of the human condition. Unless you have a very moisture dependent species, forget about missing, the air currents startle tarantulas and find missed evaporates very quickly providing very little benefit.Nature is not perfect, tarantulas are pretty darn adaptable, and can some species can tolerate less than ideal conditions for quite some time, whereas some species are a lot more fragile and cannot. Hence the distinction between beginner and not beginner species, notwithstanding medically significant venom or overly defensive species.Best advice, do your research, get your husbandry right, pour yourself a tall drink, and sip it while watching your tarantulas literally do nothing.</blockquote>