Has anyone ever kept an octopus?

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oh no, I should've never put thought into this. I have a 240 I'm trying to set up and a 150 I wanna sell. Now that I know that I can have an octopus is not a good thing.
 
No prob but be careful!!! Spesh with the blue ring and make sure you have a good top these guys can squeeze through many types of tubs like the overflow one and get out , idk how you can fix this but there's prob a way good luck man
 
I am no expert but have heard that a bite from a blue ring is not nearly fatal but nearly allwase fatal. Heard a hand me down story about one that got out of the tank and the owners wife steped on it in the dark got bit and died. Would probably be best to treat one like it is more dangerous than a hot snake.
 
Hit up the salt invert section a lot of people keep them. Fishy 12 knows a lot especially.
 
I just moved it here in the invert section.lol ^^^
 
I live in San Francisco and when I was fishing, I caught a small octopus. I had 2 saltwater tanks and transferred the fish into one tank so I could keep the octopus in one. Don't do it. They are escape artist and can squeeze thru any type of hole in the tank. It escaped and luckily I found it immediately and I ended up returning the octopus back into the ocean. They are really cool but they need alot of planning in order to keep them,
The Doctor.
 
Dr_Shakalu;4769948; said:
I live in San Francisco and when I was fishing, I caught a small octopus. I had 2 saltwater tanks and transferred the fish into one tank so I could keep the octopus in one. Don't do it. They are escape artist and can squeeze thru any type of hole in the tank. It escaped and luckily I found it immediately and I ended up returning the octopus back into the ocean. They are really cool but they need alot of planning in order to keep them,
The Doctor.
Where did you catch it? I want to stay away from that area when i fish
 
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