I got an octo as a hitchiker

[dawnskaybug]

Make a long story short I get my LR from the ocean put it in coolers full of SW and put it in my tank
Well AT THE WORST I was thinking a mantis...
I have 1 and a couple pistol shrimp no biggie
Well I have an octo with the body being about 1 inch
HOW do I get rid of him ????
Is there a trap ??
poison???
I dont care
I dont need him to ink all over the place
ALTHOUGH where I got the LR from there was a 1 footer(body) that we messed with for about 1 minute and he never inked..

 

[Freed]

I'd keep it and wouldn't worry about any ink from a 1" octo. It will probably eat your mantis and pistols.

 

[dawnskaybug]

Aaaaand what else???
I see yer from FW
I did 4 years there in the late 80s till 8th grade when my dad was at the seminary

 

[Freed]

And snails, and shrimp and fish if it can catch them and hermits, etc.

 

[dawnskaybug]

OH OK So just about everything else in my tank
How can I catch him??

 

[Nykademus]

try a bottle trap.. 20oz bottle.. cut the top off.. invert the top back into the "body" of the bottle.. silicone it in place.. put a shrimp or some type of food in there.. then kick back and watch.

It might take some time to catch it.. they are very clever and master escape artists.

What do you plan on doing with it if you are able to catch it?

 

[dawnskaybug]

flush it :eek1:

 

[goulashriot]

wait a sec man, think before you flush it. if you got it from the ocean take it back and set it free, there is no point in killing the octo. if you catch it you could even ask around at aquarium stores in your area and see if they would take it off your hands.

just because you dont want it doesnt mean you have to kill it.

 

[05Xrunner]

catch it and sell it to me..id give you a few bucks

if you wanna do this...email me..sl3000gt94@aol.com

Easy way to catch it...get a jar with the lid on loosely..throw a nice crab in there..the octo will pop out..open the lid and go in and eat it..then just take it out of the tank...then bag it up good and I will buy it off you.

 

[dawnskaybug]

Yeah I know I was just kidding
I will release it back

 

[kookerson]

Man, Octo's are so cool! The only thing stopping me from turning my 75 into an Octo tank is there darn lifespans! You guys really got some cool looking specimins!

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

you can take it to your lfs and get $$$

 

[dawnskaybug]

He just came out never seen him except for teh 1 time

 

[clayspst]

cool

 

[dawnskaybug]

And he is eating my Crabs which is a GOOOOD thing since there is like 6 of them the size of a half dollar and they got an Auriga butterfly the other day. and was taking Shrimp out of my big Anemone.. Today was scrape the tank day but I will wait till he is done. Most of them only have 1 claw now.

 

[05Xrunner]

he looks to be exactly the species I have.
(Abdopus) aculeatus
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~chuffard/index_files/Bipedal_octopuses.htm

 

[dawnskaybug]

He is out again he only comes out in the morning for a lil bit my wife and kid were late for school/work wasyching him yesterday

 

[Brock Fluharty]

But the blue eyespots lead me to believe bimac. Is Guam in the Pacific, lol?

 

[05Xrunner]

I see no blue eye spots...the one in his pic that might look like it..thats his gills. the opening of his mantel.

 

[msman825]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8887403#post8887403 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dawnskaybug
flush it :eek1:

if you do anything with it, Put it back were you got it from DONT flush it