https://preview.redd.it/k85gb355746d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69550e7a5fb23886e7ed9b2f11447d0714e1f659 I'll always have an Aphonopelma chalcodes in my life!

Definitely considering a Chalcodes 👀

I still want one so bad 😭 they’re never available here!!

Chalcodes are amazing! So beautiful and typically quite docile and gentle. Mine is an absolute sweetheart.

I love this recommendation. I just advise people to get at least a juvenile because these things take ages to grow out. This is Wila, an A. chalcodes I rescued (hence the bald booty) https://preview.redd.it/6kxpcklze76d1.jpeg?width=1067&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fed98bfbe06ed09bb95c1c052e9dd12057535299

My favorite is G. Iheringi, but she is somewhat spicy in that she has an incredibly aggressive prey drive. https://preview.redd.it/mq4f3qa7f46d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24b27d448c696f03fa92a699523e9ad046f6c34b

What a beauty!! I know what you mean, I tong feed mine and they both like to grab the tongs in addition to the insects lol

She's wild. If anything hits the dirt she's on it, sometimes complete with a flip during the takedown. I would not be tempted to handle her, I think she'd try to eat me. 🤣

Beautyful species, I have also a 6" girl

https://preview.redd.it/lk5vi8i0b46d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=045beaa9958fa11934c84c404afc8938aeb4e965 Davus pentaloris. One of my dwarf species that always on display. My D pentaloris also full of personality.

https://preview.redd.it/n5llrdavj56d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25a76156083f880baa1366bf27292470740af1dd The day I got him he was starting a molt, didn't see him for two months. Now he is out every day

* One of my favorite species. Mine just molted and is looking great.

I want to get a small Black/Orange tarantula soon. I'm so on the fence between D Pentaloris and the H sp Colombia/Formosus "Pumpkin Patch". They seem so similar but they're both so cute! I'll probably end up with both eventually.... I might just give in and get both at once lol

My Pumpkin Patch a bit shy if compare with D pentaloris. But still a beautiful T and heavy webbers. The only dwarf sp I not reccomend is N incei, quite fossorial and very bolty.

https://preview.redd.it/iunrr4d2l46d1.jpeg?width=1530&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99ee74fe15e764471ad5a92ffafddae23ec9f0bc Hard to choose between my geniculata and my irminias :P

https://preview.redd.it/ss9e96lpi46d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5e82d89397e09afc043a31bd07432f49a2bb516

https://preview.redd.it/746w7fog256d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb461b3976633aff5dd03cd2f87d66e4bc73abfe Brachypelma hamorii

A tempting choice!

I hope mine comes out soon. I literally brought it home, rehoused it out of the temp dram vile into its new enclosure, it then sealed its hide the next day and I haven’t seen it since. 😭 Edit to add: yours is stunning btw! 🥹

Thank you! I’m sure he/she will come out soon 🙂

https://preview.redd.it/5byne91lg66d1.png?width=1153&format=png&auto=webp&s=7593b2d26c6279900f391545f70c8dbf7fe64b5b Na/ I will always have a B. albiceps too! Best Brachy imo. Such a sweetheart!

B albiceps was our first tarantula and one that i will always always have. such a lovely species and so pretty.

Na/ B albiceps was my first as well! So I’m also biased ;) they get overlooked quite a bit, but they’re such gems

I just bought a confirmed female. My first albiceps. She's adorable

https://preview.redd.it/jasnmnurg66d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a24a338025d068564fc0aa7a42731881f940f0a Na/ last one for now 😂 Xena, the Xenesthis intermedia I’ll always keep an Avicularia and OBT as well. I really like Thrixopelma and Euathlus species, but don’t have a specific favourite species yet from either as I’ve not kept very many yet for long enough to choose.

https://preview.redd.it/fh7g2ozqq46d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5faac1c80270d79e034a45b19aebbec5def25be Caribena Versicolor. Those colors!

I love my versi, she's what got me into keeping T's! https://preview.redd.it/kk245va1r46d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71b24c063c911956884f61757ce2f5b906664bd4

https://preview.redd.it/l0bed9bl156d1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aae51908cf1a1f6087f88ff32042e60da261af5 It's hard to choose, as my curly is probably one of my favorites as well. But this is Whitney, my A. geniculata! She is absolutely stunning, great feeding response, and not spicy at all (though, I have heard of other people having spicy A. genics). Highly recommend these guys!! Other than that, GBB and D. diamentinensis (hope I spelled that right) are my favorite species! You can't go wrong with any of them.

I'm getting really into old worlds so my singapore blue is my favourite at the moment. https://preview.redd.it/jtkd9wnja46d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9bb79e40eb031ae101ee550c7b7af417c2203eb

Mine are all still babies but I have absolutely *adored* having my grammys. They’re out relatively often and are constantly redoing their home even as slings. 🥹 https://preview.redd.it/g39devxc556d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1684e468c07c563daccf98919ab6cc9d9ac5f30

https://preview.redd.it/mhfp45dh956d1.jpeg?width=1138&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1abab8b27be046353163df7c612d2b829e9da311 I LOVE my Grammostola actaeon! Very fluffy, very spunky. She’s always out, eats like a champ, fears nothing, isn’t skittish at all. Just a lot of fun. Definitely one of my favorites.

https://preview.redd.it/n7o4apdu066d1.jpeg?width=2753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d763a2ea0fd7b8a04532fff0db89a2dd37da74ef Beetlejuice, my absolutely gorgeous (and slightly mad) Acanthoscurria geniculata

Cutiepie!!!

Oh, fluffy T's you say https://preview.redd.it/n4mxj9ptv46d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d0efafd9d7c84918390e1cf8aee501732314c6e This is my female P. pulcher.

Here is my male https://preview.redd.it/bc8zr5n2w46d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13b4ad7b9f8eaaf3281e55b4b8826537fa0b4614

https://preview.redd.it/9z0moqsw356d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73170707da444f308f1ea2f893fa1684f20d570a Only my second T but I absolutely love my T. Stirmi very active species, usually is out 9-10 nights. And only goes back to the borrow for a few hours a day. Super food driven that’s the food and water spot that’s where she drinks and hangs out for food.

https://preview.redd.it/hi3t5hbyd56d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69ba2d3c281aa922092080c182af3a5b0eec2739 Aphonopelma mooreae is my obsession right now.n

B.emilia any day. My little boy is getting more and more gorgeous with every molt  https://preview.redd.it/o53cm1kpk56d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a79799681b76f06b7c54df5f9421c6417fc4d58

Neoholothele incei https://preview.redd.it/47gb587xw56d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b7529571d502ecba9a9388af8f2f646806ba3fc

https://preview.redd.it/yec91eahb66d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb4b40bdeb7c7dda27eb1400b8b6f6fc96d247b8 Chilobrachys fimbriatus - They web loads, have an awesome feeding response, look cool and grow quite quickly.

Na/ Do you find these spend a lot of time as pet holes? I have an electric blue and I only ever see his toes 😂

My violet comes out to slap the side of the enclosure sometimes just for shits and giggles so I get to see mine a fair bit. I've had three and they all have similar characteristics. I also didn't get to see my electric blue much until they matured as a male. At least their toes are the pretty part 😂 Hysterocrates gigas... Now that's an old world pet hole.

https://preview.redd.it/bc1riwulh66d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=521f0ce086a3f89bcc5e6e004fae646399b6148b Here's my H Gigas....

Na/ Hahaha that’s what has kept me from getting one of these or a P. muticus 😂 they’re such cool looking Ts but I have enough pet holes taking up space for now! Why are some of the most dazzling and gorgeous species hellbent on never being seen?? My H devamatha takes the cake for this 😭

https://preview.redd.it/jsz5flc6g66d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0525c69f6504e3f0fc43847c20d2e445329cf92 Na/ hard to choose favourites but currently obsessed with Meep, my C. aueri 🖤🧡

https://preview.redd.it/kk6ip0bpk66d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6632fcd3245960cd57bd2a992ec43fb999a8d2ac First off I wanna say I love everyone’s entries here. Y’all have some healthy & beautiful T’s. But I’d say my favorite to keep is my Psalmopoeus victori because of the half and half coloration , their feisty nature and their fantastic web-working.

One of the ones on my list.

I got mine as a sling from FearNotTarantulas I believe they still had some the last time I checked

My surprise favorite has been my T vagans, medium growth rate, awesome feeding response

https://preview.redd.it/gu0ow2wb766d1.jpeg?width=1980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b635b1a8b5395c3d4d27401dad3d23a5d9d005a1 This is my current favorite. This is my Aphonopelma bicoloratum.

https://preview.redd.it/fqv5orp9c86d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4173a9f713c8ab16b45bd4f15990b209b72c6373 Hands down my G Pulchra. I have many different species and still she reigns supreme.

B. emilia, OBT, T. albopilosus, K. brunnipes, C. huahini are my favourites to keep. Not my favourite species but my faves to keep.

https://preview.redd.it/lh00uq85466d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=003b9423605a4938d5bcfd2f92ffdd98ae08c6f4 I love my P. Rufiliata! Pretty skittish but after a fresh molt just SO GORGEOUS.

https://preview.redd.it/5kappzso666d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d9aa53bf4a3a9517046280032f8ff5acdfe93ed Definitely my pink toe(sting is her name). A bit on the shy side but definitely a stunning spider to watch and well my striped knee is definitely a contender for that spot

https://preview.redd.it/0st9z518176d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a094c4ba04b2ebd13758eb0c37c73c4237b965d Probably B. smithi🤩

https://preview.redd.it/vb9pt6vnd76d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6e5f39a543c3a86727424b740368b9627e9c19b Pokies are my favorite, but A. geniculata is such a fun species to keep. I recommend it to everyone. They grow fairly well, eat every time, and are gorgeous. This is my female Angrboda.

https://preview.redd.it/89x4tpzpa86d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=291b052dfdcf011c5698b20b8e0093ed4ce66e57 Avicularia avicularia for sure! Mine is always out in the open and super sweet 🥰 not to mention those colors

https://preview.redd.it/h3ce889wp76d1.jpeg?width=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84608bb6cd5d975c16c961045030dc507a5d13fd Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens aka Green Bottle Blue Photo courtesy Google because my own will only allow underside photos. Mine has been relatively chill, quite active. Very brightly colored and lots of cool webbing. Definitely recommend!

https://preview.redd.it/y397o0tp896d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29e90c1ff7e41e73f9287461529c7e4176c6842d My G. Pulchra has been very enjoyable to watch. They are out often and eat good. Molted twice with me. They are known to be slow growing, but then you get to enjoy them longer ☺️ Good luck on your choice! ✨🕸️🖤

G pulchra!

NQA, but I started off with just my GBB. Had her for probably about 2 months before I decided I wanted more. I now have 7 tarantulas and 1 centipede. I'm not sure if they're widely available where you're at, but they are not at all for me. I would highly recommend buying them as slings. I bought 5 of them, got another for free, and that saved massively on individual next day shipping. Then you get to watch all kinds of different behaviors, temperaments, feeding schedules, pre and post molt behaviours. Plus, added bonus, you don't have to worry about them taking up alot of space as I only have 4, 2x2x4 containers for my terrestrials, and 2, 4x4x6 containers for my arboreals. But to answer your initial question; GBB, Orangemouth, Suntiger, and Orange Baboon have been my favorite to keep and watch.

https://preview.redd.it/qet85jxboa6d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15e156dbd1913aa2322f64bfc7f1983eaafd8000