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02/28/2003, 06:07 PM | #1 |
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About a year Old Now - BiMac
Just thought I'd update ya all about Octavious. He's about one now. In a 29 with a CPR BakPak2, Mini404 and 4" southdown, 1 liverock. No cover on the tank ever, he's been a good octopus
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02/28/2003, 06:13 PM | #2 |
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Eating his Krill
In this photo he was changing to the manmade cave color to eat his krill.
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02/28/2003, 06:19 PM | #3 |
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Last One - Close Up
I cropped out a portion so you could see the skin texture. He is eating krill here also, same sequence.
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02/28/2003, 06:51 PM | #4 |
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Hello NHreefer,
Nice pictures! Is that freeze dried or frozen krill? I may try to give mine some if it is freeze dried as I feed it to some of my fish. Michael |
02/28/2003, 07:09 PM | #5 |
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Hey Mike. Thanks. Ya it's the Tetra Dried Krill. I put it on a stick and let him chase it, if I don't have fresh food, I give him 2 of the bigger ones in the can.
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02/28/2003, 08:28 PM | #6 |
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Hi everybody. Nice pics! That's a cool octo. I thought Bimacs only lived like 9 months! I just got a new octo tonight (my second one). I think it must be a bimac, because it has large black eyspots. Its full grown and wild caught, so I have no idea how old it is or how long it will live, but it seemed freindly, and I felt sorry for it, sitting in a bare bottomed 40 gal tank with NO rocks or decorations of any sort at an LFS. My first octo was a tank raised bimac from FFE last fall. Lived two months before it got some sort of skin ifection and died. I hope this one does better! I'm going to try to attach some pics as soon as I can cox him out!
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02/28/2003, 09:15 PM | #7 |
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Congratulations on keeping him so long. Good job!
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03/03/2003, 06:17 PM | #8 |
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Great job, 12 months is a record out here for a wild caught specimen. Congradulations, gotta love the low water temps!
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03/04/2003, 09:07 AM | #9 |
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1 1/2 years before escape
I had one do great for about a year and a half than climb out of the tank. Fed it crayfish and other fresh water crabs. In 29 gallon tank
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03/04/2003, 06:57 PM | #10 |
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what species did you keep
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