Show us your tarantula's + Setups

[geckolover07]

hey guys,
am looking to buy my first tarantula and need to know everything i can about them. size, good starter species, temperature of enclosure if needed, diet and enclosure setups.
pics would be great!
cheers guys and girls
Aaron

 

[reptilesrkool]

here ya go mate best place to find your info and for sale t`s but if u have any Q`s jus pm me i think i have 10 atm

 

[hornet]

Very easy to keep and really any species is a suitable starter, at the most i have had in excess of 20 species and approx 150 specimens but currently have about 60 specimens and about 5-7species. I keep mine on pure coco peat in a wide array of containers, less ventilation is better so i have started using food storage containers from woolies but you can use cheap chinese containers for juvenile species aswell. Room temp is fine normally unless it gets overly cold in your area you should be fine without heating. I provide large specimens with a coconut shell hide and young specimens half a plastic pot or half a peat pot. I feed mine on wood roaches and mealworms, every 2-3weeks for all ages is a good feeding rate just give them as much as they will take (you will soon learn how much that is, it varies from spider to spider). I have been keeping and breeding for about 6-7years now so if you have any more questions feel free to shoot me a pm

 

[cracksinthepitch]

Hornet knows his spiders mate so i'll just post some pics lol
1. Rattler. 2.Hirsutus .3.Banded during moult .4.Emerald .5.pseudo crass

 

[hornet]

nice pics mate any chance of names? Id's are one thing i have never been good at but then again never really looked into it much.

 

[cracksinthepitch]

A few more 1.species 10 .2.Tahnee .3.Kotzmans .4.male Kotz .5.Stirlingi

 

[cracksinthepitch]

nice pics mate any chance of names? Id's are one thing i have never been good at but then again never really looked into it much.

No probs mate i'll edit them

 

[hornet]

very nice how big's your rattler now?

 

[cracksinthepitch]

some more 1.Species 3 male .2.Plumipes nth .3. plumipes sth .4.Sarina .5.plumebo eating a cricket

 

[cracksinthepitch]

very nice how big's your rattler now?

The biggest one is about 70mm all hissing and carrying on at me too, aggressive little buggers

 

[animush]

Great pics, tarantulas are freaking cool.

Could anybody enlighten me as to the legal situation on owning tarantulas in WA or australia in general as I was under the impression it was not allowed?
If so any links or further information would be greatly appreciated as my girlfriend wants one

Cheers!

 

[hornet]

Yes unfortunately its currently illegal to keep inverts including tarantula's in WA

 

[animush]

Thanks hornet, thats a shame. What about in Victoria? We will be moving there within the next 6 months all things going according to plan.

 

[hornet]

your free to keep any inverts you want in vic

 

[animush]

Thanks again for the quick responce hornet Will be looking forward to it!

 

[cracksinthepitch]

No issues in Vic mate as hornet stated, although if you're moving over you might want to get your wildlife licence set up early if you want to import your reptiles(if you are bringing any).

 

[reptilesrkool]

only 2 of mine

 

[reptilesrkool]

only 2 of mine

1st female nebo 2 male p.srina

 

[dihsmaj]

your free to keep any inverts you want in vic

Would that be the same for marine inverts?

 

[Jason]

great shots guys. id love to get one but to be honest, while i like them and find them interesting, im a little intimidated haha. could you list some sites that have them for sale etc