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Homemade acrylic nursery, divided for two.

Struttin' his stuff.

Originally Posted by morval i hope at some point they time travel to when the people who built the 6 toed statue are around 4-toed! And yeah! I'd like to know what's up with the ancient architecture that we see here and there. Makes me think "Atlantis"... but who knows. If Ben "stole" the...

Yup. Regenerative abililty of inverts is an amazing thing.

Originally Posted by renogaw I thought they did a great job explaining the characters in the first hour's pre-premier show. The time travelling crud in the premier though got stupid, and i fell asleep 1:15 hrs into it. luckily i dvr'ed it. Read some Einstein. It will make more sense. I kinda...

Originally Posted by vinny p what about if he/she is missing a claw? Same.

Originally Posted by Nihoa our emerald arrived today 3 legs short of a full kit. he/she is missing all 3 from one side which makes it all the more unfortunate for him/her. gets around fine though and was feeding within a minute of hitting the substrate. those legs will grow back eh? Yup, as...

Most starfish need mature tanks with lots of live rock. In a new tank they will starve. In a small tank, they will starve. Easiest starfish would be serpents and brittles, but they aren't going to take care of any algae or film. Sand sifting stars eat all of the beneficial creatures in your...

Like the 2 opinions you've already gotten... If you DO manage to keep them alive, they grow bigger than your aquarium.

How big is the tank? Best thing for the glass is manual scraping. As for the sand, multiple snails, hermits, and maybe a fighting conch if your tank is big enough to keep them all fed. That's not a bad deal for all those snails and hermits. Shipping might add up though.

Originally Posted by joe____17 How long have you kept octos alive? Around here everyone i know whos tried to keep them went through them like potatoe chips. My O. briareus has been with me 1 year exactly as of today. Waiting to get a young specimen and proper husbandry goes a long ways.

As you saw, the later happened. What you did not see was that the stomatopod continued to pound the octopus for about 25 minutes, long after it was initially disabled, and then killed. Several times during this period, the stomatopod appeared to sample the octopus, jumped back and extensively...

The purpose of feeding the H. lunulata to the O. scyllarus was part of a larger line of study examining coevolutionary arms races. In particular we are interested in how predator and prey interact and deal with various offensive and defensive morphologies and behaviors. The animals were not put...

Originally Posted by Nihoa why were these put together in the first place? i dont understand the context of the video, whoever made it needs a kick The person who filmed the video is Dr. Roy Caldwell and I assure you there was scientific purpose behind it. He is the leading expert on...

Originally Posted by justinwwwallin where did u get the eggs? The answer you seek is hidden in the text of the thread.

From other videos I've seen octos seem to have a great respect for stomatopods. There is a documentary (can't remember the name) and a considerably larger Bimac approaches a mantis. The mantis does not retreat, smacks the octopus carefully a few times, the octopus swims away. Mantis are ninjas.

On the contrary. Octopuses aren't a hassle other than sealing their tank, and the ones I've had have been very active and interactive. I think the main issue is husbandry. An unhappy animal doesn't make for a good pet and an octopus is no exception. Not a lot of GOOD information has been...

I got the eggs on December 2nd. They all hatched within a week of that. So approximately 40 days old.