New Octo...

[goodman770]

Well, I got my new Octo in today and he has eaten a hermit already. He is pretty small, and not a bimac.

I got him from fishsupply and had a few questions. He has larger eyes and I think longer arms than the bimac proportionatly, with little webbing. His camoflauge (sp?) is unreal. It goes so far as to mimic the lighter color of sand on top of a rock. When he is next to a rock, the top of him is lighter just like the sand on the rock. He also seems to move sand and bury himself in small crevaces, which the bimac did not do at all. Of course, no eye spot either.

I don't want to take a pic just yet and spook him. Any ideas considering it came from Fishsupply? More importantly, do I need to lock down the lid? The bimac was no problem with this, but I don't want to lose this guy to carpet surfing.

Thanks for your help!
Bill

 

[kovu]

hey man thats crazy as far as his camoflage goes! good luck with him !

im pretty new to cephalapods but do you think it could be a valgaris? i think i heard they have longer arms and not as much webbing, also you think it might be a bali sp? ive seen a few plaves selling octopuses without the scientific name and just saying its from bali --- ???

anyhow good luck with him and i would take the precaution to locking the lid down until you positively ID it.

GL.

 

[goodman770]

I'm going to throw this out there after 1/2 hour of research and say that it looks like a Cyanea. It seems that they are from the Red Sea, and that is unlikely considering they caught it somewhere on the coast. It flattens out like these pics. BTW...I found this database if anyone is interested in some awesome Octo pics...just choose a sepcies...be sure and check out the Maya and macro.

http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/imgdb/imgdb.cfm

Bill

 

[cephalopoder]

Hi Bill
I think getting a different octo after you have had a bimac is very cool. You really get to appreciate what different octopuses have to offer after you have kept the American Standard... the bimac.
You really need to get Cephalopods A World Guide by mark norman. It is the ceph ID bible for the most part. O.cyanea is the hawaiian day octopus. It is found in other parts of the world too. It gets to be a giant.
I would throw a lid on if you can. Bimacs are one of the few that don't crawl out on a regular basis.
chris
Post Some Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!