Babies!

[Korndog]

I found 2 babies when I put some frozen mysis in .. and they attacked the food like none other... hard to get pics, but here is what I was able to get.

Lets play find the baby octo.... hint .. there is a starfish and an octopus in this photo...

 

[Daytymer]

Awww... Congratulations!

Cool #1 pic, btw

 

[captbunzo]

Freaking cool....

 

[kpk]

NIce

 

[MyMonkey]

Sweet... They grow fast eh? Nice camera work too.

 

[aleiodubua]

I want one. lol.

 

[hiflykitty]

no, i was promised one first

 

[pwhitby]

I identified them...therefore it only fair that I get the first one. So there.

 

[n8duncan]

What a score as far as hitchikers go!!!! I hope they fair well.

Nathan

 

[LotR Clown]

Very cool
Good luck with them Chris.
Is the mother still alive?

Kevin

 

[Snprhed]

I hope whoever gets them has a tight lid for their tank!

That is so cool.

 

[Korndog]

I never saw the mother after I put her in the tank. I read that the females usually die soon after laying the eggs. I'm thinking she was carrying the fertilized eggs with her when I get her from the wholesaler and the stress of the new tank caused her to go ahead and lay them, then die. Seems like a harsh schedule of events if you are a female octopus?

 

[luvabunny]

Great pics! Did you go to tonmo yet?

 

[tigerarmy40]

you gotta snap more!! thats awesome....

 

[Korndog]

yes, getting feedback as we speak. I was told to get one of those freshwater breeder net things from petsmart and start putting them in there. That should be fun.

 

[pwhitby]

I want one!
I want to love him and hug him and call him George.....

 

[Korndog]

and he will be yours, and you shall call him Squishy...

 

[cek1313]

The breeder net thing works great for fry, mean fish, timid fish etc. I use it often so that a potential tankmate can get to know his/her buddies without too much stress! Works pretty well.

 

[sadsak]

Bravo ! Wishing you all the luck with the little guys .

 

[Korndog]

Well, I found the momma bear last night. I put some frozen baby bloodworms in the tank to see if any more had hatched... when low and behold I see a 3 inch tenticle sticking out of a rock grabbing the food as it floats by. When I put the flashing on her, she retracted back in the hole. This hole is roughly 1/4-1/2 inch in diameter... I really dont know how she got in there, much less how there is room in there for eggs.

Anywho, I got out the blue LED light and shined up in the little hole and there is in fact a big octo up in there. She was moving around quite a bit.

I am curious though, since I never really saw the momma octopus, I dont really know what species it is. When I shined the flashlight on her I saw a white tenticle with blueish/redish spots all over... does this help identify her at all?

I am assuming since she is up in that rock that there are probably a lot more than the 6 eggs I have located actually in that tank. The 2 that have hatched seem to be doing great in the little breeding net I setup. There are 4 other eggs with them that look ready to hatch at any time.