octopus?

[tbrennan]

Anyone ever own an octopus?


Was at the store today and seen one for sale.

 

[stacy22]

They have a very short life span and are expert escape artists. I have read accounts of them getting out of one tank and moving across a dry floor and ending up in a different tank on the opposite of the room.

 

[ff337]

stacy22;695732 wrote: They have a very short life span and are expert escape artists. I have read accounts of them getting out of one tank and moving across a dry floor and ending up in a different tank on the opposite of the room.

Houdini reincarnated as a octopus? That's wild.

 

[tbrennan]

Ya I seen him at sals.
Not really looking to buy him just thought he was interesting

 

[tbrennan]

Ya I did the same thing today.

Does anyone know of the type of tanks used to house these guys?

 

[tbrennan]

Interesting. I'm going to do some research. Now I'm curious haha.

 

[tbrennan]

Pretty cool link about how to keep them and what they require.

 

[jj ocean]

When I lived in the keys, I caught a very small one and put it in a 55g I had. It was a very captivating animal.

However ...

He ended up being the ONLY animal in the tank. Could not find a single tank mate he would not eat or kill. Also, forget aquascaping it yourself - he rearranged it himself. As mentioned earlier, I had to build a custom top with zero tolerance holes for plumbing and put 2 25lb weights on top. 2 10lb didn't work. His body was only slightly larger than a golf ball - incredibly strong.

Don't know the species, so some may be different. Very cool animal, but needless to say he went back to the ledge where I caught him 6 months later.

 

[sir_cephalopod]

If you really want some good info about owning and caring for an octopus I recommend going to this page:

http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/">http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/</a>

Escaping is not the only issue, you must also be prepared for them inking the tank(toxic) and removing it. Because of this, they commonly do not ship well, as they will ink the bag and then sit in it during shipping. They are also commonly expensive in pet stores and with out knowing their age, senescence could be right around the corner, as many species that are common to pet stores have short life spans. I have always wanted one, but until I live near the ocean and can collect them myself, I can only dream. As far as intelligence goes, you should check out this video on the [I]Thaumoctopus mimicus</em>.

[IMG]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LTWFnGmeg&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LTWFnGmeg&feature=related</a>

 

[tbrennan]

That video is crazy. They are so interesting.

 

[bulldogg@me_com]

That is why I like going to this site. All of you have so much info and interesting pics and videos.

 

[sir_cephalopod]

They really are, as you can tell from my name, I am really in to Cephalopods. A class of alien ocean invertebrates as far as I am concerned. If you are interested in the octopus you should also check out the book:

Octopus "The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate"
By. Jennifer A. Mather, Roland C. Anderson, and James B. Wood

**These authors have done some very remarkable research regarding cephalopods, especially James Wood(one of my idols).

 

[tbrennan]

a class of alien ocean invertebrates (thats for sure) haha. never seen anything that can do the things that they can do.