What would you do?

[el8ch]

I would wait until your females are about a year old before you get a male. Males breed at a much smaller size than the ladies do. Also, taking care of your females while they grow will help give you time to figure out if you really do want to breed them, and will give you invaluable learning experience.

I agree - typically your females will be ready to breed at 18 months (+1500 grams min) if all goes well. Males will go much smaller and at less than half the age.

Get a dual gene morph (male) later on down the road and really decide what your breeding goals will be. With the spider gene you will be able to produce a lot of nice morphs if you get a dual gene male with the pastel gene. The pastel gene is a really nice enhancer to multi-gene morphs.