octo food question

dbbga · 03/01/2003, 03:55 PM

I'm in Tx so i was thinking of getting live gulf shrimp to feed my octo. Would this be a stable diet/

cephalopoder · 03/01/2003, 04:01 PM

This would be a excellent source of food. Yo might want to add a little variety like clams, musscles and snails as well. What species do you have?

dbbga · 03/01/2003, 05:22 PM

I have a Bimac, it is very small, maybe about 4" tent from mantle. Had five hermit crabs but they are all gone now and i have ghost shrimp in FW tank. can i feed them to the octo? If so how do i accl. them to salt water? Just till i get shrimp. I also have a 75gal FW tank that i am raising mollies in but the octo shows no interest in the fish yet?

know-it-all · 03/01/2003, 10:08 PM

from what I've seen of the ghost shrimp, they live for several days in the salt water even if you just throw them in.
I feed them to seahorses, and that's whatI noticed.
From what I've read, Octo's will eat them like candy.
I could be wrong on the last part though.

sideways · 03/02/2003, 12:24 AM

the shrimp wouldn't last long enough to start acclimating anyway

cephalopoder · 03/03/2003, 06:13 PM

Ghost shrimp are great food for small octos. Thats what I am using to feed my babies. They are fresh water and will not live more than a day or two in salt. I gut load mine with cyclop-eeze. You can get salt water versions. Here are a couple of links.
http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/truesaltwater/index.html

http://216.25.82.220/Foods.htm

LittleMatt · 03/04/2003, 10:24 PM

Where do you guys get the food for your bimacs? That is still the one thing that gets me. I have everything else down, but food. I know they like crabs and shrimp, but where do you guys get them? Isn't that expensive?

dbbga · 03/04/2003, 11:30 PM

Well I hit a stroke of luck today. I was out running errands an noticed a new meat and seafood market so I went in to check them out. Long story short I told them i had an Octopus and they were shocked. They had live everything, from scallops, snails, mussells,etc... you name it they had it live in tanks in from Maine.
Well the owner got me a bag of all kinds of stuff for the octo. told me to see what it would eat and that she had to come see it soon.
When i got home, there was 20 snails,6 scallops, 8 clams,4 oysters, and 3 mussels all for $3.00. All are alive and doing very well

The lady told me she would give me the same price if i came in and bought from her... Wonder if she knows she is the only one i can buy from? Way cool,,, live food when ever i want it .... I think i got a great deal... Now i just need to see if she will eat them....

MacTiGGER · 03/05/2003, 01:59 AM

I live in Southern California. When you go to the beach/tidepools at low tide there are TONS of things to see. Including a plethora of Hermit crabs. All you need is a permit ($29.99/year) to collect up to 50 hermits a day.

... I don't have an octo yet, still waiting for my system to cycle. But whe I do I am lucky to have all that food close to me. And its fun to collect it too!

tzl · 03/05/2003, 06:43 PM

where do you get the permit from? do you have a web link to a permit application?

thanks

ting

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Originally posted by MacTiGGER
I live in Southern California. When you go to the beach/tidepools at low tide there are TONS of things to see. Including a plethora of Hermit crabs. All you need is a permit ($29.99/year) to collect up to 50 hermits a day.

... I don't have an octo yet, still waiting for my system to cycle. But whe I do I am lucky to have all that food close to me. And its fun to collect it too!

MacTiGGER · 03/05/2003, 07:04 PM

I spoke with the Department of Fish and Game, Monterey office. (831) 649-2870 ..

They were intrigued by the question of collecting hermits for the purpose of feeding an octopus

noni · 03/11/2003, 10:37 PM

Is Irvine anywhere off the 15?

MacTiGGER · 03/12/2003, 12:57 AM

nope we are near the 5 or the 405 ...

noni · 03/12/2003, 01:23 AM

is that around Anaheim? I will be making a trip there pretty soon.

03/01/2003, 03:55 PM	#1
dbbga Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42	octo food question I'm in Tx so i was thinking of getting live gulf shrimp to feed my octo. Would this be a stable diet/

03/01/2003, 04:01 PM	#2
cephalopoder Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NH Posts: 898	This would be a excellent source of food. Yo might want to add a little variety like clams, musscles and snails as well. What species do you have? __________________ Master the food chain and you can rear anything.

03/01/2003, 10:08 PM	#4
know-it-all Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: in my now frozen chair (aka Wisconsin) Posts: 1,488	from what I've seen of the ghost shrimp, they live for several days in the salt water even if you just throw them in. I feed them to seahorses, and that's whatI noticed. From what I've read, Octo's will eat them like candy. I could be wrong on the last part though. __________________ current tank 94 corner, SPS/LPS basement sump

03/03/2003, 06:13 PM	#6
cephalopoder Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NH Posts: 898	Ghost shrimp are great food for small octos. Thats what I am using to feed my babies. They are fresh water and will not live more than a day or two in salt. I gut load mine with cyclop-eeze. You can get salt water versions. Here are a couple of links. http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/truesaltwater/index.html http://216.25.82.220/Foods.htm __________________ Master the food chain and you can rear anything.

03/01/2003, 05:22 PM	#3
dbbga Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42	I have a Bimac, it is very small, maybe about 4" tent from mantle. Had five hermit crabs but they are all gone now and i have ghost shrimp in FW tank. can i feed them to the octo? If so how do i accl. them to salt water? Just till i get shrimp. I also have a 75gal FW tank that i am raising mollies in but the octo shows no interest in the fish yet?

03/02/2003, 12:24 AM	#5
sideways Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Swansboro N.C. Posts: 95	the shrimp wouldn't last long enough to start acclimating anyway

03/04/2003, 10:24 PM	#7
LittleMatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 43	Where do you guys get the food for your bimacs? That is still the one thing that gets me. I have everything else down, but food. I know they like crabs and shrimp, but where do you guys get them? Isn't that expensive?

03/04/2003, 11:30 PM	#8
dbbga Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42	Well I hit a stroke of luck today. I was out running errands an noticed a new meat and seafood market so I went in to check them out. Long story short I told them i had an Octopus and they were shocked. They had live everything, from scallops, snails, mussells,etc... you name it they had it live in tanks in from Maine. Well the owner got me a bag of all kinds of stuff for the octo. told me to see what it would eat and that she had to come see it soon. When i got home, there was 20 snails,6 scallops, 8 clams,4 oysters, and 3 mussels all for $3.00. All are alive and doing very well The lady told me she would give me the same price if i came in and bought from her... Wonder if she knows she is the only one i can buy from? Way cool,,, live food when ever i want it .... I think i got a great deal... Now i just need to see if she will eat them....

03/05/2003, 01:59 AM	#9
MacTiGGER Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 21	I live in Southern California. When you go to the beach/tidepools at low tide there are TONS of things to see. Including a plethora of Hermit crabs. All you need is a permit ($29.99/year) to collect up to 50 hermits a day. ... I don't have an octo yet, still waiting for my system to cycle. But whe I do I am lucky to have all that food close to me. And its fun to collect it too!

03/05/2003, 07:04 PM	#11
MacTiGGER Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 21	I spoke with the Department of Fish and Game, Monterey office. (831) 649-2870 .. They were intrigued by the question of collecting hermits for the purpose of feeding an octopus

03/11/2003, 10:37 PM	#12
noni Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nevada Posts: 108	Is Irvine anywhere off the 15?

03/12/2003, 12:57 AM	#13
MacTiGGER Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 21	nope we are near the 5 or the 405 ...

03/12/2003, 01:23 AM	#14
noni Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nevada Posts: 108	is that around Anaheim? I will be making a trip there pretty soon.