Octopus in the house!

[ErikH]

I picked up an 8 legger from Ed. His name is SUCKA! He's in a small tank until I can get a good enough picture to id what type of octo it is. Currently I am feeding it sally lightfoot crabs. It is AWESOME to watch him crack open the shells and eat their brains. Then he tries to drag them into his rock, but they are too big to fit through the holes from which he comes out of. He is definitely nocturnal, and swims around the tank at night. With subdued lighting I can watch him from far. His feedings are expensive, but so far, very much worth it! :thumbs_up:

[Jarob]

Ahhh you NEED to post some pics and a video of him!! Ive wanted one for YEARS but never had the time to set up a tank for one. Very cool and im very jealous!

[Bill S]

Erik,

Those guys WILL climb out of any tank - tight lid or not. You need to put a ROCK on the lid. ANY small hole or crack and it will slide out. When I worked at a LFS many moons ago, we found one dead, stuck to the wall.

[hobogato]

bad form = this thread with no pics!!!

:)

[Bill S]

Agree...

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z157/bstreep/ThisThreadIsWorthless.jpg

[Mr Cob]

what... no pics?

bye.....

[txav8r]

He has pics. I saw them. He is holding out on us! Booooo!!!

[RayAllen]

Erik can he predict this year NFL games? Whos going to the superbowl?

(comparing your octo to the worldcup octopus)

[ErikH]

The pics I have aren't worth it! I want video of him munching down on some crab skulls; It's like watching the predator! :D

[Big_Pun]

PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RayAllen]

The pics I have aren't worth it! I want video of him munching down on some crab skulls; It's like watching the predator! :D

Ok then, where is the video?

[txav8r]

Paul the Octopus!

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[Mr Cob]

lol

[alton]

Hey Eric can you hurry up do this kind of setup to pick a winner between Steele and Madison for Saturday's Game?

[ErikH]

LOL if Jack makes some cubes, I'll do it. :)

[txav8r]

HAha! I'll get right on it!

[RayAllen]

LOL, that would be hilarious.

Erik is it the standard brownish octopus? Do you know what species?

[ErikH]

Have no idea of the specie yet. Should have taken pics of it before I put it in it's mini-tank. There's a large rock in it with a large cave on the inside of the rock. He hides in there. I'll see if I can find pics.

[ErikH]

Bah she erased them off the camera

[txav8r]

WHAT??!! NOOOoooooooooooo.....

[chunkymonkey]

that calls for a divorce, lol

[chunkymonkey]

I picked up an 8 legger from Ed. His name is SUCKA! He's in a small tank until I can get a good enough picture to id what type of octo it is. Currently I am feeding it sally lightfoot crabs. It is AWESOME to watch him crack open the shells and eat their brains. Then he tries to drag them into his rock, but they are too big to fit through the holes from which he comes out of. He is definitely nocturnal, and swims around the tank at night. With subdued lighting I can watch him from far. His feedings are expensive, but so far, very much worth it! :thumbs_up:


Followup for pics!!!

Did you ever get pics, or get to show it off at the tank tour? I'd love to have an octo someday, but they're ninjas and escape artists, lol. What kind of setup, tank size you holding that sweet guy in? I've read all kinds of stuff on how you have to cover holes with mesh and such. Seems like a heck of an effort, but worth the reward if successful.... UPDATES man...UPDATES!

[Europhyllia]

I was jsut thinking about him. No updates?

[Kristy]

Psst.... I don't believe he really has one....

[ErikH]

He died the shortly after the tank tour. I had him in a tank which I moved since he was all stressed out. I don't know why but he just chose to starve himself. I put crabs in there daily, and water changed daily. :(

[Europhyllia]

Sorry :(