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02/06/2007, 08:42 PM
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he has the same species as the one I have..the small eyes, LONG tentacles.
Its a Bipedal Octopus(Abdopus aculeatus)
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02/06/2007, 09:19 PM
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no there is not much info on it as of yet..not many have had them..I have never had one before. I always had Bimacs..but this is what the store got in when i ordered it.
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02/07/2007, 06:34 AM
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Im 24 hours away by Airplane to the east Coast
Fed EX shipping next day would be in the multi Hundreds If I could even ship it out. |
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02/07/2007, 05:01 PM
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This morning he was near my overflow chilling
I have crabs that I threw in a they got big 2 got in a fight the other day and 1 lost both pinchers He ate the claw out of 1 this morning and I found the clawless one on top of the tank on my magnet scrubber. I shook him off came back 1 min later and found this   I think Im going to keep him around Last edited by dawnskaybug; 02/07/2007 at 05:12 PM. |
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02/07/2007, 05:13 PM
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The Tuxedo with some of his carnage (theres a claw on top of him also)
That crab shell is half the size the one hes got now 
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02/10/2007, 03:37 PM
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Well he got teh other big crab today WITH claws .
He goes over rocks sticks his tentacles under feeling around When he see his prey he moves in slowly and uses his tentacles to sneak up on it. He almost had the one the first time but scard him to the top I knocked the crab down and he pounced on it I couldnt see the struggle due to him being behind rock. But teh crabs carcass is all over the place He was messing with some hermits but left them alone afte rflipping them over |
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#34
02/12/2007, 02:55 AM
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I went to 2 LFS 1 a "LFS"
1 a wholesaler that catches fish locally and sells by the 1000s to local aquariums and resorts that have saltwater ponds for people to snorkel in Both said the octo that size is worth nothing but if he had a 6inch-1 foot head maybe $40 He got a red foot hermit today I have one with a 5 inch shell Im thinking is gonna be next |
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02/14/2007, 01:29 PM
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Everything is worth something. It just depends on who is willing to buy it. To the wholesale guy it may not be worth much of anything but that is because he doesn't have a forum of guys breathing down his back asking for a small octopus, he has 20LFS's or so that want what is popular. IE Nemo's Dorie's and the pretty stuff. If your in the market for an octopus they are usually cheap because it will be just as this guy has above a hitchhiker that they have to get rid of. I Ordered a Blue ringed a few months ago and the guy at my LFS wants me to wait so that I get a fresh born one. The life spans on these things suck.
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02/14/2007, 10:21 PM
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That is a really great surprise you have there. Don't be so quick to boot him out. Snails and crabs aren't that exspensive. Some of us would love to have such a facinating stowe away!!!
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02/14/2007, 10:31 PM
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The LFS doesnt sell crabs or snails so I have to catch my own.
He got a Blue Chromis today just left the head and skeleton sorta like a cartoon He is cool to watch my fish were free so If he eats them all then I guess I have an Octo tank |
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#38
02/15/2007, 03:31 PM
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I think I could go for that if I could catch me own fish. No luck finding any crabs or snails while fishing?
I would personally let it hang out for as long as you could. Not alot a reefers get the opportunity to have an octo in their possesion. I'd like to have one but I hear they are cunning and easily escape. Someone told me here they don't live very long in captivity so enjoy it while it lasts!! P.S. I like looking at the pics of it so if you get a chance at any new shots I'd like to see them.
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02/17/2007, 08:16 PM
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Wow those are great pics.
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02/22/2007, 01:43 AM
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Well he has pretty much wiped out my crab population
I went to the beach and looked for more and now I cant remember where I got the crabs from. So I got some hermits He wont eat cut shrimp. New color pattern today 
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03/05/2007, 09:38 AM
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Well he has eaten 2 firefish 1 blue dot puffer and 1 clownfish
My nano is now holding mollies for him to eat since we have 10 footers off the reef and all crabs are pretty much wiped out I dropped in 3 hermits and he used 3 tentacles to grab them and that wa sa good snack .. . |
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#43
04/03/2007, 04:36 AM
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He is still in there
He comes out about 1 hour or 2 a day that I know of I just got him about 50 new hermits I got in the woods by the beach??? Both of my Picassos are well fed right now with them in there.. Man triggers are Messy... He ate my percula clown also I had to move and had him in a container by himself threw in a crab that hid next to my anemoes(would sting him) and he ate it .. My bud who has a 200gl told me knows the time to get rid of his arse I let him stay... When/if they ink kill all pumps and it just goes into nothing.. Kids like watching him kinda a conversation topic when peeps come over since he is locally caught(as with 80% of my fish)... |
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04/22/2007, 08:06 AM
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Well its been about 2 weeks since he has had any food that I know of
Not trying to starve him but there are crabs in the tank but he aint eating them But dang he loves a good firefish.. (he has eaten 5 so far) In this pic you can see 1 of the 50+ hermit crabs I put in the tank although my 2 picassos probably ate 40 of them... GAWD I hate picassos 
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04/22/2007, 08:39 AM
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On a side note I went to take a leak outside (yeah I know) and something was touching my foot I thought the cat got outside so I kicked it but realized there was no fur
This thing would of/could of taken off my toe or toes Coconut crab.. 
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#46
05/09/2007, 05:16 AM
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Well last night my triggers were going nuts...
Going nuts on my octo.. He was out at night with the lights on which he usually isnt.. He was kinda in a rock but they were eating his tentacles.. They never messed with him before.. Just flushed him and he was barely alive with 5 tents eaten only way I could get him was the trigger pulled him out and dragged him all over the place which allowed me to net him.. The triggers and octo are both locally caught by me so I guess circle of life?? |
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#47
05/09/2007, 06:49 AM
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Oh and last night the 9 year old girl/kid cried for hours after seeing the triggers wipe the octo out..
Maybe I shouldnt of fed the triggers fresh squid??? |
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#48
05/09/2007, 05:23 PM
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OCtos give up at the end of their life, while normally octos would eat triggers when they begin to sinese they are easy game, and the fish sense that.
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05/11/2007, 10:05 AM
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Yeah thats what I told my girl but she said if we didnt have the triggers the octo wouldnt of starved...
The only reason I caught the triggers was to wipe out the crab population which the octo would of done all fat and jolly.. I must admit I do miss him .. Not that Im gonna go catch another one but I think the triggers are going back home anyways .. |
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