I have no real experience to speak of other than working in pet stores and one night I cared for a tarantula over night before giving her to my biology teacher for extra credit (I found out later that he actually tormented one of my friends with it for the next 2 years LOL) and she was the Chilean Rose, and I just loved her! Sweet as could be! If I were getting a tarantula it'd be a rosehair Have fun with whatever you decide on though!