blue ring octopus

[VLDesign]

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Buyer (You): No one twisted your arm, no gun was held to your head, and you woudnt have lost anything had you decided to pass on that opportunity... However, if you choose to purchase this animal (or any animal of a venomous, agressive, dangerous manor), then responsibility and "Blame" can be rightfully placed on you. You chose the animal, you paid for the animal, you brought the animal home, you worked to keep the animal alive and healthy.... So if tragedy hit... "You" is what will come up in the questioning - Not the divers/collectors, not the importers/exporters, and as long as it was legal, not the suppliers/LFS... Just you. "

Yes I agree as long as this "You" has a clue as to what they are looking to purchase. Many time I have seen the BO for sale and a guy ready to buy it on first sight. The LFS guy hadn't said anything about it being deadly then as he is bagging it I would ask the buyer if he knows anything about the BO and they usually say no it's just cool looking. After I tell them it can kill him they usually thank me for the info and then don't buy it.

One time I did this the LFS employee actaully kicked me out of the store for blowing his sale.

This is why the LFS is and will always be the first party to be held responsible for problems associated with these.
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[dr_sudz]

Education is the key to safety. As we all know too many people buy things on an impulse and most general public couldn't even tell you what type of fish was in their tanks. I agree that LFS should not carry these animals due to the danger of their care. The above post is a great example of such reason behind not letting just anyone sell them. I can understand the want for a hobbiest to want to keep them but they should have to get them from the level before the LFS and special order them, that way only those who know of the BO in the first place could get them.

 

[Fishes33]

I have these available to me every week out of LA wholesalers and i do not buy them due to i be leave they should not be collected. And they are cheep also in the $20 range. There are some other fish i don't carry as well due to the fact i be leave they should not be in captivity.

Wow! $20, I wanna buy one ^^ Itd be cool if its in a 12G nano cube They look really nice thou, as for the venom, handle them safetly, it should be alright, just like stone fish, lionfish etc etc ^^

 

[Scuba Kid]

Wow! $20, I wanna buy one ^^ Itd be cool if its in a 12G nano cube They look really nice thou, as for the venom, handle them safetly, it should be alright, just like stone fish, lionfish etc etc ^^

Nothing like that because their venom isn't fatal. The Blue Ring Octo's venom will shut down your neurological system and you will die. I suggest reading a little bit.

 

[ewurm]

Wow! $20, I wanna buy one ^^ Itd be cool if its in a 12G nano cube They look really nice thou, as for the venom, handle them safetly, it should be alright, just like stone fish, lionfish etc etc ^^

They can puncture the bag and kill you before you even get the bag in the cube. The last site you see is the stupid 12 gal tank.

 

[ewurm]

I'll post pics of the one for my 20 gal tank. He won't even let me clean the tank, I can't get it away from the top. I am terrified.

 

[rallysman]

I don't understand that at all, they only live for two years AND they can kill you.




Cool.

Not cool, Monster!

 

[ewurm]

I'll post pics of the one for my 20 gal tank. He won't even let me clean the tank, I can't get it away from the top. I am terrified.

Having trouble resizing pics, working on it. Camera program sucks.

 

[Bsixxx]

hmm 29 nano here i come


i know someone with a tank like that hes on crack or something

has flipping lion fish, those damn conch shell snails or what ever the kinds that can kill people and he has like three of these little octopusses in their

psh good luck cleaning that thing

but seriously i want one of these things hide my cash in the bottom of the tank

 

[ewurm]

Not something you want. It guards the tank like a ninja!