when i first started the hobby i didn't really like brachypelmas. part of it was the drab tlitocatls then in the genus, the other part was the zealots trying to force a beginner species on me. now that i've raised lots of species from all around the world, i can really appreciate the red leg tarantulas of mexico, they're in my top 3 favourite genus now.
I have a 1inch B. Emilia, she's skittish but never kicks any hair, she's an absolute beauty, with her faint adult colors starting to show. I'm a new keeper and I'm so happy to see her grow! Your channel really helped me with sling care, thank you!
That was a good video tom, you got your lassies in a really great light, well done mate, great lookin colours on them too, my ole lady has a B boehmei as she loves the wee mexican spiders, cheers, yeti, 🏴
Tom - always a fantastic and thorough video. I got all of my Brachys as slings. It has been a real treat watching them grow and I have lots of other T’s to keep me preoccupied while these guys grow. My Hamorii is just a darling. He’s bold! Sits out in the open no problems and doesn’t bolt or run when I’m messing around in its cage. My Klassi is a shy little thing but a darling nonetheless. Thank you so much for sharing your Brachy collection!
Thank you so much! Although they take forever to grow up, I also think that it is totally worth it. I wish my hamorii was as bold, although she DOES seem to be calming down. And my B. klaasi has been a wonderful surprise. :)
Still watching but had to comment on your Lazarus, I was nearly in tears when you said she arrived half frozen but she survived!!! Very special girl indeed 💘💘💘
Tom, I just wanted to say thanks for your videos. I just got home from a huge exotic show in Sacramento 100k SQ ft and 110 vendors. I got 2 more Ts and with my luck, and being gone 22 hours, my T Albopilosus molted while I was away, I'd been waiting. 🤦🏼♀️ Anyway, I bought 2 more Ts, new world, I'm not ready for old just yet. I got a Cyriocosmus elegans, who is past it's 8th molt, the tiny slings were too scary, she's about an inch or just over. I also bought a Nhandu chromatus, a half inch. I'm so excited, and my husband even wanted one, so they are technically mine, but he wanted the C elegans. I just appreciate your approach on the videos and the podcast. I am entertained by your videos, but I'm taught valid information while watching. I love the other channels too, so it's not a knock on them. Thank you very much for your time. I still think you should put in an ad at the end of the video and the podcast, that way, people could skip and if they don't, you could make a little extra cash for the time you spend, though I know you aren't doing this for the money.
Hi, Callie! Man, that show sounds amazing! We don't really get anything that large around here. Sounds like you made out great...what an awesome haul! And that's fantastic that your husband now wants one...sound like you've won him over. haha And thank you so very much for the kind words. :) As for the ads, I just don't want or need them. It honestly not what I do this for. I do appreciate the suggestion, though!
Wow, that klaasi really blew me away. Absolutely stunning. I have also had a thing about the emilias since watching bugsnstuff's video of finding them in the field. As stunning as the more red and orange bois are, I think I am more drawn to the more pink and copper species like those two. Always so grateful for your deep respect for these animals and the well being of the hobby!
Hello, Ian Alicia! Isn't she a beauty? She'll be even more good looking when she darkens up a bit. They are just such pretty spiders. And thakn you so very much!
My first two spiders back in March were a B.Smithi and B.boemei. the Smithi was only about 3/4” and has now molted twice and is 1.25” and in premolt again! The Boemei was about 1” but molted 3 days after I got her, she has now molted 3 times since March and is just under 2”! Both are insanely skittish and bolt to their burrows when disturbed. The only time my Boemei has kicked was rehousing her. I also have 2 Albiceps, a now 3/4” sling (just molted on Thursday) and a 2.5” juvie I received as a freebie. Definitely fascinating spiders and amongst all I have some of my favorites! Thank you for the Brachyblowout 2!! Ps my 11yr old now wants an Emilia and Klassi lol. Good thing a ShowMeSnakes show is next Sunday!
Wow, you are getting great growth rates with those! What are your temperatures? I wish mine would grow that quickly. haha Hope you have a good time at the expo! Thanks!
@@TomsBigSpiders ironically not that warm. 70-73 right now, but during the summer the room could spike to about 77. Moving them into the basement in a week where it is holding between 73-75. My sons room is running out of space lol. It is unusual as my “slower” growing species all seem to have great growth rates while a few of my “faster” ones are growing much slower haha
Fulci's "The Beyond" is my 2nd favorite Fulci movie, right behind "Zombi". The spider attack scene is one of the greatest spider scenes EVER filmed, lol... who knew that tarantulas squeaked like that ? hahah... man, I might watch The Beyond tonight...
LOVE that movie...and Zombi as well. I also Love House by the Cemetary and City of the Dead. haha And the squeaking is absolutely HILARIOUS. Sadly, that scene scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. haha Thanks for chiming in!
You were recommended on Reddit and I'm so glad I decided to search your name. I'm on my 5th video today and I'm learning a lot! Thank you for your content and knowledge sharing!
Hello! That's awesome...welcome to the channel! I hope that you're finding the videos useful. If you have any questions, just leave a comment (I answer them all). :) Thanks again!
@@TomsBigSpiders Yes, I am! I've read too often that they don't need water dishes and I'm thinking... some of these tarantulas are from the Amazon... where it can rain a lot. So it never made sense that they wouldn't need water. Also because hydraulics. lol I found that enlightening. Also, the impaction which adequate water might help. A varied diet instead of just relying on one food source. And DKS (I'd never heard of that). So I'm learning so much. Also, the docility of certain species and how they have a bit more spunk as Slings or Juveniles. Your channel has been the most enlightening and for the first time in my life, I will be checking out a podcast. 😅
I can’t wait until my little b arautum sling gets some colors. Love the videos Tom. I’m not usually big on podcasts and RUclips because with my adhd/spectrum I can’t stand slow talking but your stuff is so great on so many levels! You’re the best!
It seemed like I waited forever for this girl to show some color, but it was well worth it when she finally did! And thank you! I tend to get told to slow down when I talk, so maybe that helps? haha Thanks so much for the kind words!
Last Sunday 4.28 I purchased my second tarantula ever. I love my B. Boehmei . Not sure of it’s sex just yet but I was lucky enough to witness my first ever Molt !!! (Seeing as my first T ever which is an A. Avicularia that I’ve had for only about 2 months, has not molted yet) I was able to record my B. Boehmei molting just 5 days after I purchased it. It was definitely the highlight of my day ! ❤😂 Also a huge thank you for this video. I’ve had my eye out for a B. Klaasi , please lmk of a reputable online seller if you hear of anything! Love your channel !!! 🕷️
Hello! Congrats on getting a B. boehmei! I'm actually working on a video for that species because I've apparently never done one. And congrats on witnessing your first molt! I STILL get excited when I see one molt. Thank YOU for taking the time to comment! :) I'll keep an eye out for B. klaasi for you. :)
Thx for the update, great to see them all. Together with my obt, my b. hamorii female is my fav in my collection so far. But I absolut want a B. Klaasi, what a beauty ❤️
My frikken red knee took like 2 years? Before I got ok colors, and it's still not very big. I'm just glad the spider is growing with me. Kinda cool 🤙 awesome vid tom!
Hi Tom, fab video for chillin on a Sunday evening here in the UK. I'm a big fan of Brachys. I've a 2 inch juvie Emelia, suspect female, and I've been nurturing a handful of Hamorii, and some Klassi slings, they're cute to me. I've a Boehmei too, so loved this content, thanks as always! Gary
Greetings from the US, Gary! Sounds like you have some beautiful ones there! I'm glad that I was able to show all of mine off again, as they had grown quite a bit since the last blowout. Thanks again!
I'll be buying my first T soon, a B hamorii sling. This has surprised everyone in the family because I'm known for being ridiculously afraid of spiders, but I feel this will be good for me in many ways.
I got my first back in the 90s when I was terrified of spiders. You can tell them that a lot of folks pick up their first tarantulas in part to get over their fear. Good luck!
Hi Tom, I just had the same experience with B. klaasi, I was suspecting this species to be the most underrated in the Brachypelma genus, and boy did my female confirm that! Really beautiful and calm, and a pretty decent growth rate! Also, best of luck with your B. emilia, they are indeed slow growers but what a reward when they get their true adult colors… Congrats on the channel and cheers from France!
Hey, Lipton! Yup, this was an absolutely amazing surprise. She is so beautiful. And I can't wait for my B. emilia to get more of her adult colors. Thanks again!
OMG! Your B. Klassi is absolutely gorgeous!! I'm new and have been catching up on your beginner species videos. Is the b. Klassi also a good beginner? Love your videos! 😀
Same here Tom for B smithie when I was like 7 or 8 an saved up the $20 to get one .an I love my brachpelmes all of them , Great video on them ,I watch every time anyone puts a video out on them ,👍👍
Wow your brachypelma are stunners Tom! My albiceps is very feisty, and my emilia is extremely shy too (even as an adult) 😂Very interesting to hear about these tarantulas, thank you for the content it’s always a good watch 👍
Love your videos mate, people will always say negative things especially about quantity and tbh I prefer quality over quantity as I’m sure you do, keep up the great work you bring to us 👏🫶
After YEARS in the hobby, I finally got my very first Brachypelma species. A female juvenile Brachypelma auratum. Them being hair kickers is definitely not an understatement. I've just rehoused her from the container I got her in. She kicked herself bald in the span of 30 secs 🤦
great video Tom,i started with hamoriis two years ago,i keep them at 77 degrees along with all my other spiders in a large vivarium,the growth rate has been amazing,they are around 4 inches now
Thanks for such a great video I love to see all the different brachipelma. I only have a 1 inch hamoria but it's actually starting to settle down and eat well having spent the first two months living underground. It's now in Warmer conditions so maybe that's what's changed things.
Thanks for the reply Tom re watched 4 or 5 of your videos today . Helped me make up my mind on my next three spiders . T.Apophysis ,c.Versicolour and T . vagans just because it was so cheap to add to the order. keep up the great videos .
I've never kept any Brachypelma species, but after seeing the B Klaasi that might change. I really likeed this video and would love to see something similar covering all the Grammastola species you keep.
Hey Tom great video but I'm wondering what happened with your uhhhh chapters? 😂 I think you have a few misspellings there? 🤣 I just picked up a boehmei cause my local PetSmart was like "Hey we have this thing it's terrifying please take it" and of course I said yes so now I have a Brachy wooo. I couldn't find your boehmei husbandry video so figured I'd take a look at this one. Thanks for the info as always! - Charlotte
Hi, Charlotte! I had nothing to do with the chapters on this video, so the misspellings are not mine. I think that with older ones, RUclips assigns them using the captions (which are usually laughably wrong), or someone puts them in the comments or something. Honestly, I don't know HOW some videos eventually get chapters, because I've only done it on a handful. If I have time later, I'll try to fix them. *sigh. haha Thanks so much!
Absolutely love brachypelma I have all of them (also a few breeding pairs) definitely an under rated genus. Even though they make a great beginner species I see a lot of keepers avoid them these days .....it baffles me
Hey, Robbie! I agree completely in that people tend to ignore them because the are considered "beginner species." What does it matter if they are all stunning spiders? Thanks for chiming in, bud!
This was an awesome video! I have a male B.smithi that is sort of a jerk haha. He will occasionally throw a threat posture. Interesting enough he is more apt to threaten than to kick hairs. He's crazy. Super interesting to watch and always out and active! He's spicy!
@@TomsBigSpiders I bought what was labeled as a p. Scrofa but after doing a bunch of research it seems what I have may be a p. Vulpinus. The lady I got it from has one more. Black and gold with 2 really gold metallic spots on the booty.
Beautiful species ! One question . I've been watching your videos for years and I don't recall seeing any about pairing or determining sex (sorry , gender.) Have you done any , or have I just missed them ? Embarrassed to say , out of fifteen , I only have one Brachy , a Boehmi . Thanks . Good one !!!!
Hello, Dan! I think that I did a sexing video a while back with a Phormictopus molt, but I may be wrong. That said, I could definitely cover the topic again. And the Boehmei is a good one to keep if you only have one. haha Thanks for chiming in!
Hey Tom, with such a huge collection it’s hard to imagine the amount of money it would take to provide them all substrate. Substrate can be pretty expensive. What substrate do you recommend that is cheap
Hello! If you want to go super cheap, you can used plain old topsoil (I've used Scott's and Timberline myself). You can also buy large 10 lb. bricks of coco fiber and rehydrate it. It makes several gallons of sub. Peat is also cheap and can be bought in large bales for about $10, although I'm reading that it's not exactly friendly to the environment. Or, you can create mixes of all three. For about $25 you can buy a coco fiber brick, a bag of topsoil, and a bale of peat and mix them together for a whole heck of a lot of dirt. Hope that helps!
@@TomsBigSpiders Brachypelma species were the most common years ago when I first started the hobby but like you said they are getting harder to come by
Awesome video Tom i have all of these except the last two. Im loving everyone of them. Hope you are doing well. Has the MM diversipes passed away yet? I might be getting a couple more slings the first week of October. I hope this time i get a female diversipes. See you in the next one that. Ibnsarachnids aka rob
So strange to hear how slowly your hamorii grew. I got mine as a sexed female at 3" in August 2022 and already she is pushing 5" and has molted 3 times putting on at least .5" each molt. I keep my T's pretty warm though. They are in my reptile room which usually stays at the high 70's low 80's during the day. I usually feed her 1 large cricket once or twice a week, unless she's looking too plump, then we skip a meal. I try to keep her abdomen a reasonable size (slightly larger than her carapace) I don't power feed by any means. I think I'm mostly just lucky with this one lol. I just picked up teeny-tiny .25" slings of several more Brachypelma species (baumgarteni, emilia, auratum, boehmei, and hamorii) so it will be very interesting to compare the growth rates of each species being kept in the exact same conditions.
Hi, Samantha! I almost wonder if this girl is a runt. She just hasn't grown much at all. I have two B. smithi that I've raised from about .75", and they've grown much more quickly. What are your temps in your tarantula room? Mine are not particularly warm during the winter time, so that can impact growth rates.
Does your klaasi kick a lot of hairs? I don't have any brachypelma and I'm considering getting this as my first. The one I'm looking at is about 2". Thanks.
Hey Tom thanks for the blow out.my hormorii is the worst hair kicker,followed by the boehemi.now my klassi and my emilia kick alot less hair.and probably the most stunning brachypelmas I do have a albicepts.grown on and then I have a arautum sling,
I have a boehmei, hamorii and klaasi. Cannot wait until the klaasi (1") is grown up. :) The other 2 are 2/3 inches and pretty much in line with how you described.
You really have an awesome collection of T's. I think you have the largest collection on YT. You are such a good teacher about how to keep these gals. I pray you get females. Hi Billie. You are the best camera woman ever!
Awesome video, Tom. I must have watched the Brachy Blowout Part 1 like 100 times. You should do a Grammostola blowout... that would be cool. 🔥 Last July (2021), I got eight 0.25in B. albiceps slings and got them to 2.0in in 12 months. I'm in warm Southern California and keep them in a hot south facing walk-in closet on the second floor of my home. They stay around 85F for at least 10 hours a day and I feed them every 5 days. I have a diary thread on this on Arachnoboards. Very fast growing for this species. I have been able to sex 5 of them with confidence. Temps make a huge difference.
Hey, bud! Hahaha I was hoping that some folks would appreciate the update. It had been too long since we checked in on them. And I am SO jealous of your growth rate. Despite it being in the 80s up here for over two months, my little B. albiceps gained very little size. I will definitely check that out! Thanks again!
Hey Tom I have an adult B Smithi and they are a lot more vibrant and I find them to be a lot more calm then the hamorri, mine never flicks hair but my hamorri is very nervous 😊
Hi, Nelia! I've been trying to one for a while, but many of them are reclusive and I have a difficult time getting footage of them. Hopefully, I will be able to put something together soon.
The hairs.... if they get on clothing, and the clothing goes in the washer.... do the hairs neutralize? Do they stay potent and get mixed up with all the other clothes? 🤔
I recently got Boehmei, Albiceps, and Auratum. They’re all pretty tiny but I’m looking forward to raising them. My Boehmei is the largest and it’s actually the most calm of the three. Hopefully that will carry out through its lifetime. I will say that I was hesitant to buy them just because of their slow growth rate, but I figured that it’s better to get them as soon as possible for the same reason. Overall, I think Brachypelma is one of the coolest genus out there
@@TomsBigSpiders got mine as a sling from my dad, when adult i had to sel her because of her hair kicking and my allergic reaction to it. The dude who bought her opened up her container and she jumped on his chest, in a 10th of a second. He reacted very cool and just caught her under this container. 2 days later he phoned me asking what the heck i did to this spider making her going berserk constantly. I swear i treat my spiders with the utmost respect.. She was gorgeous though.
Brachypelmas are by far my favorite. I couldn’t help but notice that your smithi with the one dark orange knee didn’t have a black patch on the carapace. Is that something it will develop later? I don’t think I ever seen one that size without that dark patch. Also great video.
@@JEREMIAHS_TARANTULAS Yep, Google the species and you will see a lot of variety in the carapace. It's B hamorii that, more often than not, will have the mostly black carapace.
@@EarthsGeomancer cool, I have two b smithi slings, one just starting to show some adult coloration. It will be interesting to see the difference between the two as they get older.
Hi, Jeremiah! Yup, the black can vary from specimen to specimen. That's one of the things that gets people thinking that they have the wrong spider. The color on the knees bleeding down into the next leg segment is a better way to tell. However, that won't show until they put on some size.
B boehmei was my first T Got her as a 3inch female last February and she's molted 3x with me. She's now around 4.5inches. Never kicked a single hair but can suddenly bolt quickly.
@@TomsBigSpiders Way faster than I thought she would.. I think it's because of where I live. Very hot and humid here in Thailand. She only eats one prey item a week and usually just a small red runner so that shouldn't be it I think.
My boehmei and hamorii both stopped burrowing at around 1”. It’s cool to see them all the time but it would be nice to get some time to do maintenance without them attacking the water and tongs.
@@TomsBigSpiders she is and she is such an amazing tarantula. Her last molt she changed from blue to having purples in her. I didn't know they could so that.
Brachypelmas are so beautiful, the only killer for me is how expensive adults are in my market and how drab looking and slow growing the slings can be. I have a Boehmi sling that’s put on maybe half an inch in the past year.
Hello, Jurgen! It really is a beautiful genus. Yeah, adults can be super pricey because they take so long to grow out. Sounds like you're getting great growth with the Boehmei!
Beautiful genus and definitely appreciate them but just dont have the patience. Admire the keepers that do. Have a boehmi I got from a friend getting out of the hobby, but just cant take the waiting between molts. Aphonopelma, Grammostola, Tliltocatl, and the brachys just arent for me. Unless i can find some adults but then I worry about them being wild caught. I'll just appreciate them via youtube lol
Yup, I can totally appreciate that, Nicholas! It really does require quite a bit of patience. I didn't have it once upon a time, but I'm glad that I finally started grabbing some up. Thanks for chiming in!
B auratum has always been my favourite. But B klaasi and B boehmei are nice too! I also like B sabulosum! Often matingseason is during wetseasons so slings do best if kept moist
I got a 1.5" female baumgarteni a few years ago from an allegedly reputable dealer. She is still not that big since my living space never reaches the 80s. But she still has some black on her legs in some spaces, and I'm getting worried she might not have pure baumgarteni genetics. Is there a size where the legs begin to fill in and show adult full orange colours?
This vid brought a HUGE smile to my face ! So many beauties :) I'm not doubting myself anymore, it is my fav genus of all. My SAF/AF hamorii and AF boehmei are generally calm tempered, but I would never think of handling because of hairs and how food-motivated they are. Eventually, albiceps, auratum, emilia and klaasi are all considered as potential additions to my collection. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
Thanks so much, Luc...I figured that you m ight like this one. haha They really are some of the prettiest spiders available. And I would definitely put my vote behind a B. klaasi if you can find one...pictures don't do this girl justice. Thanks again!
So. These grow about .5inch a year on average? Everyone says Brachypelma and Grammostola grow slow, but no one gives a perspective of what is slow. 2in/yr is slow to me, lol. .5in/yr is crazy slow
Despite the B.smithi being my absolute dream tarantula since childhood (probably due to similar pop culture influences as yourself) I still don’t own one. Soon I hope!
Have quite a few Brachys because they are so easy to acquire. Currently have 2 B.smithi, B.hamorii , B.emilia , B.auratum , B. albiceps all growing well, if a bit slowly lol
Wow vary beautiful tarantulas i have a b albiceps and a b hamorii or smithi juvenile i don't know what species it is but I enjoy all of my tarantulas. Have a nice day
My b. Boehmi is a hair kicker to the max. I actually don't like feeding her bc she kicks hair so aggressively. She is beautiful and is out in the open always. She closed up her hide and just didn't want anything to do with it. It's time for a rehouse tho. She is my craziest spider.
Tom, probably not a great video idea but if you could talk for like five minutes on your histories with snakes or as I am now breeding hognose. Me and my wife were wondering if, since we have heard you say you used to have like 40 snakes and now you are balls deep in the tarantula game and never talk about it anymore I was wondering kind of what you did and what happened, I don’t really remember you saying it on the podcast but I’m sure in the 170 he probably mentioned it before all I remember is vague discussions
when i first started the hobby i didn't really like brachypelmas. part of it was the drab tlitocatls then in the genus, the other part was the zealots trying to force a beginner species on me. now that i've raised lots of species from all around the world, i can really appreciate the red leg tarantulas of mexico, they're in my top 3 favourite genus now.
Hey, Justin! It's funny because I ignored them for quite a while myself. It took me a few years to really appreciate them. Thanks for chiming in!
I have a 1inch B. Emilia, she's skittish but never kicks any hair, she's an absolute beauty, with her faint adult colors starting to show. I'm a new keeper and I'm so happy to see her grow! Your channel really helped me with sling care, thank you!
Sounds like she's a sweetheart! I'm so glad that I could be helpful.
That was a good video tom, you got your lassies in a really great light, well done mate, great lookin colours on them too, my ole lady has a B boehmei as she loves the wee mexican spiders, cheers, yeti, 🏴
Thanks so much, yeti! This was a fun one to put together!
Nice vid! The most handsome genus in the hobby IMO. Gotta catch em all!
They really are... and I agree! haha Thank you!
Tom - always a fantastic and thorough video. I got all of my Brachys as slings. It has been a real treat watching them grow and I have lots of other T’s to keep me preoccupied while these guys grow. My Hamorii is just a darling. He’s bold! Sits out in the open no problems and doesn’t bolt or run when I’m messing around in its cage. My Klassi is a shy little thing but a darling nonetheless. Thank you so much for sharing your Brachy collection!
Thank you so much! Although they take forever to grow up, I also think that it is totally worth it. I wish my hamorii was as bold, although she DOES seem to be calming down. And my B. klaasi has been a wonderful surprise. :)
Still watching but had to comment on your Lazarus, I was nearly in tears when you said she arrived half frozen but she survived!!! Very special girl indeed 💘💘💘
Hello, Susan! Yeah, that girl went through so much. I'm so glad that she made it and has been doing great!
Wow that B. Klaasi is awesome!, first time seeing such colors on a Brachypelma.
I am in absolute awe of her. :)
@@TomsBigSpiders can imagine that
This is the species that finally got me over my huge fear of spiders, love this species 🥰
That's awesome, Nicky!
Tom, I just wanted to say thanks for your videos. I just got home from a huge exotic show in Sacramento 100k SQ ft and 110 vendors. I got 2 more Ts and with my luck, and being gone 22 hours, my T Albopilosus molted while I was away, I'd been waiting. 🤦🏼♀️ Anyway, I bought 2 more Ts, new world, I'm not ready for old just yet. I got a Cyriocosmus elegans, who is past it's 8th molt, the tiny slings were too scary, she's about an inch or just over. I also bought a Nhandu chromatus, a half inch. I'm so excited, and my husband even wanted one, so they are technically mine, but he wanted the C elegans. I just appreciate your approach on the videos and the podcast. I am entertained by your videos, but I'm taught valid information while watching. I love the other channels too, so it's not a knock on them. Thank you very much for your time. I still think you should put in an ad at the end of the video and the podcast, that way, people could skip and if they don't, you could make a little extra cash for the time you spend, though I know you aren't doing this for the money.
Hi, Callie! Man, that show sounds amazing! We don't really get anything that large around here. Sounds like you made out great...what an awesome haul! And that's fantastic that your husband now wants one...sound like you've won him over. haha And thank you so very much for the kind words. :) As for the ads, I just don't want or need them. It honestly not what I do this for. I do appreciate the suggestion, though!
Ah brilliant video Tom, i think the Brachypelma genus is fabulous and that B. Emilia is stunning.
Thank you so much, George! I'm glad that I was able to get this one out finally!
4k hell yaaarh!!! Can't wait for the 12k 😄
Hahaha. I think 4k is as far as I am going. haha
It's getting out of control soon it will look more real than the real deal O.o
Wow, that klaasi really blew me away. Absolutely stunning. I have also had a thing about the emilias since watching bugsnstuff's video of finding them in the field. As stunning as the more red and orange bois are, I think I am more drawn to the more pink and copper species like those two.
Always so grateful for your deep respect for these animals and the well being of the hobby!
Hello, Ian Alicia! Isn't she a beauty? She'll be even more good looking when she darkens up a bit. They are just such pretty spiders. And thakn you so very much!
My first two spiders back in March were a B.Smithi and B.boemei. the Smithi was only about 3/4” and has now molted twice and is 1.25” and in premolt again! The Boemei was about 1” but molted 3 days after I got her, she has now molted 3 times since March and is just under 2”! Both are insanely skittish and bolt to their burrows when disturbed. The only time my Boemei has kicked was rehousing her. I also have 2 Albiceps, a now 3/4” sling (just molted on Thursday) and a 2.5” juvie I received as a freebie. Definitely fascinating spiders and amongst all I have some of my favorites!
Thank you for the Brachyblowout 2!!
Ps my 11yr old now wants an Emilia and Klassi lol. Good thing a ShowMeSnakes show is next Sunday!
Wow, you are getting great growth rates with those! What are your temperatures? I wish mine would grow that quickly. haha Hope you have a good time at the expo! Thanks!
@@TomsBigSpiders ironically not that warm. 70-73 right now, but during the summer the room could spike to about 77.
Moving them into the basement in a week where it is holding between 73-75. My sons room is running out of space lol. It is unusual as my “slower” growing species all seem to have great growth rates while a few of my “faster” ones are growing much slower haha
Fulci's "The Beyond" is my 2nd favorite Fulci movie, right behind "Zombi". The spider attack scene is one of the greatest spider scenes EVER filmed, lol... who knew that tarantulas squeaked like that ? hahah... man, I might watch The Beyond tonight...
LOVE that movie...and Zombi as well. I also Love House by the Cemetary and City of the Dead. haha And the squeaking is absolutely HILARIOUS. Sadly, that scene scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. haha Thanks for chiming in!
Absolutely loved this video Tom! Who doesn't love some classic Brachypelma Genus!👍
Thanks so much, bud! And heck yeah! haha
You were recommended on Reddit and I'm so glad I decided to search your name. I'm on my 5th video today and I'm learning a lot! Thank you for your content and knowledge sharing!
Hello! That's awesome...welcome to the channel! I hope that you're finding the videos useful. If you have any questions, just leave a comment (I answer them all). :) Thanks again!
@@TomsBigSpiders Yes, I am! I've read too often that they don't need water dishes and I'm thinking... some of these tarantulas are from the Amazon... where it can rain a lot. So it never made sense that they wouldn't need water. Also because hydraulics. lol I found that enlightening. Also, the impaction which adequate water might help. A varied diet instead of just relying on one food source. And DKS (I'd never heard of that). So I'm learning so much. Also, the docility of certain species and how they have a bit more spunk as Slings or Juveniles. Your channel has been the most enlightening and for the first time in my life, I will be checking out a podcast. 😅
Podcast and video same day! On the grind, can’t wait to watch both. Highlight of my week man.
Wow the amount of comments on the video in just an hour is so crazy compared to 1-2 years ago. Good stuff.
My request at some point in the next 3 years if you could get dwarf Aphonopelma 😁.
Hey, Jake...man, you don't know the half. It was a busy weekend with this stuff! haha Thanks, bud!
Love my Brachypelmas.
I have all that you showed. My klassi stands out to me because of the pink color.
My B. klaasi is just stunning!
I can’t wait until my little b arautum sling gets some colors. Love the videos Tom. I’m not usually big on podcasts and RUclips because with my adhd/spectrum I can’t stand slow talking but your stuff is so great on so many levels! You’re the best!
It seemed like I waited forever for this girl to show some color, but it was well worth it when she finally did! And thank you! I tend to get told to slow down when I talk, so maybe that helps? haha Thanks so much for the kind words!
Last Sunday 4.28 I purchased my second tarantula ever. I love my B. Boehmei . Not sure of it’s sex just yet but I was lucky enough to witness my first ever Molt !!! (Seeing as my first T ever which is an A. Avicularia that I’ve had for only about 2 months, has not molted yet)
I was able to record my B. Boehmei molting just 5 days after I purchased it. It was definitely the highlight of my day ! ❤😂 Also a huge thank you for this video. I’ve had my eye out for a B. Klaasi , please lmk of a reputable online seller if you hear of anything!
Love your channel !!! 🕷️
Hello! Congrats on getting a B. boehmei! I'm actually working on a video for that species because I've apparently never done one. And congrats on witnessing your first molt! I STILL get excited when I see one molt. Thank YOU for taking the time to comment! :) I'll keep an eye out for B. klaasi for you. :)
Thx for the update, great to see them all. Together with my obt, my b. hamorii female is my fav in my collection so far. But I absolut want a B. Klaasi, what a beauty ❤️
Thanks, Chris! Yeah, that B. klaasi is quite the looker!
Another great video. How is your Monocentropus half out group doing
Thanks, Daniel! My M. balfouri group is still doing well. All five females are still living together.
My frikken red knee took like 2 years? Before I got ok colors, and it's still not very big. I'm just glad the spider is growing with me. Kinda cool 🤙 awesome vid tom!
Hello, Bone! Yup, sounds about right. haha These things take FOREVER to grow! haha Thanks!
Hi Tom, fab video for chillin on a Sunday evening here in the UK. I'm a big fan of Brachys. I've a 2 inch juvie Emelia, suspect female, and I've been nurturing a handful of Hamorii, and some Klassi slings, they're cute to me. I've a Boehmei too, so loved this content, thanks as always! Gary
Greetings from the US, Gary! Sounds like you have some beautiful ones there! I'm glad that I was able to show all of mine off again, as they had grown quite a bit since the last blowout. Thanks again!
Fulci's "The Beyond" is an all-time great! Good taste man!
Hey, Andrew...I LOVE that movie! I'm a huge Fulci fan (and a fan of Italian horror in general!).
@@TomsBigSpiders me too! I love the giallos, but there's some great horror too. Fulci is so dynamic, he could direct anything.
Great video Tom thnx! Grtz from Belgium
Hello from the US! And thank you!
17:52 That may be the most adorable feeding response I've ever seen in my entire life. :D
Hey, Brian! Wasn't that so cute?
I'll be buying my first T soon, a B hamorii sling. This has surprised everyone in the family because I'm known for being ridiculously afraid of spiders, but I feel this will be good for me in many ways.
I got my first back in the 90s when I was terrified of spiders. You can tell them that a lot of folks pick up their first tarantulas in part to get over their fear. Good luck!
Thanks for putting on a Brachy show! Loved it. I have a B hamorii sub adult I raised up from a 1/2inch sling. She is prized in my collection!
Thank you, Steve! Don't you just love the slow growing ones that you raise up from slings? They always feel extra special. :)
@@TomsBigSpiders it’s kind of like children. They take a while to grow up but are really amazing once they do.
Thank you Tom.
I have learned so much from your videos
Thank you very much
Thank you very much, Mereyem!
Hi Tom,
I just had the same experience with B. klaasi, I was suspecting this species to be the most underrated in the Brachypelma genus, and boy did my female confirm that! Really beautiful and calm, and a pretty decent growth rate!
Also, best of luck with your B. emilia, they are indeed slow growers but what a reward when they get their true adult colors…
Congrats on the channel and cheers from France!
Hey, Lipton! Yup, this was an absolutely amazing surprise. She is so beautiful. And I can't wait for my B. emilia to get more of her adult colors. Thanks again!
I am like you Tom, I have Brachypelma Albiceps, Brachypelma Boehmei, Brachypelma Hamorii, and about to pick a Brachypelma Smithi. lol
Man, what a great collection of them!
My eibon tattoo tingled when you said a scene from The Beyond was terrible, sir…… 😎
BAHAHAHAHAHA! I still love it, but the squeaking murderous spider scene is off the charts!
This is a great video! Brachys are my favorite genus. It is a goal of mine to get the B. Klasssi, they are gorgeous!
Thank you so much, Toni! I was rally excited to finally get this one out. And the B. klaasi has become one of my favorites...so pretty!
OMG! Your B. Klassi is absolutely gorgeous!! I'm new and have been catching up on your beginner species videos. Is the b. Klassi also a good beginner? Love your videos! 😀
Thank you! And yes...the B. klassi would be a great beginner.
Same here Tom for B smithie when I was like 7 or 8 an saved up the $20 to get one .an I love my brachpelmes all of them ,
Great video on them ,I watch every time anyone puts a video out on them ,👍👍
They are just such gorgeous spiders. Thanks for chiming in!
They are all stunning. Great video.
Thank you, Chantal!
Wow your brachypelma are stunners Tom! My albiceps is very feisty, and my emilia is extremely shy too (even as an adult) 😂Very interesting to hear about these tarantulas, thank you for the content it’s always a good watch 👍
Thank you so much, Christopher! I can't wait until my B. albiceps put on enough size to be potentially feisty! haha Thank you for commenting!
Love your videos mate, people will always say negative things especially about quantity and tbh I prefer quality over quantity as I’m sure you do, keep up the great work you bring to us 👏🫶
Thank you so much, Chris. I really appreciate that!!!
They all look beautiful.
They really are gorgeous spiders!
After YEARS in the hobby, I finally got my very first Brachypelma species. A female juvenile Brachypelma auratum. Them being hair kickers is definitely not an understatement. I've just rehoused her from the container I got her in. She kicked herself bald in the span of 30 secs 🤦
There you are...about damn time. hahaha How's it going? Don't you just love when they bugger up their butts with the kicking? haha Hope all is well!
great video Tom,i started with hamoriis two years ago,i keep them at 77 degrees along with all my other spiders in a large vivarium,the growth rate has been amazing,they are around 4 inches now
Yup, these are really spiders that will respond to higher temps with faster growth. Thanks for chiming in, Dylan!
Great video Tom! Hope all is well with you!!!
Hello, guys! Thank you so much. I certainly can't complain. Hope all is well on your end!
Great timing, I’m getting my first T next weekend. I really want to get one of these species.
Hey, Joshua! I hope that you find what you are looking for...good luck!
great video! growing an Auratum myself. can't wait till it grows enough to show colors
Hi, Kim. I LOVE my Auratum...she is so darned pretty!
Thanks for such a great video I love to see all the different brachipelma. I only have a 1 inch hamoria but it's actually starting to settle down and eat well having spent the first two months living underground. It's now in Warmer conditions so maybe that's what's changed things.
Thank you for watching! It really is a gorgeous genus. And I hope that your little guy starts putting on some size for you!
Thanks for the reply Tom re watched 4 or 5 of your videos today . Helped me make up my mind on my next three spiders . T.Apophysis ,c.Versicolour and T . vagans just because it was so cheap to add to the order. keep up the great videos .
I've never kept any Brachypelma species, but after seeing the B Klaasi that might change. I really likeed this video and would love to see something similar covering all the Grammastola species you keep.
Hey, Chris! That's awesome! And I'll definitely have to work on a Grammy video...
Ive got all but klaasi!!! Working on it tom! If you recognize my name, ive owned t's since 1992 and im now getting into brachys lol!
Of course I recognize your name - you're an old timer, dude! haha And that's awesome. Welcome to the club! haha
Hey Tom great video but I'm wondering what happened with your uhhhh chapters? 😂 I think you have a few misspellings there? 🤣 I just picked up a boehmei cause my local PetSmart was like "Hey we have this thing it's terrifying please take it" and of course I said yes so now I have a Brachy wooo. I couldn't find your boehmei husbandry video so figured I'd take a look at this one. Thanks for the info as always!
- Charlotte
Hi, Charlotte! I had nothing to do with the chapters on this video, so the misspellings are not mine. I think that with older ones, RUclips assigns them using the captions (which are usually laughably wrong), or someone puts them in the comments or something. Honestly, I don't know HOW some videos eventually get chapters, because I've only done it on a handful. If I have time later, I'll try to fix them. *sigh. haha Thanks so much!
@@TomsBigSpiders ha! I thought maybe you did it as a joke and didn’t tell us lol! Gotta love RUclips :^)
Absolutely love brachypelma I have all of them (also a few breeding pairs) definitely an under rated genus. Even though they make a great beginner species I see a lot of keepers avoid them these days .....it baffles me
Hey, Robbie! I agree completely in that people tend to ignore them because the are considered "beginner species." What does it matter if they are all stunning spiders? Thanks for chiming in, bud!
This was an awesome video! I have a male B.smithi that is sort of a jerk haha. He will occasionally throw a threat posture. Interesting enough he is more apt to threaten than to kick hairs. He's crazy. Super interesting to watch and always out and active! He's spicy!
Thank you so much, Craig! Hahaha Sounds like quite the spunky dude! :)
Great stuff! Do you know anything about phrixotrichus scrofa or phrixotrichus vulpinus? Info is scarce. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello! Unfortunately, no. I haven't seen P. scrofa offered in the US in years, which is a shame as they are stunning. Did you find some?
@@TomsBigSpiders I bought what was labeled as a p. Scrofa but after doing a bunch of research it seems what I have may be a p. Vulpinus. The lady I got it from has one more. Black and gold with 2 really gold metallic spots on the booty.
@@TomsBigSpiders spidershoppe has them also. Labeled as p. Scrofa and p. Vulpinus, but the pictures are of the same species.
Beautiful species ! One question . I've been watching your videos for years and I don't recall seeing any about pairing or determining sex (sorry , gender.) Have you done any , or have I just missed them ? Embarrassed to say , out of fifteen , I only have one Brachy , a Boehmi . Thanks . Good one !!!!
Hello, Dan! I think that I did a sexing video a while back with a Phormictopus molt, but I may be wrong. That said, I could definitely cover the topic again. And the Boehmei is a good one to keep if you only have one. haha Thanks for chiming in!
Hey Tom, with such a huge collection it’s hard to imagine the amount of money it would take to provide them all substrate. Substrate can be pretty expensive. What substrate do you recommend that is cheap
Hello! If you want to go super cheap, you can used plain old topsoil (I've used Scott's and Timberline myself). You can also buy large 10 lb. bricks of coco fiber and rehydrate it. It makes several gallons of sub. Peat is also cheap and can be bought in large bales for about $10, although I'm reading that it's not exactly friendly to the environment. Or, you can create mixes of all three. For about $25 you can buy a coco fiber brick, a bag of topsoil, and a bale of peat and mix them together for a whole heck of a lot of dirt. Hope that helps!
Loved this video! I have a male Juvenile Boehmei. He is a hair kicker and fiesty right now. Hope he calms down as he grows lol 😆
Thanks so much, Tina! I'm still hoping that my two girls calm down, but I'm losing hope. haha
What about albopilosus...?
Oh wait......I forgot, lol
The T. albo was on my last Brachy video. haha
STUNNING species the prices have risen in the past 6 months to a year but still a must have in the collection \
Hey, Michael! Yeah, they tend to be a bit more pricey these days as they are more difficult to come by.
@@TomsBigSpiders Brachypelma species were the most common years ago when I first started the hobby but like you said they are getting harder to come by
Considering brachypelma for a first T. So many cool ones to pick from.
You can't go wrong there!
Awesome video Tom i have all of these except the last two. Im loving everyone of them. Hope you are doing well. Has the MM diversipes passed away yet? I might be getting a couple more slings the first week of October. I hope this time i get a female diversipes. See you in the next one that. Ibnsarachnids aka rob
Hey, Rob! He's still with us, but I think that his time is coming soon. :( And I'm doing well on my end! I hope that all is well with you!
So strange to hear how slowly your hamorii grew. I got mine as a sexed female at 3" in August 2022 and already she is pushing 5" and has molted 3 times putting on at least .5" each molt. I keep my T's pretty warm though. They are in my reptile room which usually stays at the high 70's low 80's during the day. I usually feed her 1 large cricket once or twice a week, unless she's looking too plump, then we skip a meal. I try to keep her abdomen a reasonable size (slightly larger than her carapace) I don't power feed by any means. I think I'm mostly just lucky with this one lol.
I just picked up teeny-tiny .25" slings of several more Brachypelma species (baumgarteni, emilia, auratum, boehmei, and hamorii) so it will be very interesting to compare the growth rates of each species being kept in the exact same conditions.
Hi, Samantha! I almost wonder if this girl is a runt. She just hasn't grown much at all. I have two B. smithi that I've raised from about .75", and they've grown much more quickly. What are your temps in your tarantula room? Mine are not particularly warm during the winter time, so that can impact growth rates.
Does your klaasi kick a lot of hairs? I don't have any brachypelma and I'm considering getting this as my first. The one I'm looking at is about 2". Thanks.
She does not. She's always been pretty laid back.
Hey Tom thanks for the blow out.my hormorii is the worst hair kicker,followed by the boehemi.now my klassi and my emilia kick alot less hair.and probably the most stunning brachypelmas I do have a albicepts.grown on and then I have a arautum sling,
Hey, James! My two boehmei are definitely my worst, but my B. smithis have been bad, too. Thanks for chiming in!
I have a boehmei, hamorii and klaasi. Cannot wait until the klaasi (1") is grown up. :) The other 2 are 2/3 inches and pretty much in line with how you described.
Hey, Abbie! I LOVE my B. klaasi. That one has proven to be quite the wonderful surprise!
Got my first ever spider last week…. It’s a B. Boehmei… definitely skittish and fast!
Congrats! Yeah, I have two, and both are quite skittish, fast, and willing to kick hairs!
You really have an awesome collection of T's. I think you have the largest collection on YT. You are such a good teacher about how to keep these gals. I pray you get females. Hi Billie. You are the best camera woman ever!
Hi, Joyce! I try to have a good mix. The more species I keep, the more I get to go on and on about. haha And thank you so much! Hope all is well!
Awesome video, Tom. I must have watched the Brachy Blowout Part 1 like 100 times. You should do a Grammostola blowout... that would be cool. 🔥
Last July (2021), I got eight 0.25in B. albiceps slings and got them to 2.0in in 12 months. I'm in warm Southern California and keep them in a hot south facing walk-in closet on the second floor of my home. They stay around 85F for at least 10 hours a day and I feed them every 5 days. I have a diary thread on this on Arachnoboards. Very fast growing for this species. I have been able to sex 5 of them with confidence. Temps make a huge difference.
Hey, bud! Hahaha I was hoping that some folks would appreciate the update. It had been too long since we checked in on them. And I am SO jealous of your growth rate. Despite it being in the 80s up here for over two months, my little B. albiceps gained very little size. I will definitely check that out! Thanks again!
Hey Tom I have an adult B Smithi and they are a lot more vibrant and I find them to be a lot more calm then the hamorri, mine never flicks hair but my hamorri is very nervous 😊
That's great info, Geoffrey! I'll have to see if my B. smithi calm down once they put on some size!
Hi I was wondering if you could do a old world's video of your t's
Hi, Nelia! I've been trying to one for a while, but many of them are reclusive and I have a difficult time getting footage of them. Hopefully, I will be able to put something together soon.
The hairs.... if they get on clothing, and the clothing goes in the washer.... do the hairs neutralize? Do they stay potent and get mixed up with all the other clothes? 🤔
Hi, Melly! Great question! I've never had an issue with it, so I think that they get neutralized.
Do you have a B. Albiceps to do a care video about?
I have two slings who are taking FOREVER to grow. haha
I recently got Boehmei, Albiceps, and Auratum. They’re all pretty tiny but I’m looking forward to raising them. My Boehmei is the largest and it’s actually the most calm of the three. Hopefully that will carry out through its lifetime. I will say that I was hesitant to buy them just because of their slow growth rate, but I figured that it’s better to get them as soon as possible for the same reason. Overall, I think Brachypelma is one of the coolest genus out there
Awesome that your B. Boehmei is laid back, mine was batshit crazy lol!
Man, both of my Boehmei's are crazy! haha I'm so jealous! And Brachypelma species sure are beautiful. Thanks for chiming in!
@@TomsBigSpiders got mine as a sling from my dad, when adult i had to sel her because of her hair kicking and my allergic reaction to it. The dude who bought her opened up her container and she jumped on his chest, in a 10th of a second. He reacted very cool and just caught her under this container. 2 days later he phoned me asking what the heck i did to this spider making her going berserk constantly.
I swear i treat my spiders with the utmost respect.. She was gorgeous though.
Brachypelmas are by far my favorite. I couldn’t help but notice that your smithi with the one dark orange knee didn’t have a black patch on the carapace. Is that something it will develop later? I don’t think I ever seen one that size without that dark patch. Also great video.
Some true B. smithi are known to have more orange/cream on their carapace.
@@EarthsGeomancer I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info.
@@JEREMIAHS_TARANTULAS Yep, Google the species and you will see a lot of variety in the carapace. It's B
hamorii that, more often than not, will have the mostly black carapace.
@@EarthsGeomancer cool, I have two b smithi slings, one just starting to show some adult coloration. It will be interesting to see the difference between the two as they get older.
Hi, Jeremiah! Yup, the black can vary from specimen to specimen. That's one of the things that gets people thinking that they have the wrong spider. The color on the knees bleeding down into the next leg segment is a better way to tell. However, that won't show until they put on some size.
Just order my first brachypelma Klassi just a 3 cm sling. And can't wait to see her /him grow. ❤
Congrats, Sandra! I absolutely LOVE mine!
Is that an escapee behind your right shoulder? or on top of one of the enclosures?
Hi, Evan! No, it's an old molt.
B boehmei was my first T
Got her as a 3inch female last February and she's molted 3x with me. She's now around 4.5inches.
Never kicked a single hair but can suddenly bolt quickly.
Man, she's growing fast!
@@TomsBigSpiders Way faster than I thought she would.. I think it's because of where I live. Very hot and humid here in Thailand.
She only eats one prey item a week and usually just a small red runner so that shouldn't be it I think.
My boehmei and hamorii both stopped burrowing at around 1”. It’s cool to see them all the time but it would be nice to get some time to do maintenance without them attacking the water and tongs.
Hey, Erik! Hahaha Sounds like you have some spicy ones! Hope all is well, bud!
@@TomsBigSpiders just a bit of teenage anger. We’ve all been there… am I right?
Oh i forgot im getting a MM Pterinopelma sazimai so i can breed my Onyx again. Ill keep you updated. Talk soon Rob
Man, Rob...that Onyx is quite the busy girl! :)
@@TomsBigSpiders she is and she is such an amazing tarantula. Her last molt she changed from blue to having purples in her. I didn't know they could so that.
Brachypelmas are so beautiful, the only killer for me is how expensive adults are in my market and how drab looking and slow growing the slings can be. I have a Boehmi sling that’s put on maybe half an inch in the past year.
Hello, Jurgen! It really is a beautiful genus. Yeah, adults can be super pricey because they take so long to grow out. Sounds like you're getting great growth with the Boehmei!
Wich brachypelma species are the biggest of them all?
Made this in good timing 😊 go my online tarantula shopping today
That's awesome, Martin!
Yeah, the glorious Brachypelma Species. You got some pretty Girls there Tom.😍
Thank you so much, Mike!
Beautiful genus and definitely appreciate them but just dont have the patience. Admire the keepers that do. Have a boehmi I got from a friend getting out of the hobby, but just cant take the waiting between molts. Aphonopelma, Grammostola, Tliltocatl, and the brachys just arent for me. Unless i can find some adults but then I worry about them being wild caught. I'll just appreciate them via youtube lol
Yup, I can totally appreciate that, Nicholas! It really does require quite a bit of patience. I didn't have it once upon a time, but I'm glad that I finally started grabbing some up. Thanks for chiming in!
B auratum has always been my favourite. But B klaasi and B boehmei are nice too! I also like B sabulosum!
Often matingseason is during wetseasons so slings do best if kept moist
I absolutely LOVE the looks of the auratum. Heck, they all look pretty darned good! Thanks, bud!
I got a 1.5" female baumgarteni a few years ago from an allegedly reputable dealer. She is still not that big since my living space never reaches the 80s. But she still has some black on her legs in some spaces, and I'm getting worried she might not have pure baumgarteni genetics. Is there a size where the legs begin to fill in and show adult full orange colours?
Hello, Elon! Mine started showing more of the orange around the 2.5-3" mark, if I remember correctly.
Hello great video information and update its going to be Robbie birthday Tom
Thank you so much, Moon. And...I'm on it. ;)
This vid brought a HUGE smile to my face ! So many beauties :) I'm not doubting myself anymore, it is my fav genus of all. My SAF/AF hamorii and AF boehmei are generally calm tempered, but I would never think of handling because of hairs and how food-motivated they are. Eventually, albiceps, auratum, emilia and klaasi are all considered as potential additions to my collection.
Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
Thanks so much, Luc...I figured that you m ight like this one. haha They really are some of the prettiest spiders available. And I would definitely put my vote behind a B. klaasi if you can find one...pictures don't do this girl justice. Thanks again!
Lol the Brachypelma Klaasi is awesome. It's got little black feet.
Yeah, she is becoming a favorite of mine!
Hey Tom by chance do you sell some of your tarantulas?
Hi, Anthony. I do not.
Brachypelma Albiceps , Brachypelma Klassi , Brachypelma Boehmei , Brachypelma Emilia are top 👌
All great species!
So. These grow about .5inch a year on average? Everyone says Brachypelma and Grammostola grow slow, but no one gives a perspective of what is slow. 2in/yr is slow to me, lol. .5in/yr is crazy slow
Hello, Kevin! I guess that you could say that? Those with warmer temps will probably get faster growth overall. Mine have just grown very slowly.
Someone is posing in the background 😊
Hahaha I saw that when I was editing!
It turned out good. Not being shy is the key for a good video 😂🕷️😝
Despite the B.smithi being my absolute dream tarantula since childhood (probably due to similar pop culture influences as yourself) I still don’t own one. Soon I hope!
Adam...what the HELL, man? hahaha Just kidding! I'm sure that you'll get one soon...and be 60 by the time it shows some color. ;)
Have quite a few Brachys because they are so easy to acquire. Currently have 2 B.smithi, B.hamorii , B.emilia , B.auratum , B. albiceps all growing well, if a bit slowly lol
That's a great collection, Bill! Now, if they'd only GROW. haha Thanks, bud!
I want a Klaasi so bad !! Please world bring one my way !! 😊😂😊
Wow vary beautiful tarantulas i have a b albiceps and a b hamorii or smithi juvenile i don't know what species it is but I enjoy all of my tarantulas. Have a nice day
Thank you so much!
Your welcome bro
oh my gosh..... that klaasi!!!😍
Hi, Dee! Right!? :)
ooOOoo I love the Mexican Pink Beauty!!! She looks kind of furry!! I love 💕 it!! Mexican Pink Furry LoL 😂🤣😍💗
Hi, Melody! Yeah, she has become a favorite of mine!
@@TomsBigSpiders she is beautiful 😍 I don't think I've ever seen a pink tarantula before!
My b. Boehmi is a hair kicker to the max. I actually don't like feeding her bc she kicks hair so aggressively. She is beautiful and is out in the open always. She closed up her hide and just didn't want anything to do with it. It's time for a rehouse tho. She is my craziest spider.
Fun fact: My B. boehmei was the first spider I ever had kick hair at me! haha Both of mine are big kickers, too! And they are both VERY skittish.
@Tom Moran yep it was the first for me too. Sometimes it kicks hairs for no reason that one is a trip
I just got a B boehmei yesterday and it kicked hairs at me, just like my GBB
Congrats! Yeah, both of mine were pretty bad kickers for a while.
Tom, probably not a great video idea but if you could talk for like five minutes on your histories with snakes or as I am now breeding hognose. Me and my wife were wondering if, since we have heard you say you used to have like 40 snakes and now you are balls deep in the tarantula game and never talk about it anymore I was wondering kind of what you did and what happened, I don’t really remember you saying it on the podcast but I’m sure in the 170 he probably mentioned it before all I remember is vague discussions
Hey, Jake! I think that I spoke about it briefly once, but never got into it. I can cover that! :)