coraljunky
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Anyone local interested?
Holy #$%% hitch hiker!!!!
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coraljunky
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mike22cha
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Take him to lfs or ask on www.tonmo.com
texasmetal
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Octopus Mercatoris, from Florida coast. Only get about 3 inches long. That looks like a juvenile, so you might have a few months worth of life out of it. You can look at Cephbase.org and find more info, or TONMO.com. One member there is raising babies.
They don't ink much at all. Not enough to worry about. Any skimmer would take care of ink anyway, it would NOT be a threat to your tank if you have a skimmer running. Throw in a Fiddler Crab. It's fun to watch a tiny octopus take down a Fiddler the same size, will blow your mind how tough they are.
They don't ink much at all. Not enough to worry about. Any skimmer would take care of ink anyway, it would NOT be a threat to your tank if you have a skimmer running. Throw in a Fiddler Crab. It's fun to watch a tiny octopus take down a Fiddler the same size, will blow your mind how tough they are.
texasmetal
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Originally Posted by Hefner413
A fella at my LFS was telling me about a certain type of octopus he got in a rock shipment - i guess it was quite poisonous...
Only Blue-Rings are poisonous/deadly. I seriously doubt they got a shipment of live rock from the Australian coast. There are a few other places Blue-Rings are found, but very VERY unlikely they got rock from any of those areas.
A fella at my LFS was telling me about a certain type of octopus he got in a rock shipment - i guess it was quite poisonous...
Only Blue-Rings are poisonous/deadly. I seriously doubt they got a shipment of live rock from the Australian coast. There are a few other places Blue-Rings are found, but very VERY unlikely they got rock from any of those areas.
coraljunky
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IMO, its either a dwarf or a pigmy.
texasmetal
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Originally Posted by coraljunky
IMO, its either a dwarf or a pigmy.
I already said, it IS an Octopus Mercatoris. Fact.
You can check Cephbase.org if you want scientific data as well as ID pictures.
IMO, its either a dwarf or a pigmy.
I already said, it IS an Octopus Mercatoris. Fact.
You can check Cephbase.org if you want scientific data as well as ID pictures.
hefner413
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Originally Posted by TexasMetal
Only Blue-Rings are poisonous/deadly. I seriously doubt they got a shipment of live rock from the Australian coast. There are a few other places Blue-Rings are found, but very VERY unlikely they got rock from any of those areas.
heyhey, that's it! I couldn't remember the name.... but the fella I was talking to does have some interesting stories... who knows if it's really true.
Only Blue-Rings are poisonous/deadly. I seriously doubt they got a shipment of live rock from the Australian coast. There are a few other places Blue-Rings are found, but very VERY unlikely they got rock from any of those areas.
heyhey, that's it! I couldn't remember the name.... but the fella I was talking to does have some interesting stories... who knows if it's really true.