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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nyteovvl" data-source="post: 152250" data-attributes="member: 29213">Hello all,          I am new to this forum and have a few questions. I just got a curly hair tarantula for my birthday from my daughter. She ordered a Rose Hair but the specimen supply company sent a curly hair. I know they are both very similar in temperament, hardiness, and docility. My rose hair died unusually. She never molted. She went through the motions several times but would quit at the last second and walk away from her molt mat she made. I thought I was doing everything right. I used zoomed forest floor substrate, kept humidity around 80%, had a reptile cage heat pad under half the tank and fed her around 5-6 crickets every other week and a hide box. She was smallish (maybe 4 inch leg span so I don't think she was old)  I don't want my new pet to suffer the same fate. Could it have been malnutrition? I didn't know about gut loading the crickets back then but I do now. My Curly is in a 5 gallon tank with the same set up as before. Also, knowing its a burrower is that forest floor substrate ok to use in the tank? what kind of lighting should I use. I know that rosies are close to blind but are curlies too? I have an LED strip (white light) right now. haven't used it much because the curly seems more active when its just the ambient light or night time. Any advice anybody has would be appreciated. Thank You. nyteovvl</blockquote>