Nice bimac "blue-dot" photo

[Dr. Idso]

Hello,

Here is an awesome shot of my bimac's false eyespot. Note the brilliant blue coloration on its zebra pattern background! I had just reached in to feed it a crawdad and it became excited and started flashing its blue dot and zebra pattern. It snagged the crawdad and devoured it. The next morning the bimac was dead. It gave no signs or symptoms of this event, and water quality is fine. Sometimes, they just die!

So this represents its last living footage. I took theses shots on October 9th and it passed awy on the 10th. :sad2:

Regards,

Dr. Idso

 

[Dr. Idso]

The "Last Supper".

 

[XxAngelzDustxX]

Is he at full size in the second pic? What kind of fish are those?


He is beautiful, I'm sorry he's gone

 

[Dr. Idso]

Hi,

Thanks for the tears. Losing an octopus is always a sad experience. I put it in a jar of alcohol mixture so my kids at school can observe it closely using their magnifying glasses. Even in death the octopus serves an educational purpose and gives my kids insight!

To answer your question, this wild bimac is about half of its mature size, for I have caught some individuals that were about twice this large, but never any bigger. The yellow and black striped damsel-looking fish are called Sargeant Majors, and are a common reef fish in the upper Gulf of California. Such fish have always cohabitated well with my octopuses.

I still have one octopus left in my classroom tank and my kids still feed it a crawdad a day by hand. They love it! I will probably take another trip to the gulf next month and see if I can obtain another bimac for my home aquarium!

Regards,

Dr. Idso