Thanks, I never thought I'd purposely bring spiders into my house either. Then one day while at the pet shop I just decided to buy the G. rosea they had. Tessa T started it all. The rest I have I ordered from 3 different breeders. Some of them really do grow fast & then I have a Coremiocnemis brachyramosa, Malaysian Blue Femur that was barely 1/8" when it arrived & now it might be 1/4" in 2 mo. of keeping it. I'm not sure just how big it is as it hasn't come out of it's tiny tunnel it made since it arrived. It eats way more than the other slings. I place a cut up piece of cricket in front of the tunnel & it disappears. My greenbottle blue is still a juvenile, so it should get more color the more it grows. Right now it is in it's web preparing to shed again. Maybe when it appears I can get another pic.
yeah, too large of an enclosure can have an affect on them. Whatever makes them happy & eating well is the key. There are many more I'd like to get. I like the colorful ones, some don't even look real, it's just awesome!