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02/28/2019, 11:21 PM | #1 |
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Local Octopus? Or good Breeder?
Does anyone know where to get a local octopus? Or know of any good breeders?
After waiting for a few months to see if one would show up at 6th Avenue in SF (not a fan but they said they get them in on occasion). I bought one online. There are not many options and I was really hoping to find a bimac -which I could not. So I tried my luck with a "Pacific Brown" from yourfishstore. It was from Indonesia. Here is a video a few days after I got her; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpSYMwLVu0&t=4s I was super psyched when and it exceeded expectations. Then I realized it was probably nocturnal so it didn't fit the description of what I was hoping I had, an Abdopus Aculeatus. They are not nocturnal and grow to a medium size. What I wound up with was a similar looking dwarf species. After about two weeks it settled into a cave in one of the live rocks and pulled some shells over the door and rarely came out. Then she laid eggs. So now I am very disappointed and I feel guilty... however I really want to find the octo that I am looking for so any help will be appreciated.
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03/01/2019, 12:35 AM | #2 |
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That’s a bummer that you received one that wasn’t what you were looking for, and near senescence.
I’m tagging along to see if anyone has any good ideas for reliable sourcing. |
03/01/2019, 02:23 AM | #3 |
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I feel sorry for the octopus. It looks so sad.
What are your plans for it since it's not the one you want? |
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Now that she has entered senescence I will let her comfortably live out her days in the den she has chosen. This is the normal end of life for an octopus.
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03/01/2019, 02:21 PM | #5 |
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just curious how do you know its in senescence, does that happen after laying eggs?
Keep checking 6th ave, i usually see an Octopus when I'm there. Mind sharing what kind of lid your running on the tank? ive always thought about picking one up |
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As for the lid, I have an old Kritter acrylic 75G tank (48x18"). It has two very robust lids. They each weigh 4.5lbs. I could easliy put a 5 or 10lb weight on them if I had a bigger octo. That was one of the reasons I decided to keep my tank and get an octo. It was easy to octo proof it. I would post a picture if it wasn't such a pain. I love RC but they need to add drag and drop for pics. Yes, senesence is the last stage of octo life. For the females they lay their eggs and look after them in their den and don't eat and rarely (maybe never?) leave until they die. I think that happens before the eggs hatch. Males also go through this. Tonmo is a great site for cephalopod info but there is not much traffic. That is why I am posting here hoping to find some Bay Area Ceph Heads.
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Do you like cuttlefish? I just got 4 eggs from BlueZoo, 3 hatched so far. They're really fun and quite cheap, maybe check out that website.
They also had some sort of Mediterranean octo species about a month ago IIRC, but they might be out now. |
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What species of cuttlefish? |
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Bandensis
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I recently started my search for an octopus. I see you purchased her from Yourfishstore.com. I've read some online reviews (Yelp) and was scared away. I also called and emailed but no response. How was you experience with them?
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What is IIRC?
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If I Recall Correctly IIRC
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03/06/2019, 02:26 PM | #15 |
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I’ve noticed the same problem with octopus sourcing, that vendors don’t seem to have any idea what species they are selling. I don’t know why this is the case. The same vendors don’t just sell “pacific wrasse”. The differences between different octopus species is hugely important in every way.
That’s the main reason I’m following along this thread, to see if anyone knows of a vendor who can actually tell you what species they are selling you. Also interested in cuttlefish. At least with those you can get eggs so you know they aren’t end-of-life. |
03/06/2019, 11:27 PM | #16 |
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From what I’ve seen
The most common is Octopus vulgaris But from time to time I see blue rings |
03/06/2019, 11:57 PM | #17 |
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Both which you absolutely would need to know you are getting ahead of time.
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