Let me see your Octpuses

[GrayJ]

I want to see all you different octopuses so post your pictures here

 

[Animal Mother]

O. mercatoris (dwarf)

O. hummelincki

O. briareus

A. aculeatus (only got good videos, never got good photos)

 

[puka]

here is a vid or my oct

 

[vsuboy]

cool vids and sweet pics. makes me want 1

 

[hooterhead]

Here's my female A. aculeatus.

 

[sdietz2469]

you sure it is a female? those look like inlarged suckers....

I miss Rigby!
My octo is in my avatar.

 

[Don-Coraleone]

sweet pics. someday i would want to try one.

 

[gholland]

One of my captive-hatched O. mercatoris (8 months old now):

 

[hooterhead]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13655932#post13655932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sdietz2469
you sure it is a female? those look like inlarged suckers....

I miss Rigby!
My octo is in my avatar.

Yep. Dr. Roy thought so too.

 

[beenbag497]

animal mother-
how did u keep a fish in the tank with the a. aculeatus??

 

[Tigé21v]

Sold as "Florida Octopus" at LFS. No idea as to what kind . Having hard time trying to find out. Do enjoy the heck out of having it though.

 

[gholland]

Hard to tell from that angle.... but my first guess is O. briareus.

 

[Animal Mother]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13975742#post13975742 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gholland
Hard to tell from that angle.... but my first guess is O. briareus.

Agreed.

 

[Animal Mother]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13972999#post13972999 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beenbag497
animal mother-
how did u keep a fish in the tank with the a. aculeatus??

Abdopus aculeatus has been kept in peaceful community tanks mixed with various fish with favorable results by a few of us on TONMO. My last one was in with a yellow coris wrasse and a small blue-spotted rabbitfish as well as 3 peppermint shrimp. Once established it had a daytime activity routine and would occasionally squabble with the fishes over pieces of food, the octopus always winning. The fishes never harassed the octopus, the octopus never harassed the shrimp. It foraged for pods in the rocks and accepted silversides and raw shrimp from the get go.

 

[Jorge MAnuel]

Octopus vulgaris

 

[Tigé21v]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13975742#post13975742 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gholland
Hard to tell from that angle.... but my first guess is O. briareus.

Possibly O. burryi ? I have been having a hard time finding detailed info on this or any other species. Will try to get a beter pic for you, has only been coming out at night though.

 

[gholland]

Doesn't look like O. burryi IMO... does it show some irridescent colors... orange, green, or blue? Eyes definitely resemble briareus. Compare with Animal Mother's briareus: http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12145&page=3

 

[blizzardscout2]

You all have beautiful octos! I just love spotting them when I am diving. I would love to have one someday as well. Keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming!

 

[hooterhead]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13977260#post13977260 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Animal Mother
Abdopus aculeatus has been kept in peaceful community tanks mixed with various fish with favorable results by a few of us on TONMO. My last one was in with a yellow coris wrasse and a small blue-spotted rabbitfish as well as 3 peppermint shrimp. Once established it had a daytime activity routine and would occasionally squabble with the fishes over pieces of food, the octopus always winning. The fishes never harassed the octopus, the octopus never harassed the shrimp. It foraged for pods in the rocks and accepted silversides and raw shrimp from the get go.

Seconded,
My aculeatus is kept with a Hectors Goby and a few peppermints. She's just now getting into eating frozen. And she won't touch silversides. Has to be krill. Until now it's been fiddler crabs, hermits, and live SW feeder shrimp.

Brandon

 

[gholland]

Here's about 10 of my second generation of captive-hatched mercs... the other 23 are around here somewhere...