Hi,
It's been a while since I've been here. I had a bimac last year that committed suicide after 3 months so I was a little discouraged with keeping octos until I could give the best possible conditions.
I want to keep an O. mercatoris in a 10 gallon tank, and here's the setup I envision: 1/4 of the tank will be divided by acrylic. The overflow will be through a bulkhead with a screen. The filtration will be LR, LS and a Red Sea Classic Skimmer. I'm curious as to just how much mercatoris likes to escape, compared to other octos? Will he try to slip through the bulkhead? How do people usually plumb overflows and prevent the octo squeezing through? I'm not worried about my top because it will be screwed down and bullet proof, but if the octo gets to the sump he'll be able to escape.
Thanks, Matt
It's been a while since I've been here. I had a bimac last year that committed suicide after 3 months so I was a little discouraged with keeping octos until I could give the best possible conditions.
I want to keep an O. mercatoris in a 10 gallon tank, and here's the setup I envision: 1/4 of the tank will be divided by acrylic. The overflow will be through a bulkhead with a screen. The filtration will be LR, LS and a Red Sea Classic Skimmer. I'm curious as to just how much mercatoris likes to escape, compared to other octos? Will he try to slip through the bulkhead? How do people usually plumb overflows and prevent the octo squeezing through? I'm not worried about my top because it will be screwed down and bullet proof, but if the octo gets to the sump he'll be able to escape.
Thanks, Matt