my new octopus!

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krichardson

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Originally Posted by TexasMetal
http:///forum/post/2592980
I think I would seriously get an assault charge for whipping some LFS employees hind quarters over that. Why oh why do people order animals for their stores if they can't take care of them. There is no room for ignorance when life is involved.
its all about the money for them...
 
shrimpi

shrimpi

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wowsers! this is so neat :)
is the top on the eclipse tight enough? arent there little areas where he could squeeze into the filter area or something?
Ive though I getting one or two dwarf octos for a nano I have (making it species only tank) but Im concerned about keeping him secure..
Jess
 
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krichardson

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Originally Posted by Shrimpi
http:///forum/post/2593391
wowsers! this is so neat :)
is the top on the eclipse tight enough? arent there little areas where he could squeeze into the filter area or something?
Ive though I getting one or two dwarf octos for a nano I have (making it species only tank) but Im concerned about keeping him secure..
Jess
yea the lid is secure... and i have cheese cloth over the filter intake, he never goes near it though... i wouldnt put two octos in the same tank though, sounds like trouble to me but i'm no expert. from what i have observed w/my mimic, he never tries to get out, he won't go above the water line in the tank..
 
texasmetal

texasmetal

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O. mercatoris (dwarfs) have been observed to live in communities together. One particular person on TONMO got a gravid female, it laid eggs, and she raised the second generation in two seperate tanks. They have since mated and some of them laid eggs. Several of her dwarfs have lived 13 months now and still going.
Also, Abdopus aculeatus are social and can live paired, but male/male pairs will likely fight.
Most other species live strictly solitary lives though.
 
kevin34

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Awesome find! I love watching videos of an octopus trying to open containers and stuff. The video you posted reminds me of a kraken lol.
 
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krichardson

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Originally Posted by TexasMetal
http:///forum/post/2594696
O. mercatoris (dwarfs) have been observed to live in communities together. One particular person on TONMO got a gravid female, it laid eggs, and she raised the second generation in two seperate tanks. They have since mated and some of them laid eggs. Several of her dwarfs have lived 13 months now and still going.
Also, Abdopus aculeatus are social and can live paired, but male/male pairs will likely fight.
Most other species live strictly solitary lives though.
see...told ya i was no expert!
 
tomato clown

tomato clown

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Awesome find Krich!!
Originally Posted by TexasMetal
http:///forum/post/2592980
I think I would seriously get an assault charge for whipping some LFS employees hind quarters over that. Why oh why do people order animals for their stores if they can't take care of them. There is no room for ignorance when life is involved.
The stores don't always "order" these things. For the most part quite a lot of these LFS order the basics. They get a lot of these fish, octopi, rock, coral, etc... through either employee divers or moronic outsiders who dive and just tear up what they can.
I was at a new LFS one time and walked outside to see the owner paying 2 guys for some of the LR they had tore up that morning. About 2 hours later I seen these guys at another LFS where the owner actually called the cops on them. (Side note, these guys had roughly 600lbs of LR and about 10 5gal. buckets filled with corals, fish and other things all in the back of a pick-up.)
So yes, we think that these LFS's "order" a lot of this stuff, but usually they are getting things for pennies on the dollar from idiots.
 
aquaferg

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You know Mimics were first filmed in the wild only a few (like 5 or so) years ago. they are rare indeed. I remember when they were first documented on film. Discovery or the Documentary Channel had a whole show about them and I thought that they were probably the most interesting animals I had ever seen. Total score on your part.....
 
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krichardson

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Originally Posted by Tomato Clown
http:///forum/post/2598025
Awesome find Krich!!
The stores don't always "order" these things. For the most part quite a lot of these LFS order the basics. They get a lot of these fish, octopi, rock, coral, etc... through either employee divers or moronic outsiders who dive and just tear up what they can.
I was at a new LFS one time and walked outside to see the owner paying 2 guys for some of the LR they had tore up that morning. About 2 hours later I seen these guys at another LFS where the owner actually called the cops on them. (Side note, these guys had roughly 600lbs of LR and about 10 5gal. buckets filled with corals, fish and other things all in the back of a pick-up.)
So yes, we think that these LFS's "order" a lot of this stuff, but usually they are getting things for pennies on the dollar from idiots.
err...that makes me so mad
people are so destructive!!
 
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krichardson

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Originally Posted by aquaferg
http:///forum/post/2598132
You know Mimics were first filmed in the wild only a few (like 5 or so) years ago. they are rare indeed. I remember when they were first documented on film. Discovery or the Documentary Channel had a whole show about them and I thought that they were probably the most interesting animals I had ever seen. Total score on your part.....
i know! i can't believe i own one!!!!! he is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome!!!!!

although i kinda feel bad because we know so little about them and we don't even know if they are endangered.... i hope not though... and i think i am doing a good job caring for it...but then again i don't know for sure.... its not like he can talk to me. but i can tell you guys one thing...remember how i told you he was missing a tentacle?? well i noticed new growth on it the other day so its makin a comeback!!! hopefully it heals all the way!
 
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playing with half of a plastic egg..haha
 
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alexmir

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Awesome!! How big is he across? its hard for me to determine exactly how big in the videos.
 
dwhatley

dwhatley

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It sounds like the Octo bug has a good hold on you and it does not let go readily.
Can you link another tank to the 3 gallon while you are cycling a larger tank? I read the thread and know your acquition was serendipitous and that you have been successful at saving him so far but the real challenge is to keep Einstein alive for a natural life time even though he will never breed. Two years is unrealistic, even in the wild. Although species vary and little is known about the Mimic, the smaller octos tend to be old men at 12 months, females life expectancies vary heavily depending upon when they brood.
In addition to TexasMetal's reference, there is a book coming out at the end of the year about keeping octopuses in the home aquarium. The timing is too late to be of much help to Einstein but you might watch for it at the beginning of the year.
"D"
 
bigpapa

bigpapa

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Originally Posted by krichardson
http:///forum/post/2591790
there is a bubbler in the tank(they need oxygenated water)...!
Also, just my 2 cents.. You may want to use a weak powerhead in that tank--well very,very small - rather than the bubbler. Octos like to investigate and play and if he does this in the bubbles he could get them stuck in his mantle and possibly kill him. Just some info to hopefully try and help too..
Good luck with him!
 
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