My octopussy...

[Bob 1000]

Hey, here's some more shots of my octopussy eating krill from his new home this week...

 

[Domboski]

Tobin, Did you end up taking that "Zebra Octo" last week?

 

[Bob 1000]

No but was I will if my red ring doesn't come in this week...

 

[Bob 1000]

I guess switching to krill was a bad idea... He took his tank mate out yesterday after me not feeding him for a day..lol A 3" shrimp that lived with him for a month... NNNNNoooooooiiicccceee...

 

[tosiek]

can you see him........

 

[Thales]

That was only a matter of time!

 

[Bob 1000]

yes and nice macro algae...

 

[Bob 1000]

That was only a matter of time!

Yeah, I knew he was food but I had to see how long he'd last after the octopus got hungry...lol

 

[h20 freak]

Hows the wrasse doing :bigeyes:

 

[Bob 1000]

I decline from speaking about the mystery wrasse at this point in time.. lmao... Let's just say that he had a slight altercation with his tank mate over a piece of krill...

 

[Bob 1000]

I think I taught my octopus how to get out the tank...
I fed it a piece of krill while it was at the top of the tank, it grabbed the krill and then started touching the glass top...lol..
So I guess I have to keep some crabs on hand now... No more missing feedings...

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I guess switching to krill was a bad idea... He took his tank mate out yesterday after me not feeding him for a day..lol A 3" shrimp that lived with him for a month... NNNNNoooooooiiicccceee...

I know a 3" (tiger?) shrimp will not last 10 minutes with me. Heat the water, salt and pepper, my stomach it will go.

 

[Bob 1000]

lol..

 

[Bob 1000]

Guess what???

 

[jim63dt]

Ok What??

 

[Bob 1000]

My new octopus is eating krill... Not just crabs.....:shhh:

 

[Bob 1000]

It has about 16in leg span...

Here it is, it took the 20 gallon on the floor for now from the smaller one that joined the other 2 in my display and soon to be my entertainment center tank(the 20gal that is)..

 

[Phyl]

Very cool. I've always wanted an octopus. What's the most challenging part about keeping him? Where did you do your research before getting it? I'd love to read up a bit.










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[Bob 1000]

Truthfully once your able to keep most delicate fish you'll see that it's all water quality.. Good that is... They can't be kept in small spaces with other fish,... As soon as they feel like they have competition for food the tank mate is history... This is from my own observations.. They eat crabs mostly. That I collect from the shore by the 100's... They will take krill in the beginning, but as they get older they tend to only eat crabs.. My octopus eat daily but if keeping more than one together... The key is to not let them know they have competition for food by offering regularly... This is very hard to do... This also means offering food 2 to 3 times a day after you get to know their patterns of coming out in the open... Mines tend to come out at 3:4oam something in the morning like clock work... Always start them off in a small tank to get them used to you feeding them, whatever you are feeding them...(krill,crabs, shrimp,lobster)..

But in short I just watched them a lot... I also talked to people that had them before actually purchasing them... Feel free to ask me any questions... Because I can't recommend any literature that pertained to the home aquarium.. But national geographic will teach a little...