My BEST hitchhiker is an OCTOPUS! - Page 3

RobbyG · 07/31/2006, 07:48 PM

I found one in my Tank also, Heres a pic of him, about the same size as yours.

I know you don't want to hear this but I suggest you get this guy out ASAP he is going to kill all your fish, they hunt them at night and all you find in the morning is half eaten bodies. The first thing he will consume is all your crabs then shrimp and lastly fish. They are very very smart and hard as hell to get out of the Aquarium, I suggest you get it right on the first attempt as he will never fall for the same trick twice.
My gut instinct tells me that you will ignore my post like the other one above that said the same thing, in that case say "Astalavista" to those fish, it's only a matter of time before he Terminates them

Mizu · 08/01/2006, 02:30 PM

eh
Octopus > Fish

Mizu · 08/01/2006, 02:35 PM

"It does look a lot like Octopus briareus, particularly the "web" at the base of its arms, but I don't think that's exclusively diagnostic. If your LFS is correct that it came from the Pacific then it is certainly not O. briareus. The question is whether or not the store really knows where their stuff comes from. Either way, its no dwarf!"

Yeah he looks like My Octo Meatwad.
Meat was is an O. briareus but he came from florida
and some one asked about it and yes you can buy them but first
go to www.tonmo.com and start reading.
they can be kept they are not to hard once you know how.
just a matter of educating yerself

riptidesreef · 08/01/2006, 04:36 PM

Great photos....and I cant believe an octopus is eating better than I am. lol

fishy555 · 08/02/2006, 07:22 PM

dO U WANT to sell it

fishy555 · 08/02/2006, 11:24 PM

man reef keeping is to fun

lux_06 · 08/03/2006, 05:58 AM

hey that guy looks awsome, i got one as a hitchhiker too, cept it took me the loss of 2 juv clowns, small mimic tang, leopard wrasse, dragon leapoard wrasse and a scoter blenny before i turned my bedside lamp on one night and saw this star shaped thing disapeer behind my rock, never ever saw it during the day, my GF refused to sleep at my place once i found it as i had no lid on my tank. never got him out, but found the body when my tank crashed in the rediculous 47 degree sumers day that cost me my entire setup ( air con broke, no ice or fans could cool my tank cos my rooms in the atic)

all my fish were smaller then the ones i can see in your photos and if he's used to your feedings should be ok by now. oh yeh when i told my mate at the LFS what i had found in my tank he laughed so hard to himself cos he said yeh we wondered where that thing disapeered to.... Gee thanks! how bout some store credit then!

fishy555 · 08/03/2006, 11:36 AM

Sorry to hear lux_06 I wanna get one and set up a tank for it the min tank size for the dawrf octo is only 20g.... YAY

RocketSeason · 08/04/2006, 01:47 PM

Great find! Keep us up to date with some new pics!

Good luck to you!

kmacartney · 08/06/2006, 04:59 AM

Wow, that octopus is awesome! Does it change colors?

-Keith

steve68 · 08/06/2006, 06:34 AM

Cool!
how big is it?

FishMann · 08/07/2006, 11:02 AM

Thats awsome. The same thing happened to me a couple years ago. He came in a turbo snail shell. Sadly there was a grouper in the tank and he didnt last very long.

robitreef · 08/07/2006, 01:17 PM

Quote:

So, I have to leave him a variety when I'm gone, on the menu lists are: Manila Clams, Turbo Snails, Chromis, and Ghost Shrimps on the day I leave.

I was just curious, but how is he catching fish? At night when they sleep? Do they ambush their prey, or inject a toxin that imobilizes the animal? Or, is it just their quick reaction and sharp beaks that take out the prey?

Definately a great find. Hope he doesn't get too big for your refugium.

brandoug · 08/08/2006, 05:51 PM

Too cool!!!

brandoug · 08/08/2006, 05:52 PM

Too cool!!!

The Ocellaris · 08/09/2006, 03:23 AM

Hey awsome tank
Btw if its doing well already and its in your fuge i dont see any reason to get rid of it.
Good luck with it anyway an keep up the good work

Buddy Pine · 08/09/2006, 06:15 AM

Sadly to say, this past Sunday coming home from a 10 day family vacation to discover that my Reef Tank was out of power maybe for a week long. Everything was devastated (I don't know what worst I can say), everything was black and an unbearable strong gross smell. I went to the back room cautiously and one of the plastic tubing from my RO unit burst, spraying water all over until it short circuited some of the electricals and tripped two of the aquarium main breakers. Luckily nothing caught on fire, it just completely shut down the tank. All of my Fish, Clams and Octopus were completely decomposed and the Corals are wiped out. My 7 years of hard work with this 180 gallon Reef Tank just went down the drain in a matter of days. I did not have a tank sitter so I set up an Auto-Top-Off, the additonal plastic tubing that connected to the RO's main membrane had some weak spots on it and was the main cause. I was confident and so proud of myself with the set-up everything was running nicely, the auto-feeder and the the food for the Octo was all ready.

What a way to come home from a vacation, I would not wish this happen to anyone. What a bad feeling! I'm just a little messed up right now. Good bye everyone and good luck to all, thank you so much for all your compliments.

Manny.

Buddy Pine · 08/09/2006, 06:24 AM

... and here are the last photos.

the real fishman · 08/09/2006, 06:42 AM

omg, so sorry to hear. that really sucks

jbittner · 08/09/2006, 07:13 AM

Sorry to hear this. Good Luck!

Divetime · 08/09/2006, 07:22 AM

Wow, truely amazing system and yet so fragile. Sorry to hear about your loss! What a horror story

steve68 · 08/09/2006, 07:24 AM

that sucks !
sorry to hear this.

OrionN · 08/09/2006, 08:19 AM

OMG!!!!!!!
Very sorry to hear this. What a shocker back from vacation. Good luck.

Jorge_Omar23 · 08/09/2006, 11:11 AM

No one was in charge of your tank during those 10 days?

IÂ´m sorry for all your losses, but keep going youÂ´ll be back in no time!

diver_ua · 08/09/2006, 02:24 PM

so sorry

07/31/2006, 07:48 PM	#51
RobbyG Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 600 Ft From the Reef Posts: 2,099	I found one in my Tank also, Heres a pic of him, about the same size as yours. I know you don't want to hear this but I suggest you get this guy out ASAP he is going to kill all your fish, they hunt them at night and all you find in the morning is half eaten bodies. The first thing he will consume is all your crabs then shrimp and lastly fish. They are very very smart and hard as hell to get out of the Aquarium, I suggest you get it right on the first attempt as he will never fall for the same trick twice. My gut instinct tells me that you will ignore my post like the other one above that said the same thing, in that case say "Astalavista" to those fish, it's only a matter of time before he Terminates them __________________ The Optimist says the glass is half full, the Pessimist says it’s half empty, an engineer only see's a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be! Current Tank Info: Insanely Automated Low Power Consumption 90 Gal Oceanic Bow System/Aquatronica Touch Controller/AQ Dosing Pump/AQT LEDS/AQ SMS/Seq Dart Pump/ASM G3/Ozotech Ozonizer/Koralin 1502/Chiller/Typhoon3 Ro/S.Squirt /Phos React/Rmt DSB

08/01/2006, 04:36 PM	#54
riptidesreef Registered Member. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Daytona Beach, Fl Posts: 62	Great photos....and I cant believe an octopus is eating better than I am. lol __________________ I ate tuna for lunch and now my fish keep giving me the stink eye!! Current Tank Info: several systems dedicated to different types of corals.

08/04/2006, 01:47 PM	#59
RocketSeason Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 601	Great find! Keep us up to date with some new pics! Good luck to you! __________________ There is no such thing as a "Nemo fish". PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 37 Gallon Oceanic Cube, Various softies, 95 lbs of LR, 6 gallon cryptic fuge. Planning my 75 gallon upgrade.

08/06/2006, 04:59 AM	#60
kmacartney Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Athens, OH Posts: 1,444	Wow, that octopus is awesome! Does it change colors? -Keith __________________ <--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods

08/06/2006, 06:34 AM	#61
steve68 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Piscataway,NJ Posts: 4,058	Cool! how big is it? __________________ "Never Give Up Never Surrender" Current Tank Info: 50 Breeder with 250w MH 10k XM bulb & 2 24inch VHO atinic 03,210 gallon Reef tank. 3 250 W MH,MRC CR-2 Reactor & MR-2 Skimmer,150 gallon sump,125 gallon refugium,75 Gallon Frag Tank & adding more water volume every t

08/01/2006, 02:30 PM	#52
Mizu Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA Posts: 48	eh Octopus > Fish

08/01/2006, 02:35 PM	#53
Mizu Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA Posts: 48	"It does look a lot like Octopus briareus, particularly the "web" at the base of its arms, but I don't think that's exclusively diagnostic. If your LFS is correct that it came from the Pacific then it is certainly not O. briareus. The question is whether or not the store really knows where their stuff comes from. Either way, its no dwarf!" Yeah he looks like My Octo Meatwad. Meat was is an O. briareus but he came from florida and some one asked about it and yes you can buy them but first go to www.tonmo.com and start reading. they can be kept they are not to hard once you know how. just a matter of educating yerself

08/02/2006, 07:22 PM	#55
fishy555 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ridgefield CT Posts: 77	dO U WANT to sell it

08/02/2006, 11:24 PM	#56
fishy555 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ridgefield CT Posts: 77	man reef keeping is to fun

08/03/2006, 05:58 AM	#57
lux_06 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: down under Posts: 472	hey that guy looks awsome, i got one as a hitchhiker too, cept it took me the loss of 2 juv clowns, small mimic tang, leopard wrasse, dragon leapoard wrasse and a scoter blenny before i turned my bedside lamp on one night and saw this star shaped thing disapeer behind my rock, never ever saw it during the day, my GF refused to sleep at my place once i found it as i had no lid on my tank. never got him out, but found the body when my tank crashed in the rediculous 47 degree sumers day that cost me my entire setup ( air con broke, no ice or fans could cool my tank cos my rooms in the atic) all my fish were smaller then the ones i can see in your photos and if he's used to your feedings should be ok by now. oh yeh when i told my mate at the LFS what i had found in my tank he laughed so hard to himself cos he said yeh we wondered where that thing disapeered to.... Gee thanks! how bout some store credit then!

08/03/2006, 11:36 AM	#58
fishy555 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ridgefield CT Posts: 77	Sorry to hear lux_06 I wanna get one and set up a tank for it the min tank size for the dawrf octo is only 20g.... YAY

08/07/2006, 11:02 AM	#62
FishMann Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 34	Thats awsome. The same thing happened to me a couple years ago. He came in a turbo snail shell. Sadly there was a grouper in the tank and he didnt last very long.

08/08/2006, 05:51 PM	#64
brandoug Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 50	Too cool!!! __________________ If I hadn't poked it with my finger it wouldn't have bitten me!!! Current Tank Info: 125 g. display w/ 834 watt outer orbit (love the 8 moonlights!). 40 g. sump that has ~29 gal. algae scrubber built in. There is also an elevated 20g long refugium that returns water to the main system via an unfiltered skimmer/overflow setup.

08/08/2006, 05:52 PM	#65
brandoug Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 50	Too cool!!! __________________ If I hadn't poked it with my finger it wouldn't have bitten me!!! Current Tank Info: 125 g. display w/ 834 watt outer orbit (love the 8 moonlights!). 40 g. sump that has ~29 gal. algae scrubber built in. There is also an elevated 20g long refugium that returns water to the main system via an unfiltered skimmer/overflow setup.

08/09/2006, 03:23 AM	#66
The Ocellaris Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northampton Posts: 4	Hey awsome tank Btw if its doing well already and its in your fuge i dont see any reason to get rid of it. Good luck with it anyway an keep up the good work __________________ Ben Current Tank Info: 30 gallon mixed reef

08/09/2006, 06:15 AM	#67
Buddy Pine Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 62	Reef Tank Crashed! Sadly to say, this past Sunday coming home from a 10 day family vacation to discover that my Reef Tank was out of power maybe for a week long. Everything was devastated (I don't know what worst I can say), everything was black and an unbearable strong gross smell. I went to the back room cautiously and one of the plastic tubing from my RO unit burst, spraying water all over until it short circuited some of the electricals and tripped two of the aquarium main breakers. Luckily nothing caught on fire, it just completely shut down the tank. All of my Fish, Clams and Octopus were completely decomposed and the Corals are wiped out. My 7 years of hard work with this 180 gallon Reef Tank just went down the drain in a matter of days. I did not have a tank sitter so I set up an Auto-Top-Off, the additonal plastic tubing that connected to the RO's main membrane had some weak spots on it and was the main cause. I was confident and so proud of myself with the set-up everything was running nicely, the auto-feeder and the the food for the Octo was all ready. What a way to come home from a vacation, I would not wish this happen to anyone. What a bad feeling! I'm just a little messed up right now. Good bye everyone and good luck to all, thank you so much for all your compliments. Manny.

08/09/2006, 06:24 AM	#68
Buddy Pine Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 62	... and here are the last photos.

08/09/2006, 06:42 AM	#69
the real fishman BoomBoomClown Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 219	omg, so sorry to hear. that really sucks __________________ 'Standing on top of the world we hurl once more our challenge to the stars' ...

08/09/2006, 07:13 AM	#70
jbittner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Humboldt, NE Posts: 1,014	Sorry to hear this. Good Luck!

08/09/2006, 07:22 AM	#71
Divetime Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Florida Gulf Coast Posts: 179	Wow, truely amazing system and yet so fragile. Sorry to hear about your loss! What a horror story

08/09/2006, 07:24 AM	#72
steve68 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Piscataway,NJ Posts: 4,058	that sucks ! sorry to hear this. __________________ "Never Give Up Never Surrender" Current Tank Info: 50 Breeder with 250w MH 10k XM bulb & 2 24inch VHO atinic 03,210 gallon Reef tank. 3 250 W MH,MRC CR-2 Reactor & MR-2 Skimmer,150 gallon sump,125 gallon refugium,75 Gallon Frag Tank & adding more water volume every t

08/09/2006, 08:19 AM	#73
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	OMG!!!!!!! Very sorry to hear this. What a shocker back from vacation. Good luck.

08/09/2006, 11:11 AM	#74
Jorge_Omar23 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morelia, Mich. Mexico Posts: 7	No one was in charge of your tank during those 10 days? IÂ´m sorry for all your losses, but keep going youÂ´ll be back in no time!

08/09/2006, 02:24 PM	#75
diver_ua Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kerch, Ukraine Posts: 102	so sorry __________________ Sorry for my poor English ;)