An octopus favorite food is salt water crabs. They are designed to eat these. When I used to keep octopus I always fed them green crabs which are very common on any seashore on the east coast of the U.S. These and fiddler crabs are also sold in any bait store very cheaply (on the coast anyway) and fiddler crabs are very soft and easy for an octopus to eat. Also they are from salt water and probably better food for an octopus. They may be available on line. I can collect 100 fiddler crabs in a few minutes in the summer, unfortunately I am probably not living near you.
How do I know about feeding octopus? Because I also eat them.
This was in Sicily a couple of days ago. Don't feel bad for the octopus. They eat them like M and Ms there. Whole.
Paul
