octipus
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my sister's boyfriend's dad is a middle school science teacher, and i guess he had one in his classroom one year (i know he has a SW tank at home, so he's got some experience).. apparently, one night, it escaped from its tank, unscrewed a jar across the room and got some worms or something out of it, and then made it back to its tank by morning... i thought that was a really crazy story (not that i have any proof its true, lol)!
on another note, i remember seeing the thread on nanoreef.com, and i think the guy said he had it in a 3 gallon tank and others told him that was way too small. let us know how your research goes!!
on another note, i remember seeing the thread on nanoreef.com, and i think the guy said he had it in a 3 gallon tank and others told him that was way too small. let us know how your research goes!!
There was several decent articles on keeping octos (more specifically, Octopus bimaculoids) in the magazine Tropical Fish Hobbyist over the past few months. Depending on the species, you can do one in a rather small aquarium say 30-40 gallons no problem. Plenty of hiding spaces, interesting objects to play with, attention, and a good diet and water chemistry is what they need. Tops made of eggcrate wouldn't be a good idea as the octos are usually small enough to slip through without much effort, a very tight fitting glass top might work, as you suggested. Unfortunately they only live roughly a year though, depends on the species, if you're successful. Another potential problem is alot of octos come in with very general labels so you might not really know what you're getting... that would be a top priority when selecting a specimen, try to get a more accurate I.D. You might want to try an Octopus bimaculoides (commonly known as "bimacs") as there is information about them online, etc. and some people tend to have success with the species.
If you take the time to do research and set the tank up correctly, meeting their special needs, and thats all you want is the octopus, I'd say go for it.
If you take the time to do research and set the tank up correctly, meeting their special needs, and thats all you want is the octopus, I'd say go for it.
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