I'll be starting to do research on 3 species of T that I'm currently interested in getting as my next new addition, mind you it won't be for quite some time as I think I kinda rushed into things a bit and am currently researching various books on just T behaviours and care taking tips and T's in general. However the 3 that are peaking my interests are: Green Bottle Blue, Tiger Rump, and Cobalt Blue. They all seem very fascinating and beautiful. I was just wondering if any other T owners have any comments on any of these. On a side not My G. Pulchra will be molting soon, I hope, as she's being very abnormal in her activies lol, like she was when she was with me for her first molt( hiding in the corners and stuff) and her adbomen is rather huge and kinda..not as vibrant anymore, and it's got that scabby looking stuff...that's not a scab lol. I'm hoping to get some updated pics whe nand if it happens.

I have all 3. They're all nice looking t's although I admit I find the GBB as one of my favorite t's. Cobalts are nice looking as well but be prepared for barely seeing the cobalt blue for up to long periods of time. They're burrowers and may stay in their burrows rarely coming out.

We used to have a cobalt and we have a young GBB,. as eper said, if you decide on a cobalt be prepared not to see it for weeks or even months as they hide down burrows and only come out occassionally, beautiful species though - the females obviously turn the brilliant blue as adults, but we turned out with a male, but who was still beautiful.

I find our GBB to be a real character, and another gorgeous species.

Be ware though, all are known to have a feisty and aggressive temperament and they are certainly not handling Ts like the chile rose.

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^^true about them being fiesty but honostly the cobalt is the more agressive of the 3, even one of the most agressive in my collection of over 40. There was one time when I was doing some tank work using 12'' tongs and like a speeding bullet my cobalt runs out her burrow up the tongs and onto my arm. I was so scared...I just slowly put my arm in the tank and waited for her to crawl off whihc took about 5 minutes of being in an awkward/uncomfortable posistion.

Not trying to scare you off from getting one though, just a fact that they're defensive t's.

:O lol that would scare the bejesus out of me lol. Well thanks for your guys' feed back, and I was reading that the cobalt would be the nastiest out of the 3 which sort of sparked my attention. Didn't know they were massive burrowers though...kinda ****s. Any comments about the Tiger Rump anyone?

Tiger rumps are cool. Small species but look nice and arent so defensive although theyre not no rose hair. I've even been bitten by one and the bite although uncomfortable for a while, nothing serious or painful.

Old wolrd t's will be the more agressive and more painful bites. New wolrd t's are less agressive than old world's but may kick hair at you.

Right as Old World T's don't have the Urticating bristles so they don't have anything to defend themselves with except bites. Tiger Rump's are Old World?

No they're new worlds from costa rica

I hear they are a very small species of T. I recently bought two books to further m yresearch on furhter knowledge, but I'll be darned! It's kidna super hard to find T books. I got 2 right now, both of which I purchased from pet land(mind you not the same store) I went to two different chapters and they don't got a thing! They do got many books on stupid butterflies though *shakes head*

yes they are a smaller species but still look great. Honostly IMO and the opinion of almost all t keepers I know, the best book for tarantulas is the Tarantula Keepers Guide.