I miss my bimac, should I get a vulgaris?

alligator · 03/27/2003, 03:09 PM

I'm back.

I haven't been hanging around this forum much because my bimac died a few months back.

So, I turned my tank back into a reef tank and I now have corals and several fish happily swimming around.

The only problem is that I really, really liked having an octo in my tank, and I want another one.

This time, I want a larger one - maybe a vulgaris? If I upgrade my 55 gallon tank to a 150 and keep the 150 a reef, what is the largest octo I can keep in my 55 and still find online? The only reason I ask, is because finding an octo the first time was hard, even for a bimac.

Any ideas?

cephalopoder · 03/28/2003, 06:17 AM

A vulgaris would do great in a large tank. They are not easy to come across in the trade however. If its a 55 I would stick with bimaculoides. Look at www.fishsupply.com, they can get you a bimac.

Energy · 03/28/2003, 07:38 PM

Flying Fish Express sometimes stock Vulgaris. Check out the Ceph pages and look under suppliers they have a list of places that supply octopi and different species.

RicksReefs · 03/28/2003, 07:52 PM

....or, i could pick up a V. for you

interested in trading?

03/27/2003, 03:09 PM	#1
alligator Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 455	I miss my bimac, should I get a vulgaris? I'm back. I haven't been hanging around this forum much because my bimac died a few months back. So, I turned my tank back into a reef tank and I now have corals and several fish happily swimming around. The only problem is that I really, really liked having an octo in my tank, and I want another one. This time, I want a larger one - maybe a vulgaris? If I upgrade my 55 gallon tank to a 150 and keep the 150 a reef, what is the largest octo I can keep in my 55 and still find online? The only reason I ask, is because finding an octo the first time was hard, even for a bimac. Any ideas?

03/28/2003, 06:17 AM	#2
cephalopoder Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NH Posts: 898	A vulgaris would do great in a large tank. They are not easy to come across in the trade however. If its a 55 I would stick with bimaculoides. Look at www.fishsupply.com, they can get you a bimac. __________________ Master the food chain and you can rear anything.

03/28/2003, 07:38 PM	#3
Energy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mendota Heights,MN Posts: 411	Flying Fish Express sometimes stock Vulgaris. Check out the Ceph pages and look under suppliers they have a list of places that supply octopi and different species.

03/28/2003, 07:52 PM	#4
RicksReefs Moved On Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In America's Dangling Junk State. Posts: 6,413	....or, i could pick up a V. for you interested in trading?