andrewkw
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Yesterday I was finally ready to convert my old Ceph tank which initially housed dwarf cuttlefish, then an octopus to a predator / nps tank.
I went to a local fish store to purchase a snowflake eel as the first inhabitant. Since the tank is already Octo proof an eel would be no problem. Little did I know what I'd come home with.
They had a critter keeper with an unknown Octopus hiding in a pvc elbow. I figured at this side it had to be a dwarf, but I'll take a look anyway. When they got him out I was shocked to find an almost perfect O. Briareus! He had all 8 of his arms and was super tiny. At this point I basically had to buy it. If I left it in the store some idiot would have taken it home and stuck it in his reef or tried to feed it goldfish or something else silly, so I took him home.
I'm keeping him in the critter keeper for now inside the 90. He ate ghost shrimp in the store and I fed him a bit of PE Mysis but I will soon move him to uncooked shrimp. If I can get him eating out of my hand early that will be great and I can release him into the tank.
Typically they hide all the time until about 5 months of age. This guy is probably 2-3 months old and if I put him in the tank now I probably won't see him until the end of summer. I'd also have to exclusively feed him live food since I'd never see him so I'll do my best to avoid that situation.
Here are the first pics, much much more to come.
I went to a local fish store to purchase a snowflake eel as the first inhabitant. Since the tank is already Octo proof an eel would be no problem. Little did I know what I'd come home with.
They had a critter keeper with an unknown Octopus hiding in a pvc elbow. I figured at this side it had to be a dwarf, but I'll take a look anyway. When they got him out I was shocked to find an almost perfect O. Briareus! He had all 8 of his arms and was super tiny. At this point I basically had to buy it. If I left it in the store some idiot would have taken it home and stuck it in his reef or tried to feed it goldfish or something else silly, so I took him home.
I'm keeping him in the critter keeper for now inside the 90. He ate ghost shrimp in the store and I fed him a bit of PE Mysis but I will soon move him to uncooked shrimp. If I can get him eating out of my hand early that will be great and I can release him into the tank.
Typically they hide all the time until about 5 months of age. This guy is probably 2-3 months old and if I put him in the tank now I probably won't see him until the end of summer. I'd also have to exclusively feed him live food since I'd never see him so I'll do my best to avoid that situation.
Here are the first pics, much much more to come.
