ID this Octopus
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baja_driver
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I have no experience with octo but its pretty cool.
AlexS95
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It probably is aculeatus, because of the eye 'star' pattern, but it could be the dwarf version of it (the other one I said).
nateqt
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bobafet1
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The responsible thing to do would have been to figure that out before you bought it.
Good luck staying alive Mr. Octopus.
cadre
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I'm willing to bet good money that this isn't the 'dwarf version'. LA probably gets these from Quality Marine like my old store did, we rarely got anything other than aculeatus. Besides, unless the perspective is way off, he looks fairly large (gonna guess it's a he but I could be wrong).
Do some research on keeping octopus, otherwise this little guy probably won't last long. The information is not hard to find at all. The first two weeks are when you will probably loose it.
On a more positive note, I have personally had the opportunity to care for many of these little guys. This is one of my favorite species because they are very active during the day and they will be very curious about you.
Do some research on keeping octopus, otherwise this little guy probably won't last long. The information is not hard to find at all. The first two weeks are when you will probably loose it.
On a more positive note, I have personally had the opportunity to care for many of these little guys. This is one of my favorite species because they are very active during the day and they will be very curious about you.
cadre
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You cannot keep this animal in a critter keeper inside a larger tank and you cannot keep it with fish. You will need a species only tank and I hope you don't plan on setting up a new one because your octopus will either be dead by the time it cycles fully or the cycle will kill it if you put it in. Yes, you must have the tank sealed and you should cover any pipes or powerheads. These guys can escape pretty well, in my experience they don't like getting out of water but that doesn't mean it won't happen if they get curious.
All of this information and more is really easy to find. Take a look at the tonmo forums, they are specific to cephalopods.
Cephy
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Sadly when it comes to the availability of cephs, there would rarelly be any on the market. You'd have to take what available and not all specimens are young. This has happened many times before on tomno. There's a pathetic chance that you will find octopi eggs to start off with unlike cuttle eggs. Thats also why the people who choose to keep cuttlefish have a better chance of keeping one from birth to death..
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Looking on the bright side, since you got the octo recently. There could be a chance the eggs are fertile, but aquarist that have attepted to raise octos from a small egg species have reported little success
Edit:
Looking on the bright side, since you got the octo recently. There could be a chance the eggs are fertile, but aquarist that have attepted to raise octos from a small egg species have reported little success
Cephy
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Believe it or not there had been some other methods of octo proofing a tank. Many lower the water level accompanied with a net (octos can't grip on nets that well if the water level is 3 inches lower which should be enough). Many other aquarist have cut out an thick piece of acrylic with the same dimensions of the tank with drilled air holes scattered all around (don't make them too big though. Here's a URL to a good DIY octo proof top.
http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?16605-Escape-Proof-(and-idiot-proof)-Top-Tank-Lid
cadre how come your so paranoid with researching?
