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BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004   | anyone know anything about how keep octopus'in aquariums? Last edited by BeastKeeper at 25-Sep-2004 01:46 |
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dthurs       Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | I looked in to it a while back, and decided agenst it. They can be a real problem. You will hardly see them. They can get out of the tank real easy. And can ink the water if startled which means doing a major water change. I found very few sites on them, and the ones I found had very little info. You can try doing a search on google, there may be a few more sites now. Dan |
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sirbooks  Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004  | Plus, they'll eat almost all other tank occupants. I wouldn't keep one unless you really wanted one. |
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Shinigami    Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001  | Last but not least, they live obscenely short lives. The Giant Pacific Octopus only lives like five years, and the common small species you find will only live a year or two, which leaves a few months for them to live under your care. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian. |
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| BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004 | someone cracked the octo up to be much more then it really is. but it just sounds like a hassle. but thanks  |
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| riftlake_kid Fingerling Posts: 20 Kudos: 30 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Dec-2003 | a small discussion about octopus husbandry. http://www.fishforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15098 |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003  | I wrote a big article on this subject before the board was archived. I suspect my big articles were one of the reasons the board needed archiving   |
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| Clown_Loach_Kid Fish Addict Posts: 682 Kudos: 1043 Votes: 34 Registered: 23-Jan-2004 | yea the vaerage life for an octopus is like a year ...... after they breed they simple die ........ 6x2x2 - Firemouth and Oscar Tank 30+ royal pythons. Back in the game after 4 years out .. |
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| devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004  | how about cuttlefish  .....i like cephalopods  |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | Oh, and an additional tip. If you *do* decide to keep an octopus, be careful about species choice. Do NOT keep the Blue Ring Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) as it produces a venom which is lethal to humans! |
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| sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004 | Oooh, definitely. That octopus is one of the most venemous animals under the sea. They look very nice, and they're small enough to keep in an average tank, but they produce a killer nerve toxin. |
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raider_fish Fish Master Posts: 1452 Kudos: 1340 Votes: 0 Registered: 02-Oct-2001 | I year life span is quite an achievement in aquaria. In captivity, at least the like of which we use in our homes, they usually only live about 7 months. |
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