Recent content by Capn

Also .... just wondering, are you moving the female from tank to tank or is there a roaming male? You say she has raised 2 clutches .... how old is she?

My understanding is that small Octopuses only live like 6 months, which may explain the multiple broods. A smaller species may have been forced, over time to produce extra eggs in order to repopulate .... if you follow me. To answer the question in general, the life of an octopus ranges from...

I just ask you all, to take careful consideration of your tanks. IMHO, the hobbyist should be left alone with a few SPS, a couple leathers and some Xenia. Rule of thumb (would put most of you out of business) for me is, do not buy a living organism that wasn't aquacultured. But there are still...

Any update on this? Also, to ask the Q again, what is the lifespan of this species?

People keep full venom ratlesnakes as pets. The bite is less dangerous than a blue ring. Wasn't there some breeder in Texas, who was gonna provide bimacs and other cephs to the public? There is a ceph-list too, I used to get the emails. If you can get on that list, you can ask nicely for...

FYI ... I've also heard that blue rings make good pets .... but the whole idea of having something that venemous in my apartment .... knowing my luck ... I'll pass. But if you ever wanted to kill your wife .... "WHY!? Why did she hafta get that freakin' octopus!" Just .... hypothetically...

I've heard good things about bimacs as pets. Or "common browns" which are also found in tidal areas in Florida. I think they are a similarly poised octopus ... that's mostly hungry for some shrimp. My briareus became very playfull, when I tried to thaw shrimp-sickles, and would often take them...

Also, just FYI to any cephalophiles in NYC, you can find small green crabs for sale as live bait. You used to be able to get them from a vending machine at Pier 40 in the summer. Easy to keep live in the sump, or a quarantine tank. Keep that tank OUT OF SIGHT of the octopus though, as it might...

Certainly harder than an octopus. I've never kept one. I'd think you'd need like a 100g for a pair, at least.

Ever get that cuttle tank going? They like to be kept in pairs.

My old O. briareus was in a recently cycled 29g, with an Emperor 280 power filter, and did fine. When she got bigger, I added a CPR backpack, and she instantly lost an arm to it. That was fun, trying to get her out of that. It was soon after that that she started refusing food. I wish they...

If you havin' tank problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but PH aint one! I got the Alk patrol and the Calc patrol ... fools that whanna make sure my Amo is cool, carribean reefs, money cash corals, I'm from the hood stoopid, what type a' facts are those? If you grew up with...

Not really interested in a school of damsels. What are the feeding requirements of boxfish, in general?

Oh, FYI, it's a 29g so that rules out any big fish.

Well, I can always get new rock and sand. The main issue is money. I can't afford to keep using B-Ionic, keep running the MH, etc. Yes, I am THAT broke. Next months rent might go on a credit card. Cap