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<blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 134556" data-attributes="member: 27883"><p>Hello and welcome!</p><p></p><p>We won't be harsh. We are not that kind of forum. We wish to be helpful and encouraging, especially with someone new to the hobby.</p><p></p><p>The first thing is to stop taking any advice from that pet store. I don't know if it is innocent ignorance, or intentional lies to separate you from your money, but either way I think you've already realized it is bad advice. I don't have this species, but I have raised B. smithii (Now called B. hamorii…) in the past and have a couple of the closely related B. beohmei now. I will always defer to those more experienced than me, but I would not use vermiculite as a substrate. I've used many things over the years and I prefer coco coir exclusively nowadays. Any kind of bought-in-a-bag soil makes me nervous because you can't know what composted material it is made of. Here in southern CA, we put our yard trimmings in a bin and these bins are collected, composted, and re-sold as soil in stores. There is a long list of toxic chemicals that are sold and used on people's yards, so I won't use this soil in any animal enclosure. If you are composting your own soil from safe source material, then soil is probably fine.</p><p></p><p>I've recently learned that most care sheets are rubbish. I don't know what would be different in the care of a red leg, fire leg, or red knee. They all come from the same part of the world and all need the same care: Dry-ish substrate, room temp (70-80 degrees), somewhere to hide, and a water dish. </p><p></p><p>This whole genus tend to be excellent eaters and not finicky.</p><p></p><p>Your new spider is gorgeous. Even though the guy at the store is either ignorant or dishonest, you still managed to get a nice tarantula from him and I think you will be very happy in the end. Just for fun, here is a pic of my B. boehmei set up:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31415[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tortoise Tom, post: 134556, member: 27883"] Hello and welcome! We won't be harsh. We are not that kind of forum. We wish to be helpful and encouraging, especially with someone new to the hobby. The first thing is to stop taking any advice from that pet store. I don't know if it is innocent ignorance, or intentional lies to separate you from your money, but either way I think you've already realized it is bad advice. I don't have this species, but I have raised B. smithii (Now called B. hamorii…) in the past and have a couple of the closely related B. beohmei now. I will always defer to those more experienced than me, but I would not use vermiculite as a substrate. I've used many things over the years and I prefer coco coir exclusively nowadays. Any kind of bought-in-a-bag soil makes me nervous because you can't know what composted material it is made of. Here in southern CA, we put our yard trimmings in a bin and these bins are collected, composted, and re-sold as soil in stores. There is a long list of toxic chemicals that are sold and used on people's yards, so I won't use this soil in any animal enclosure. If you are composting your own soil from safe source material, then soil is probably fine. I've recently learned that most care sheets are rubbish. I don't know what would be different in the care of a red leg, fire leg, or red knee. They all come from the same part of the world and all need the same care: Dry-ish substrate, room temp (70-80 degrees), somewhere to hide, and a water dish. This whole genus tend to be excellent eaters and not finicky. Your new spider is gorgeous. Even though the guy at the store is either ignorant or dishonest, you still managed to get a nice tarantula from him and I think you will be very happy in the end. Just for fun, here is a pic of my B. boehmei set up: [ATTACH=full]31415[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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