care of octopus
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reeferdc
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They are VERY hard to keep. they live an average of 1 year... If you do get one get atleast a 30 gallon tank with a good amount of dark hideing spaces. Also get a VERY tight lid. They will escape from the tank the first chance they get... They will eat most meaty foods you give him. Also be warned they may spray ink in the tank and poison itself......
good luck!?
good luck!?
cartman101
Active Member
he said it all!
they are very playful too!
sw65galma
Active Member
And stay away from the pretty Blue ringed octo...Not just Pretty...Pretty deadly...
You dont have a clue how hard it is to keep them in...They are smart...
They will spend a while figuring how to escape..Basically If you can open the top, so can they.
If they is an inch of space, they'll get out. It's gotta be like fort Knox.
You dont have a clue how hard it is to keep them in...They are smart...
They will spend a while figuring how to escape..Basically If you can open the top, so can they.
If they is an inch of space, they'll get out. It's gotta be like fort Knox.
jon321
Member
The ink problem is WAY overrated, mine inked once a week for months, just run carbon. You dont even need to do a waterchange right afterwards.
And about the escaping, I would recommend using an eclipse hood, as they have the filter built into the hood and therefore can be COMPLETELY tight with only a simple mod (duct tape a 4" sheet of plastic over the cords outlet)
Feeding: Will need to be introduced on live foods, I used ghost shrimp and turbo snails. Within a week should be taking raw krill and silversides from the hand.
And about water quality, if the ammonia and nitrate arnt 0, and the nitrate above 10 the octopus WILL stop eating and die. They are VERY sensitive so be prepared to do a 10% waterchange ever other day and keep the sg a little on the high side.
Good luck!
Jon
And about the escaping, I would recommend using an eclipse hood, as they have the filter built into the hood and therefore can be COMPLETELY tight with only a simple mod (duct tape a 4" sheet of plastic over the cords outlet)
Feeding: Will need to be introduced on live foods, I used ghost shrimp and turbo snails. Within a week should be taking raw krill and silversides from the hand.
And about water quality, if the ammonia and nitrate arnt 0, and the nitrate above 10 the octopus WILL stop eating and die. They are VERY sensitive so be prepared to do a 10% waterchange ever other day and keep the sg a little on the high side.
Good luck!
Jon
celacanthr
Active Member
oh and nothing except the octopus in the tank, cause it'll eat almost anything.