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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PanzoN88" data-source="post: 131183" data-attributes="member: 4548">A. geniculata: I wouldn't recommend them to beginners as first tarantulas for the reason of temperament. However you have some experience so that is irrelevant. They are very easy to care for, get quite large, and eat like they've never eaten anything in their entire lives.G. pulchripes: get large, pretty good eaters, look stunning even in the later sling stages. Docile for the most part, but individuals do vary.GBB: Almost too easy to care for, most are skittish (my late female was very mellow), fantastic eaters, the color change with each molt is unbelievable, they web heavily.P. muticus: pet holes, great eaters, easy to keep, get large, probably the slowest growing species available from what I've been told in the past. This species is not for the faint of heart, even as slings (my sling is fast, but not too defensive), I recommend this species as a 20th tarantula so far.P. pulcher: my sling is skittish as has already been stated by others who own this species, good eaters, the slings are stunning in my opinion. I would recommend this as a second arboreal along with the P. cambridgei. Dirt curtains, need I say more.What I don't have but know a little bit about (amount of experience needed):B. albiceps: good for beginners, easy to keep as all Brachys are.B. auratum: good for beginners and experienced keepers alike, as all brachys are.B. boehmei: easy to keep, good for beginners.E. cyanognathus: I'd recommend buying and getting experience with a GBB before getting one of these, good for the intermediate keeper.H. lividum: (or C. lividum or whatever they're called now), I'd recommend a P. muticus before i would recommend one of these.H. pulchripes: good first OW, not a first tarantula, a good first OW, colors are amazing, price for slings are ridiculously high. M. robustum: good intermediate species, stunning, unique threat posture.M. balfouri: good first OW, can be kept communally, provided they are of the same sac, the less space the better as far as communals are concerned. Easy to keep. (I did my research on this species, as I am thinking of trying my hand at raising a communal starting in October. P. irminia: not for the faint of heart, easy to keep, but not a good beginner tarantula.P. sazimai: colorful, skittish, so I'm assuming not the best beginner tarantula.P. murinus: there is a reason it has the nickname it does, easy to care for, good eaters, but definitely not recommended for a first tarantula or 15th tarantula, I would get a P. muticus before this species.T. stirmi: definitely not for beginners, excellent eaters, get huge, they require a lot of moisture, not that humidity crap, but moisture and cross ventilation. I've been in this hobby since September 2014 and there is a reason I have yet to get one. Oh, did I forget to mention the hairs.</blockquote>

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