giant pacific octopus

candidpets · 03/15/2016, 02:30 PM

Was just curious this has been bugging me a long long time, i work in an aquarium and we have a honey comb moray very powerful fish, its in with great barracudas and bosses them around, killed a grouper and its only a baby still like 4 feet max!

Would an adult of these species prey on a giant octopus? Is there any moray that would? OR Conger? just curious?

RobbyG · 03/15/2016, 04:27 PM

I am not sure if it would try. I do remember a snippet on the news about 3-4 years ago about sharks that were dying in a public Aquarium. They finally caught the culprit on camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9A-oxUMAy8

travis9791 · 03/15/2016, 04:40 PM

That was a neat video. I wonder how they could eat a fish that big with the beaked mouths that they have.

candidpets · 03/15/2016, 04:45 PM

i was curious about the wild also

I never get to read much on conger eel or seen them in live aquaria but htey are suppose to be the largest eel and have a diet like a moray with same powerful jaws

the sf aquarium told me they lost their giant p octopus to something called a cowfish which shocked me

jalisco · 03/22/2016, 01:52 AM

Eels and sharks prey on each other as do octopuses and eels. Sometimes it comes down to who has the size or ambush advantage.

Bent · 03/22/2016, 02:46 PM

good god the commentary on that video...

candidpets · 03/30/2016, 09:58 PM

jailso i have never heard of a octopus taking or eating a moray?

jalisco · 03/30/2016, 11:14 PM

I caught a monkey faced eel poke poling and had a baby GPO attack it while I was landing it and brought them both out of the water. Based on that experience coupled with all the videos of octopuses eating sharks and sharks eating eels I apologize and now realize I must have assumed and not actually seen an octo successfuly attack and kill a heathly eel.
My bad.

Sk8r · 03/31/2016, 09:36 AM

tonic immobility affects some sharks if flipped. That may have played some part in the contest.

https://www.sharktrust.org/en/tonic_immobility

jalisco · 03/31/2016, 02:58 PM

How amazing if turning the shark over is a deliberate part of the attack sequence.

azjohnny · 06/04/2016, 07:21 PM

Just got done watching an episode of River Monsters and they were talking about this, It was at the Seattle Aquarium and they couldn't figure out whyat was happening to the sharks. They say the GPOs can reach over 300 lbs and over 25 ft in diameter and if they would go after humans.

They also had a show on the Humboldt Squid when they are in a feeding frenzy are very aggressive and hunt in packs like wolves. The fishermen in Peru call them The Red Devil

Sk8r · 06/06/2016, 01:48 PM

I've seen the resident octopi on many visits. It's my impression they keep them a while and then turn them out to reproduce and demise, as they do. The first one I saw there was IMHO the biggest.

Zatoichi · 12/27/2016, 12:50 AM

That's pretty darn cool

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krazyk148 · 03/24/2017, 01:44 PM

Id never put an octopus and eel in the same tank again after my last experience. One by one the eel ate every tentacle until the octopus was just a head.

pinnatus · 03/24/2017, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krazyk148

Id never put an octopus and eel in the same tank again after my last experience. One by one the eel ate every tentacle until the octopus was just a head.

He should quit while he is a head.

Pericyte · 03/27/2017, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinnatus

He should quit while he is a head.

Guess he will never get a leg up on the situation.

MrBiggs · 04/22/2018, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobbyG

I am not sure if it would try. I do remember a snippet on the news about 3-4 years ago about sharks that were dying in a public Aquarium. They finally caught the culprit on camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9A-oxUMAy8

What a cool video!

Hadla · 06/04/2018, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pericyte

Guess he will never get a leg up on the situation.

Rotflmao I know this is old but love the Austin powers puns!!!

03/15/2016, 02:30 PM	#1
candidpets Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 8	giant pacific octopus Was just curious this has been bugging me a long long time, i work in an aquarium and we have a honey comb moray very powerful fish, its in with great barracudas and bosses them around, killed a grouper and its only a baby still like 4 feet max! Would an adult of these species prey on a giant octopus? Is there any moray that would? OR Conger? just curious?

03/15/2016, 04:27 PM	#2
RobbyG Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 600 Ft From the Reef Posts: 2,099	I am not sure if it would try. I do remember a snippet on the news about 3-4 years ago about sharks that were dying in a public Aquarium. They finally caught the culprit on camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9A-oxUMAy8 __________________ 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

03/22/2016, 02:46 PM	#6
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	good god the commentary on that video... __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

03/31/2016, 09:36 AM	#9
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	tonic immobility affects some sharks if flipped. That may have played some part in the contest. https://www.sharktrust.org/en/tonic_immobility __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/06/2016, 01:48 PM	#12
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	I've seen the resident octopi on many visits. It's my impression they keep them a while and then turn them out to reproduce and demise, as they do. The first one I saw there was IMHO the biggest. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

03/15/2016, 04:40 PM	#3
travis9791 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 72	That was a neat video. I wonder how they could eat a fish that big with the beaked mouths that they have.

03/15/2016, 04:45 PM	#4
candidpets Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 8	i was curious about the wild also I never get to read much on conger eel or seen them in live aquaria but htey are suppose to be the largest eel and have a diet like a moray with same powerful jaws the sf aquarium told me they lost their giant p octopus to something called a cowfish which shocked me

03/22/2016, 01:52 AM	#5
jalisco Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bay Area, Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 325	Eels and sharks prey on each other as do octopuses and eels. Sometimes it comes down to who has the size or ambush advantage.

03/30/2016, 09:58 PM	#7
candidpets Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 8	jailso i have never heard of a octopus taking or eating a moray?

03/30/2016, 11:14 PM	#8
jalisco Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bay Area, Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 325	I caught a monkey faced eel poke poling and had a baby GPO attack it while I was landing it and brought them both out of the water. Based on that experience coupled with all the videos of octopuses eating sharks and sharks eating eels I apologize and now realize I must have assumed and not actually seen an octo successfuly attack and kill a heathly eel. My bad.

03/31/2016, 02:58 PM	#10
jalisco Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bay Area, Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 325	How amazing if turning the shark over is a deliberate part of the attack sequence.

06/04/2016, 07:21 PM	#11
azjohnny Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Gold Canyon Posts: 2,914	Just got done watching an episode of River Monsters and they were talking about this, It was at the Seattle Aquarium and they couldn't figure out whyat was happening to the sharks. They say the GPOs can reach over 300 lbs and over 25 ft in diameter and if they would go after humans. They also had a show on the Humboldt Squid when they are in a feeding frenzy are very aggressive and hunt in packs like wolves. The fishermen in Peru call them The Red Devil

12/27/2016, 12:50 AM	#13
Zatoichi Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 440	That's pretty darn cool Sent from my SM-J700T1 using Tapatalk

03/24/2017, 01:44 PM	#14
krazyk148 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 121	Id never put an octopus and eel in the same tank again after my last experience. One by one the eel ate every tentacle until the octopus was just a head.