babies are hatching, any advice?

[Korndog]

update;

I found momma dead this morning ... she was about 4-5 inches tenticle to tenticle .. a LOT bigger than I remember her being. That being said, from what I understand, the parent dies as soon as the babies hatch ... I saw a total of 7 little guys swimming around with the light one .. which means they must have indeed hatched. I will feed some mysis/brine tonight after the lights are out to see how many will come out. Now to start catching these guys ....

 

[LisaD]

I had a Caribbean dwarf octopus, O. brarieus, she was maybe the size of yours, and laid no more than 12-15 large, stalked eggs on the inside of the clam shell she lived in. She tended the eggs until they hatched, then came out, pale, and died. I was never able to find any of the babies, though almost all the eggs clearly hatched.