schmunkel98
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I'm not saying that I'm giving up completely on getting cuttlefish, but it is looking very unlikely that I will be able to get a hold of some unless I can snag a batch from Richard Stride. With that in mind, I have thought about keeping an octopus again. I got my two originals from www.marinedepotlive.com, and they were supposed to be Octopus Bimaculatus. They were both rather small(about 6" from arm to arm) and I made several mistakes along the way. If I were to go for another octopus, I would need to get all the little critters out of my tank except the two starfish and the two sea cucumbers. I have 8 damsels in the tank which I have been trying to catch for about a week now without tearing apart the whole tank with no success. Any tips on getting these guys in my net? I also have about 50 snails and crabs throughout the tank. These guys won't be as hard to gather up as the damsels will be. The snails are also mating from what I can tell, which means I'm going to have tons of them soon. I already have what seems like hundreds of miniature snails around my tank on the walls feeding on the algae. Anyway, now we come to the octopus part. I obviously should only get one this time, but should I order form the same company again? Can I specify a size to insure that my octopus is a little larger than the last ones? Has anyone else ordered an octopus from Marinedepot before so I can verify that it is an Octopus Bimaculatus that I'm getting? These get much larger than a Bimacloides, which makes them much more interesting to me. Anyway, I'm going to keep up the search for the elusive cuttlefish, but I can only take so many months of false promises and disappointments.
Mike
www.schmunkel.0catch.com
Mike
www.schmunkel.0catch.com