Source for cultured octopus?

[Gordonious]

I'm sure being marinebio_guy you'll be keeping track of how successfully you are able to raise the offspring of your captive bread octo's. Will be interesting to see your numbers, as many people have reported in the past that the number that will make it to maturity will be much lower then those offspring from the wild caught parents.

 

[marinebio_guy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9232368#post9232368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gordonious
I'm sure being marinebio_guy you'll be keeping track of how successfully you are able to raise the offspring of your captive bread octo's. Will be interesting to see your numbers, as many people have reported in the past that the number that will make it to maturity will be much lower then those offspring from the wild caught parents.

Percent survival depends mostly on how they are raised not if they are wild caught or captive raised although there might be a small differnence. I've been able to get ~90% survival before and its just a matter of how they are cared for.

 

[Gordonious]

Perhaps were ever I saw that info in the past didn't take into account that many times hobbyist are trying with captive bread and marine biologist and those experienced in aquaculture were more likely to use wild caught.

 

[marinebio_guy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9233250#post9233250 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gordonious
Perhaps were ever I saw that info in the past didn't take into account that many times hobbyist are trying with captive bread and marine biologist and those experienced in aquaculture were more likely to use wild caught.

I can't say for octopus but for cuttlefish you do not start seeing a significant survival rate change until about the 3-4 captive breed generation. On a side note there is very very few people that have breed ocotpus for the aquarium trade for more than one generation most are from wild caught parents that laid eggs in captivity.