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Old 11/23/2007, 05:34 PM
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I went fishing today and look...

...this is what I caught. Honestly 3.5 hours fishing and this is all I caught.





Cna anyone out there tell me what type of acto this is and what I can put him in. I have an extra 10G nano and wouldn't mind putting him in there but seeing as how saltwater tanks are only 9 months new to me, I think an octo is a bit more extensive.
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Old 11/23/2007, 11:41 PM
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Give some more information about where you caught him and at what time and we should be able to help.
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Old 11/24/2007, 12:57 AM
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honeymoon island near tampa FL. About 12pm . I think i;m taking him back in the a.m. though from the generalconsensus
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Old 11/24/2007, 04:00 PM
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Mercatoris. Won't get much larger.
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Old 11/25/2007, 10:34 AM
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I have been looking for one of these. I never have the time to go to tamps though. as far as I have heard tampa seems like the only place to catch these dwarf octos. Let me know if you odnt want and might be interested in shipping over night. Thanks!

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Old 11/27/2007, 02:55 AM
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Honeymoon Island, off of Dunedin, Gulf of Mexico...I have a 2nd house in Dunedin...I love fishing there, I have good luck at Pier 60...always catch a bunch of fish that cost a fortune in a store. Look downs, triggers, parrot fish, grunts, etc. Best thing to use is a sabiki rig that has small pieces of fresh shrimp ground into it. If all I get is bait fishes than I make fish food.
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Old 11/30/2007, 02:26 PM
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MAN ,catching just one of those guys would make up for all the days fishing that i caught nothing
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Old 11/30/2007, 03:48 PM
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Did you keep him or turn him loose?

An O. Mercatoris would be fine in a 10 gallon. Throw in a fiddler and squeeze some cyclops-eeze in ever-so-often. They tend to stay nocturnal and are very shy though, not the funnest octopus.
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Old 12/12/2007, 12:27 PM
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Octo

I hope you put him back
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