First buyer

[Tom Forman]

it's so hard to tell from a picture!!

I never knew how deceiving pictures could be until I started taking pictures of my T's myself.

One can make a pretty plain looking T look really good and one can make a great looking T look plain on a picture...

Peter, that bohemi picture is nice but look at this picture of a 2 baumgarteni's mating:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w100/talkenlate04/3-4.jpg

How am I supposed to make my mind up now?!?

Edit: I just noticed something... All 3 of the baumgarteni's on these pictures look different. The first one has got a black carapace with a red fringe, on the next picture one of them has got a red carapace with a black triangle on it and the third T does not look like a baumgarteni at all, having markings more like a B. smithy.

[matthew spooner]

my first T was a c.crawshayi, a very defensive/aggressive T. at your level of understanding, you need to keep away from species like this. i had the advantage of being interested in Ts for a long time before being allowed one at home so i was pretty well educated on the hobby. as previously suggested, a nice brachypelma or grammostola is perfect, but remember you are never guaranteed a docile T, they each have their own personalities, as displayed by my g.rosea with permanant PMT lol