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I got my latest O. briareus from www.divertom.com He is a diver/collector and has them occasionally.
www.marinedepotlive.com supposedly has tank-bred O. bimaculoides occasionally, but they offer them from a few different locations so no telling really. Most likely their Western Americas octopus would be bimaculoides or bimaculatus, both cold-water species. I think they also sell Abdopus aculeatus occasionally. Eastern America's could be O. briareus, O. vulgaris, or O. mercatoris, maybe O. filosus (hummelincki) That's a wide variety of possibilities ranging from pygmy (mercatoris) to relatively large (vulgaris). Kind of a gamble.
www.liveaquaria.com sells Abdopus aculeatus pretty often, it's their Indo-Pacific species. Occasionally you get O. luteus though. I have no idea what their typical Caribbean species would be.
www.reefscavengers.com had some unidentified Nicaraguan species marked as bimacs, could be, but never confirmed it. Looks like something in the vulgaris complex though none the less. They also sell some other octo species but they are rare, expensive, and possibly endangered.
www.saltwaterfish.com sells O. filosus (hummelincki) occasionally but since Haiti didn't get its CITES info together in time this year any Haitian shipments might be limited or non-existant so that option might be out for a while. Shame, those are very cool octopuses.
There are more but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
www.marinedepotlive.com supposedly has tank-bred O. bimaculoides occasionally, but they offer them from a few different locations so no telling really. Most likely their Western Americas octopus would be bimaculoides or bimaculatus, both cold-water species. I think they also sell Abdopus aculeatus occasionally. Eastern America's could be O. briareus, O. vulgaris, or O. mercatoris, maybe O. filosus (hummelincki) That's a wide variety of possibilities ranging from pygmy (mercatoris) to relatively large (vulgaris). Kind of a gamble.
www.liveaquaria.com sells Abdopus aculeatus pretty often, it's their Indo-Pacific species. Occasionally you get O. luteus though. I have no idea what their typical Caribbean species would be.
www.reefscavengers.com had some unidentified Nicaraguan species marked as bimacs, could be, but never confirmed it. Looks like something in the vulgaris complex though none the less. They also sell some other octo species but they are rare, expensive, and possibly endangered.
www.saltwaterfish.com sells O. filosus (hummelincki) occasionally but since Haiti didn't get its CITES info together in time this year any Haitian shipments might be limited or non-existant so that option might be out for a while. Shame, those are very cool octopuses.
There are more but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
well heres another question...where to you guys get the food for your octo,s. has anyone ever thrown in a clam or mussel? also is ther anywhere you can pick up marsh crabs....or any other smaller crab to throw in there alive so the octo's can hunt? Thanks in advance for the help...bye the way I got an octo at marinedepotlive.com and after fedex messed up and waited an extra day when it was supposed to be overnited I finally ot it on friday and it is a beautiful specimen....I should be able to get some pics up here so u ppl can identify it for me...Later
Animal Mother
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You can get live fiddler crabs and shore shrimp for cheap on www.aquaculturestore.com Shipping is included in the price. Delivery is sort of slow, usually 2-3 days, but I've never had any arrive dead.
Some will eat clams, scallops, mussels. You can try frozen krill and silversides.
Some will eat clams, scallops, mussels. You can try frozen krill and silversides.
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