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03/19/2006, 11:05 PM
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Have been toying with the idea for a long time now...
I have been toying for a long time now of the idea of an octopus tank. I was shot down, and flamed in the aggressive fish forum, so i'll try here.
I got a 40 gallon tank from my uncle this past week, and I just started cycling it. I would like to cycle it for 2 or 3 months, depending on how messy octopi are. I know that dwarf octos are very short lived, but this seems like my only option. I would like to try to breed them, to keep sort of a "flow" of octopi in the tank. Meaning, I will breed them, and keep the babies. The parents will soon die off, and then breed the babies, start all over again. I can get a "bali" octopus (which I assume is a bocki?) for very cheap. If it turns out that these are bocki, would this be a reasonable sized tank for one pair of them? Obviously, I would separate the babies, and I know that there is the chance of them eating each other. I also know that they are nocturnal, and I probably won't see them a lot. Please tell me this is possible. Please don't flame me if this seems completely ridiculous to you. Thanks! Brock Fluharty
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03/20/2006, 01:33 PM
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Nobody knows if this is a god setup??? Also, how much do you think an O. bocki would sell for?
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03/24/2006, 10:48 PM
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Sorry Brock I am not familiar with that species. I know from the reading I have done you are better off as big as you can go. I have read of people doing any thing from 10 gallons and up. I know my experience with the Octopus briareus which is the only type I have been able to get locally. This 55 gallon tank that I have is the first time I have been able to keep one alive for more than a week. That is not saying any thing less would or would not work just that my experience which is all I can speak of.
I am not sure if you have looked here but you may be able to get more specific info at this web page http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/keepin...epingcephs.php |
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03/25/2006, 12:04 AM
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Yeah, i've been a member there for a while now, but it seems like all of the octopod forums are extremely low-traffic, and inactive...
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03/28/2006, 05:06 PM
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03/28/2006, 05:55 PM
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I wasn't reffering to TONMO. I just meant that it seems like their aren't a lot of octopus owners out there. Either that, or they don't have internet.
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04/07/2006, 12:35 PM
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Yea, they don't have the internet bc the octopi have taken over their households and are leaking mis-information about them so they may eventually take over the world!!!
 Or not....
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