" Just Caught an Large Octopus "

[MistirE]

Well, I was cruising the tide pools here in hawaii looking for a bandit coral shrimp for my small 5 gallon tank the other day and saw a large octopus but he got away. Today I did the same thing and to my surprise, I saw another octopus and cornered him into a shallow area. I caught him and now he is in my 60 gallon tank by himself. I'll put some pix up later

 

[BIGgourami]

PLEASE!!! HURRY WITH THE PICS!!!!!!

 

[Reefscape]

i really wanna see this...I think they are amazing creatures...please can we see some pics........................NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Niko

 

[Euge]

holy ****. how did you catch him? thats amazing. get some pics up NOW

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

I once caught an octopuss when I lived in Hawaii and again Guam years ago. gr8 creatures, very smart. I eventually let him go thou. Hope you do the same as well.


Please be sure to cover the tank VERY tightly and cover EVERY possible opening!

 

[Sescila]

Nice job. Fascinating creatures. I kept one a while back and never got bored of it. Post some pix when you can.

 

[AquataHolic420]

They only live for about a year, then their life-cycles are done...

Great Cuttlefish, octopus, squid site.. basically any cephalopod you can think of attaining, people have had them for years.

www.Tonmo.com

 

[davo]

Awesome, hope you learn something from it. What species is it? you keeping or returning?

 

[Derpeder]

That is AWESOME!!

I once thought about doing a local saltwater tank and scuba diving for the fish and trying to keep an Octopus. GOTTA see the PICS!!!!!

 

[MistirE]

They only live for about a year, then their life-cycles are done...

Great Cuttlefish, octopus, squid site.. basically any cephalopod you can think of attaining, people have had them for years.

www.Tonmo.com

Actually this is a day octopus, they live only for two years. The one I caught layed eggs, so I'm taking it to a friend and the kona hawaii biology lab so they can hatch them out.....also, after a lot of deep though I decided that I am glad I did catch her considering they they are prey for just about everything here in hawaii....morey eels, sharks, large fish etc. And have a horrible mortality rate when young so maybe we can boost the population up a little by raiseing them at the natural lab. I dont have a big enough tank with the PROPER filtration to keep one for long...a 60 gallon WD filtration would only accamodate the girl till I get him to the lab. ANYHOW, HERE'S SOME PIX OF THIS LARGE GIRL IN MY 60 GALLON.....48x15x15....I took them last night. She wasny happy so I'm glad I'm giving her up to a good cause....ALSO, octopus females DIE after giving birth....so I'm not sure how old she's gunna actually make it