oceanscurve
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I have been pondering over the idea of breeding bimacs. I have a sorce of wild caught bimacs and possably eggs. A 90 gallon, 30 gallon and 10 gallon,and rearing tank all octo-proof. I feel I have the experience and time to breed them. I even have the food sorce. My one issue is if anyone would want them. To me it would seem like a waist to take the time and effort to breed octopus and get stuck with all the octopus I bred and have them kill each other.the plan is:
1.grow a large group of rotifers,AMPHIPODS,and mysid shrimp
captive breed them.
2. get a wild caught bimac with eggs.
3. Import the female bimac to my 30 gallon.
4.take a small cluster of eggs in my rearing tank
5. hand raise the small cluster by keeping a light air pump underneath, and gently rubbing the eggs. Let the mother bimac take care of the other ones.
6. Still offer frozen food to moma octopus.
7. wait, still do water changes.
8. once the eggs are close to hatching turn down power heads (I have a redsea wavemaster pro) or take the power heads out into my 90 gallon. add on my sponge filter to 30 gallon and rearing tank.
9. Get lots of small clams,crabs,shrimp, and oysters for my 90 gallon.(easy for me because I live an hour away from the coast dont get me wrong its very cold LOL
10. once the octopus grow enough to eat small clams shrimp I will put them in the 90 gallon ware they wait to be shipped to there new home.
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I understand how much work this is, none of this is offical I need input.
After Moma passes away i would split my 30 gallon with a glass divider, and put 2 mature octopus in it.(my 30 gallon has 3x filteration it needs). wait for either the octopus to show maiting movments or for them to try to fight. if maiting movments are shown. i would remove the divider and see what happens If they do breed The daddy octopus would be put in the 90 gallon wile I repeat the prosses of raising the young.
-The ending is a little bit glitchy sooo feel free to give negitive feed back on that. but over all I think it has a small chance of working
-Tom
1.grow a large group of rotifers,AMPHIPODS,and mysid shrimp
captive breed them.
2. get a wild caught bimac with eggs.
3. Import the female bimac to my 30 gallon.
4.take a small cluster of eggs in my rearing tank
5. hand raise the small cluster by keeping a light air pump underneath, and gently rubbing the eggs. Let the mother bimac take care of the other ones.
6. Still offer frozen food to moma octopus.
7. wait, still do water changes.
8. once the eggs are close to hatching turn down power heads (I have a redsea wavemaster pro) or take the power heads out into my 90 gallon. add on my sponge filter to 30 gallon and rearing tank.
9. Get lots of small clams,crabs,shrimp, and oysters for my 90 gallon.(easy for me because I live an hour away from the coast dont get me wrong its very cold LOL
10. once the octopus grow enough to eat small clams shrimp I will put them in the 90 gallon ware they wait to be shipped to there new home.
*** Edited ***
I understand how much work this is, none of this is offical I need input.
After Moma passes away i would split my 30 gallon with a glass divider, and put 2 mature octopus in it.(my 30 gallon has 3x filteration it needs). wait for either the octopus to show maiting movments or for them to try to fight. if maiting movments are shown. i would remove the divider and see what happens If they do breed The daddy octopus would be put in the 90 gallon wile I repeat the prosses of raising the young.
-The ending is a little bit glitchy sooo feel free to give negitive feed back on that. but over all I think it has a small chance of working
-Tom
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