Octopus egg-laying

[Crevalle]

While I am not new to marine aquariums (I maintain a 75g sps reef), and am preparing an octopus aquarium. My main question is, based on what I have read, an octopus can lay eggs asexually. Is this correct? Thanks.

 

[OctoMonkey]

yes it can lay eggs if she isnt fertilesed but the eggs wont hatch

 

[Crevalle]

Gotcha--thanks.

I guess I'm wondering, then, if female octos just naturally lay eggs at a certain time in life. Is there a type of biological clock that goes off, then eggs are laid, then death ensues?

 

[OctoMonkey]

that's pretty much what happens.. there are two ongoing octopus stories at tonmo.com where two pet octopuses have laid infertile eggs and one is still going, after a couple of months