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04/03/2016, 10:37 AM
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My octopus won't eat ... Help!!!
Hi, I recently bought a baby common octopus and it won't eat. It will grab the food but when I check on it later it just didn't eat as if it were more a toy and not food I guess. Anyone hav anyone have any suggestions? (About 2" with its tentacles spread out and I feed him krill sometimes snails and ghost shrimp)
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04/03/2016, 11:14 AM
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Suggest you ask this in the octopus forum.
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04/03/2016, 12:54 PM
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Are you feeding live food.
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04/03/2016, 12:56 PM
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try a small live crab as they like those in the wild
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04/05/2016, 11:49 PM
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Yes I do feed live good but it seems to be scared of it. It's a common octopus and can u tell me if this is normal it's purple and it has a white spot on the top of its head like a big one. ...wait there is an octopus forum ( sorry still kinda new and hasn't found everything out yet).
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04/06/2016, 12:14 AM
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How big is the tank? How long have you had it? Parameters? Lighting?
Its probably still stressed out from the move. Try keeping the lights on the lower end.
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