I went fishing today and look...

[witelytr]

...this is what I caught. Honestly 3.5 hours fishing and this is all I caught.

Cna anyone out there tell me what type of acto this is and what I can put him in. I have an extra 10G nano and wouldn't mind putting him in there but seeing as how saltwater tanks are only 9 months new to me, I think an octo is a bit more extensive.

 

[Echidna09]

Give some more information about where you caught him and at what time and we should be able to help.

 

[witelytr]

honeymoon island near tampa FL. About 12pm . I think i;m taking him back in the a.m. though from the generalconsensus

 

[Animal Mother]

Mercatoris. Won't get much larger.

 

[venom00viper]

I have been looking for one of these. I never have the time to go to tamps though. as far as I have heard tampa seems like the only place to catch these dwarf octos. Let me know if you odnt want and might be interested in shipping over night. Thanks!

-ben

 

[Ladipyg]

Honeymoon Island, off of Dunedin, Gulf of Mexico...I have a 2nd house in Dunedin...I love fishing there, I have good luck at Pier 60...always catch a bunch of fish that cost a fortune in a store. Look downs, triggers, parrot fish, grunts, etc. Best thing to use is a sabiki rig that has small pieces of fresh shrimp ground into it. If all I get is bait fishes than I make fish food.

 

[IDreamOReefin]

MAN ,catching just one of those guys would make up for all the days fishing that i caught nothing:eek1:

 

[Animal Mother]

Did you keep him or turn him loose?

An O. Mercatoris would be fine in a 10 gallon. Throw in a fiddler and squeeze some cyclops-eeze in ever-so-often. They tend to stay nocturnal and are very shy though, not the funnest octopus.

 

[dachsieholic]

Octo

Octo

I hope you put him back