About a year Old Now - BiMac

NHreefer · 02/28/2003, 06:07 PM

Just thought I'd update ya all about Octavious. He's about one now. In a 29 with a CPR BakPak2, Mini404 and 4" southdown, 1 liverock. No cover on the tank ever, he's been a good octopus

sorry about the size of the photo I didnt realize the new maxsize 51200 ouch.

NHreefer · 02/28/2003, 06:13 PM

In this photo he was changing to the manmade cave color to eat his krill.

NHreefer · 02/28/2003, 06:19 PM

I cropped out a portion so you could see the skin texture. He is eating krill here also, same sequence.

rcmike · 02/28/2003, 06:51 PM

Hello NHreefer,

Nice pictures! Is that freeze dried or frozen krill? I may try to give mine some if it is freeze dried as I feed it to some of my fish.

Michael

NHreefer · 02/28/2003, 07:09 PM

Hey Mike. Thanks. Ya it's the Tetra Dried Krill. I put it on a stick and let him chase it, if I don't have fresh food, I give him 2 of the bigger ones in the can.
Chris

jjensen6823 · 02/28/2003, 08:28 PM

Hi everybody. Nice pics! That's a cool octo. I thought Bimacs only lived like 9 months! I just got a new octo tonight (my second one). I think it must be a bimac, because it has large black eyspots. Its full grown and wild caught, so I have no idea how old it is or how long it will live, but it seemed freindly, and I felt sorry for it, sitting in a bare bottomed 40 gal tank with NO rocks or decorations of any sort at an LFS. My first octo was a tank raised bimac from FFE last fall. Lived two months before it got some sort of skin ifection and died. I hope this one does better! I'm going to try to attach some pics as soon as I can cox him out!

sideways · 02/28/2003, 09:15 PM

Congratulations on keeping him so long. Good job!

cephalopoder · 03/03/2003, 06:17 PM

Great job, 12 months is a record out here for a wild caught specimen. Congradulations, gotta love the low water temps!

imbuggin · 03/04/2003, 09:07 AM

I had one do great for about a year and a half than climb out of the tank. Fed it crayfish and other fresh water crabs. In 29 gallon tank

cephalopoder · 03/04/2003, 06:57 PM

what species did you keep

02/28/2003, 06:07 PM	#1
NHreefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NH Posts: 275	About a year Old Now - BiMac Just thought I'd update ya all about Octavious. He's about one now. In a 29 with a CPR BakPak2, Mini404 and 4" southdown, 1 liverock. No cover on the tank ever, he's been a good octopus sorry about the size of the photo I didnt realize the new maxsize 51200 ouch.

02/28/2003, 06:13 PM	#2
NHreefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NH Posts: 275	Eating his Krill In this photo he was changing to the manmade cave color to eat his krill.

02/28/2003, 06:19 PM	#3
NHreefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NH Posts: 275	Last One - Close Up I cropped out a portion so you could see the skin texture. He is eating krill here also, same sequence.

03/03/2003, 06:17 PM	#8
cephalopoder Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NH Posts: 898	Great job, 12 months is a record out here for a wild caught specimen. Congradulations, gotta love the low water temps! __________________ Master the food chain and you can rear anything.

03/04/2003, 09:07 AM	#9
imbuggin Moved On Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: chicago Posts: 1,495	1 1/2 years before escape I had one do great for about a year and a half than climb out of the tank. Fed it crayfish and other fresh water crabs. In 29 gallon tank

02/28/2003, 06:51 PM	#4
rcmike Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dickson, TN Posts: 3,369	Hello NHreefer, Nice pictures! Is that freeze dried or frozen krill? I may try to give mine some if it is freeze dried as I feed it to some of my fish. Michael

02/28/2003, 07:09 PM	#5
NHreefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NH Posts: 275	Hey Mike. Thanks. Ya it's the Tetra Dried Krill. I put it on a stick and let him chase it, if I don't have fresh food, I give him 2 of the bigger ones in the can. Chris

02/28/2003, 08:28 PM	#6
jjensen6823 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kent, OH Posts: 111	Hi everybody. Nice pics! That's a cool octo. I thought Bimacs only lived like 9 months! I just got a new octo tonight (my second one). I think it must be a bimac, because it has large black eyspots. Its full grown and wild caught, so I have no idea how old it is or how long it will live, but it seemed freindly, and I felt sorry for it, sitting in a bare bottomed 40 gal tank with NO rocks or decorations of any sort at an LFS. My first octo was a tank raised bimac from FFE last fall. Lived two months before it got some sort of skin ifection and died. I hope this one does better! I'm going to try to attach some pics as soon as I can cox him out!

02/28/2003, 09:15 PM	#7
sideways Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Swansboro N.C. Posts: 95	Congratulations on keeping him so long. Good job!

03/04/2003, 06:57 PM	#10
cephalopoder Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NH Posts: 898	what species did you keep __________________ Master the food chain and you can rear anything.