My BEST hitchhiker is an OCTOPUS!

[steve68]

Cool!
how big is it?

 

[FishMann]

Thats awsome. The same thing happened to me a couple years ago. He came in a turbo snail shell. Sadly there was a grouper in the tank and he didnt last very long.

 

[robitreef]

So, I have to leave him a variety when I'm gone, on the menu lists are: Manila Clams, Turbo Snails, Chromis, and Ghost Shrimps on the day I leave.

I was just curious, but how is he catching fish? At night when they sleep? Do they ambush their prey, or inject a toxin that imobilizes the animal? Or, is it just their quick reaction and sharp beaks that take out the prey?

Definately a great find. Hope he doesn't get too big for your refugium.

 

[brandoug]

Too cool!!!

 

[brandoug]

Too cool!!!

 

[The Ocellaris]

Hey awsome tank
Btw if its doing well already and its in your fuge i dont see any reason to get rid of it.
Good luck with it anyway an keep up the good work

 

[Buddy Pine]

Reef Tank Crashed!

Reef Tank Crashed!

Sadly to say, this past Sunday coming home from a 10 day family vacation to discover that my Reef Tank was out of power maybe for a week long. Everything was devastated (I don't know what worst I can say), everything was black and an unbearable strong gross smell. I went to the back room cautiously and one of the plastic tubing from my RO unit burst, spraying water all over until it short circuited some of the electricals and tripped two of the aquarium main breakers. Luckily nothing caught on fire, it just completely shut down the tank. All of my Fish, Clams and Octopus were completely decomposed and the Corals are wiped out. My 7 years of hard work with this 180 gallon Reef Tank just went down the drain in a matter of days. I did not have a tank sitter so I set up an Auto-Top-Off, the additonal plastic tubing that connected to the RO's main membrane had some weak spots on it and was the main cause. I was confident and so proud of myself with the set-up everything was running nicely, the auto-feeder and the the food for the Octo was all ready.

What a way to come home from a vacation, I would not wish this happen to anyone. What a bad feeling! I'm just a little messed up right now. Good bye everyone and good luck to all, thank you so much for all your compliments.

Manny.

 

[Buddy Pine]

... and here are the last photos.

 

[the real fishman]

omg, so sorry to hear. that really sucks

 

[jbittner]

Sorry to hear this. Good Luck!

 

[Divetime]

Wow, truely amazing system and yet so fragile. Sorry to hear about your loss! What a horror story

 

[steve68]

that sucks !
sorry to hear this.

 

[OrionN]

OMG!!!!!!!
Very sorry to hear this. What a shocker back from vacation. Good luck.

 

[Jorge_Omar23]

No one was in charge of your tank during those 10 days?

I´m sorry for all your losses, but keep going you´ll be back in no time!

 

[diver_ua]

so sorry

 

[RocketSeason]

Wow. Please keep us up to date with what is going to happen from here.

I hope you can get your tank back up and going again real soon.

Good luck! I'm pulling for you!

 

[techrach]

OMG sorry to here

 

[lfduty]

That sucks it hapend to me 5mon's a go and this is all that lived i was out of town 3 days tho.

and this is the tank to day.

So stay with is it like a bike falloff and get back up and go good luck.

 

[55semireef]

This thread has amazed me. Two very rare things occured.

Finding an octopus in your tank

Tank crashing

 

[OrionN]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7910945#post7910945 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 55semireef
This thread has amazed me. Two very rare things occured.

.......

Tank crashing

This is not rare at all.