jjensen6823
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I'm really getting discouraged. I got a bimac from ffe 8/12. For the first few days he was all over the tank. For the next week, he was out occassionally. In the last month, I've seen him twice, and one of those times was cause I moved all the rocks in the tank until I found him! The other time was when I came down for some Tylonal at 3:00 am, but he hid as soon as the light came on. I put food in the tank, and it turns up the next morning (mostly) eaten. Live ghost shrimp and frozen krill. He also ate some red leg hermits (after several days), but he completely ignores the snails I put in the tank. I think he's gotten a little bigger from the two glimpses I have had, but it's hard to say.
Is this typical of octopi and bimacs in particular? Why have a pet that requires expensive live food if you never see it? Will it get better as it gets older? I'd feed it frozen food, if I could find it, but just putting the food on the bottom doesn't work--it ends up in the filter or eaten by the snails and starfish. Seems a shame to set up a whole tank for an animal that's never out. Does anyone have any advice?
Seriously discouraged,
Jim Jensen
Is this typical of octopi and bimacs in particular? Why have a pet that requires expensive live food if you never see it? Will it get better as it gets older? I'd feed it frozen food, if I could find it, but just putting the food on the bottom doesn't work--it ends up in the filter or eaten by the snails and starfish. Seems a shame to set up a whole tank for an animal that's never out. Does anyone have any advice?
Seriously discouraged,
Jim Jensen