Nancy
Sep 22nd, 2007, 11:49am
-Hi all,
This List is ordered by date, latest additions first. Octopuses acquired prior to October, 2006 are in a separate post: List of Our Octopuses, 2003 - September, 2006, also at the top of this forum. Note that the starting dates are the dates the octopus was acquired, not the date it hatched.
Also, O. filosus should now be O. hummelincki
Information listed:
Octo name - keeper (species) date acquired - date of death / source / keeper's location
If you notice that your octopus is missing from this list, please PM me with the information and I'll add your occy!
Little Chef - Chef Reef - ? O. hummelincki Aug 26/08 FLA LFS
Ocho - Shea (O. hummelincki) Aug 23/08
Barney - deep8 - (?species) Aug 22/08 Tennessee
Fenway - Guero - (?O. bimaculoides) June/08 CA San Diego
Oscar - corw314 - (?species) July 19/08 NJ
Merlin -TrappedMetel - (A. aculeatus) July 12/08 UK
Al - sedna - (A. aculeatus) July 15/08 LFS
Grover - Animal Mother (A. aculeatus) June 24/08 TX
New octopus - corw314 (?species) June 13 - 21/08 That Pet Place, PA NJ
Dr. Zoidberg - simple (? A. aculeatus) May 30/08 Marinedepotlive
Mirage - Redoc (A. aculeatus) May 16/08 King Ed Pet Center North Vancouver BC eggs
octopus - Octo666 (H. lunulata) CA
Doctor - lexcanaves O. briareus May 08
octopus - Thales (O. chierchiae) May 08 CA
Aculeatus #1 - Redoc (A. aculeatus) April 25 - May 2/08 King Ed Pet Centerm N. Vancouver BC
noname - corw314 - (?species) March 08 LFS NJ
Charley - Jon C (O chierchiae) March 08/08
Shelby - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Beluga - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Tarzan - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Quattro - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Nepture -apawlows (O. cyanea) Feb 08
Zancudo - slothboy77 (pygmy) Feb/08
octopus - KDS (? O. bimaculatus) Feb 14/08 Marine Depot
Octavius - Octovarium (O. hummelincki) February /08 LFS CT
Taco - fishkid6692 (O. hummelincki) Feb 5 - March 10/08 LFS CT
octopus - ssevcik (?species) Jan 26/08 FLA
octopus - Vee (mimic) 8 months old (died after losing or chewing off leg)
octopus - Michael Roth (?A. aculeatus) Feb 2/08 Calgary,Alberta, Canada
Henry - Big Fish - (O. bimaculoides ?) Feb 2/08
Octopus Prime - Mikewise (?A. aculeatus) Jan 30/08 Marinedepotlive
octopus - Pattro - (?species) Jan 26/08
Octopus Prime - Maximus - (?species) Jan 08 lived only a few days; old octopus
Octane - dwhatley - (O. hummelincki) Jan 22/08 GA
Varys - gholland - (O. mercatoris) Dec 22/07 - Mar 19/08 OK (Collected in FLA)
Kalypso - Animal Mother (O. briareus) Jan 18/08 Tom's TX
octopus - 1blackchicken (?species) Jan/08 CA
Nubbin - Luigi (A. aculeatus?) Jan 08 LFS
Conan the Destroyer (Conanny after eggs laid)- Joefish - (O. briareus) Jan 17/08 Tom's SC
McLovin or Evelyn - simple - (O. briareus) Jan 20/08 Tom's
Lucky - SandV (A. aculeatus) Jan 08 LFS arranged rescue and found Lucky a home in WA
Achilles - dreadhead (?species) Jan 08 - Mar 08 NY escaped from tank and died
octopus - UNMC2010-?species) Jan 08 NE
Medusa - Thales (wunderpus) Jan 10/08 LFS CA
Kharma - Animal Mother (A. aculeatus) Jan 10/08 - Feb 19 LiveAquaria TX
Kraken - Aquatech
Ozzy - Aqua Tech (O. joubini?) Ontario Canada
Olorin - dreadhead (O. briareus) Dec 15/07 LFS Country Critters Long Island
Peepers- Zombie (?O. hummelincki) marinebio_guy
Hitch - Zombie (O. hummelincki)LFS
Rodger - Zombie (O. hummelincki) Marine Depot
Otto - Zombie O.bimaculoides zyan silver
doc ock - Zombie (blue ring) LFS
Blue - Zombie (O. briareus) Tom's Caribbean
octopus - Zombie (unknown species) Tampa Bay Saltwater female
octopus - Colin (?Octopus horridus species complex) Dec 7-9/07 LFS Scotland Went into senescence
Erin's octopus - Colin (Octopus horridus species complex) Dec 7/07 Wholesaler Scotland
Glove - domboski (A. aculeatus?) Nov/07 NYAquatic (LFS) NY
octopus - markush (O. mercatoris) April/07 (discovered in Nov) Hitchhiker on TBS live rock
octopus - zombie (O. vulgaris?) November 21/07 Tampa Bay Saltwater
octopus - flatidbit (O. briareus) November 21/07 eBay
Pearl - Stevie (?O. bimaculoides) November 6/07 LFS
Kraken - ionredline0206 (?species) November 14/07 Quality Marine tank raised
Rigby - SandV (?O. bimauloides) Oct 31/07 LFS Idaho - May 24/08
Kenny - Bigpapa(A. aculeatus) October 29 - Nov 4/07 liveaquaria.com
Fecha - simple (A. aculeatus) October 29/07 liveaquaria.com
Bud - mosthated (A. aculeatus) October 25 - Nov 15/07 liveaquaria.com
Leviathan (Levi) -compaqh (?species) Oct 22 07 MGB
Stevie (Alexandra) - Alexandra (pygmy) Sept 7 - Nov 5/07 Marine Solutions, St. Louis MO senescence
Detective Hachi -bizandheath (?O.bimaculoides) LFS OR
Squirt - Bigpapa (O. bimaculoides) Sept 07 marinebio_guy NJ deceased
Mark - gun808 (A. aculeatus) Sept 07 - Oct 6/07 occy from N. Queensland Australia
octopus - Youngloki (Callistoctopus luteus) Sept 07 LFS, from Phillipines FLA
octopus - bobby_a (?atlantic pygmy octopus) Sept 07 LFS
Barnaby - Bigpappa -(O. filosus) Sept19-Sept 21 NJ saltwaterfish.com
Seth - Ash (? reef octopus) Sept 18/07 North Queensland, Australia
Fluffy - drakanorn (O. briareus) Sept 5/07 Purchased on EBay
hitchhiker - OU_JDub (?O. mercatoris) Aug 07 On live rock from TBS TX
Octopus - AD2U (O. vulgaris) Aug 22/07 NC
Polyphemus - Animal Mother (O. filosus) Aug 22/07 TX saltwaterfish.com
Octopus - Crocgurl93 (unknown) Aug 13-17/07 LFS MD
Mimzy - Krakilin (O. filosus) Aug 7-Sept 3/07 saltwaterfish.com
Lego - 4LEGO (O. bimaculoides) August 3 07 Caught at Seal Beach, CA
Kaleidoscope - shipposhack (O.filosus ?) August 3 - 31/07 saltwaterfish.com
Octopus - swimdude (unidentified) August 15 - September 14/07 newly set up tank
Tuvalu - Animal Mother (O. filosus) July 31- August 20/07 (killed by Bahama Star?) saltwaterfish.com
Octopus - joefish (c.b. bimac) July 25 /07 Aug 2/07 deceased
Octopus - Ben (species?) July/07 VA
Reepers - gravesly ("vulgaris") July 22 07 IL
Benny - Mr. Fishy (O. bimaculoides) July 9 07 Boston MA
Octopus - naturechris (unidentified) July 13 07 UK
Octavius - krakilin (O. briareus) June 13 07 - July 24 08 escaped and died
Sabastian - delosa (unidentified) May 1/07 OH
Creepers - gravesly (unidentified) April 28/07 -May 25/07 eggs hatched deceased IL
Creepy - griffen7777 (A. aculeatus) March 30/07 CA deceased mid-July 07
Octopus -nickcoletti (unidentified "vulgaris") March 22/07
Ozzie - Archer (unidentified) March 21/07
Biddle - corw314 (dwarf?) March 15/07 - Jan 9/08 LFS NJ
Ogilvie - svxVT (O. bimaculoides) March - August 17/07 Zyan Silver
Schlemm - norgebyblood (small blue green octopus) Mar 11/07 - Jan 28/08 LFS Was blind for last 21/2 mo
Octopus - Raudy ("altantic reef octopus") March/07
Medusa - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Sistrurus - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Miss Broody - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
HideNSeek - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Mia - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Mr. Octopus - Dhyslop (O. bimaculoides) Feb 24/07 zyan silver
Fontanelle - Thales (Wunderpus photogenicus) Feb 16/07 (through wholesaler, from Sulawesi) CA
Darwin - i need cuttle (O. mercatoris) Feb/07 LFS
Goliath - Dutch Courage (O. bimaculoides) Feb/07 zyan silver
Aussie Octo - ozoccy (?reef octopus) Jan/07 - Sept 25/07 Australia, 8 months with owner
Octifffany -dwhatley (dwarf) Jan/07
Otto- Rudy (?A. aculeatus) Jan/07 LFS
Gir - Mizu (O. bimaculoides) ?Jan/07 Zyan Silver deceased
Dib - Mizu (O. bimaculoides) ?Jan/07 Zyan Silver deceased
Octavian - GrBeast (?species) Jan 16/07 LFS
Othello - norgebyblood (?caribbean reef octopus) Jan - March/07
For earlier octopuses, see the List of our Octopuses that covers the period through December 2006
This List is ordered by date, latest additions first. Octopuses acquired prior to October, 2006 are in a separate post: List of Our Octopuses, 2003 - September, 2006, also at the top of this forum. Note that the starting dates are the dates the octopus was acquired, not the date it hatched.
Also, O. filosus should now be O. hummelincki
Information listed:
Octo name - keeper (species) date acquired - date of death / source / keeper's location
If you notice that your octopus is missing from this list, please PM me with the information and I'll add your occy!
Little Chef - Chef Reef - ? O. hummelincki Aug 26/08 FLA LFS
Ocho - Shea (O. hummelincki) Aug 23/08
Barney - deep8 - (?species) Aug 22/08 Tennessee
Fenway - Guero - (?O. bimaculoides) June/08 CA San Diego
Oscar - corw314 - (?species) July 19/08 NJ
Merlin -TrappedMetel - (A. aculeatus) July 12/08 UK
Al - sedna - (A. aculeatus) July 15/08 LFS
Grover - Animal Mother (A. aculeatus) June 24/08 TX
New octopus - corw314 (?species) June 13 - 21/08 That Pet Place, PA NJ
Dr. Zoidberg - simple (? A. aculeatus) May 30/08 Marinedepotlive
Mirage - Redoc (A. aculeatus) May 16/08 King Ed Pet Center North Vancouver BC eggs
octopus - Octo666 (H. lunulata) CA
Doctor - lexcanaves O. briareus May 08
octopus - Thales (O. chierchiae) May 08 CA
Aculeatus #1 - Redoc (A. aculeatus) April 25 - May 2/08 King Ed Pet Centerm N. Vancouver BC
noname - corw314 - (?species) March 08 LFS NJ
Charley - Jon C (O chierchiae) March 08/08
Shelby - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Beluga - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Tarzan - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Quattro - gholland (O. mercatoris) March 2/08 tank raised, Vary's baby OK
Nepture -apawlows (O. cyanea) Feb 08
Zancudo - slothboy77 (pygmy) Feb/08
octopus - KDS (? O. bimaculatus) Feb 14/08 Marine Depot
Octavius - Octovarium (O. hummelincki) February /08 LFS CT
Taco - fishkid6692 (O. hummelincki) Feb 5 - March 10/08 LFS CT
octopus - ssevcik (?species) Jan 26/08 FLA
octopus - Vee (mimic) 8 months old (died after losing or chewing off leg)
octopus - Michael Roth (?A. aculeatus) Feb 2/08 Calgary,Alberta, Canada
Henry - Big Fish - (O. bimaculoides ?) Feb 2/08
Octopus Prime - Mikewise (?A. aculeatus) Jan 30/08 Marinedepotlive
octopus - Pattro - (?species) Jan 26/08
Octopus Prime - Maximus - (?species) Jan 08 lived only a few days; old octopus
Octane - dwhatley - (O. hummelincki) Jan 22/08 GA
Varys - gholland - (O. mercatoris) Dec 22/07 - Mar 19/08 OK (Collected in FLA)
Kalypso - Animal Mother (O. briareus) Jan 18/08 Tom's TX
octopus - 1blackchicken (?species) Jan/08 CA
Nubbin - Luigi (A. aculeatus?) Jan 08 LFS
Conan the Destroyer (Conanny after eggs laid)- Joefish - (O. briareus) Jan 17/08 Tom's SC
McLovin or Evelyn - simple - (O. briareus) Jan 20/08 Tom's
Lucky - SandV (A. aculeatus) Jan 08 LFS arranged rescue and found Lucky a home in WA
Achilles - dreadhead (?species) Jan 08 - Mar 08 NY escaped from tank and died
octopus - UNMC2010-?species) Jan 08 NE
Medusa - Thales (wunderpus) Jan 10/08 LFS CA
Kharma - Animal Mother (A. aculeatus) Jan 10/08 - Feb 19 LiveAquaria TX
Kraken - Aquatech
Ozzy - Aqua Tech (O. joubini?) Ontario Canada
Olorin - dreadhead (O. briareus) Dec 15/07 LFS Country Critters Long Island
Peepers- Zombie (?O. hummelincki) marinebio_guy
Hitch - Zombie (O. hummelincki)LFS
Rodger - Zombie (O. hummelincki) Marine Depot
Otto - Zombie O.bimaculoides zyan silver
doc ock - Zombie (blue ring) LFS
Blue - Zombie (O. briareus) Tom's Caribbean
octopus - Zombie (unknown species) Tampa Bay Saltwater female
octopus - Colin (?Octopus horridus species complex) Dec 7-9/07 LFS Scotland Went into senescence
Erin's octopus - Colin (Octopus horridus species complex) Dec 7/07 Wholesaler Scotland
Glove - domboski (A. aculeatus?) Nov/07 NYAquatic (LFS) NY
octopus - markush (O. mercatoris) April/07 (discovered in Nov) Hitchhiker on TBS live rock
octopus - zombie (O. vulgaris?) November 21/07 Tampa Bay Saltwater
octopus - flatidbit (O. briareus) November 21/07 eBay
Pearl - Stevie (?O. bimaculoides) November 6/07 LFS
Kraken - ionredline0206 (?species) November 14/07 Quality Marine tank raised
Rigby - SandV (?O. bimauloides) Oct 31/07 LFS Idaho - May 24/08
Kenny - Bigpapa(A. aculeatus) October 29 - Nov 4/07 liveaquaria.com
Fecha - simple (A. aculeatus) October 29/07 liveaquaria.com
Bud - mosthated (A. aculeatus) October 25 - Nov 15/07 liveaquaria.com
Leviathan (Levi) -compaqh (?species) Oct 22 07 MGB
Stevie (Alexandra) - Alexandra (pygmy) Sept 7 - Nov 5/07 Marine Solutions, St. Louis MO senescence
Detective Hachi -bizandheath (?O.bimaculoides) LFS OR
Squirt - Bigpapa (O. bimaculoides) Sept 07 marinebio_guy NJ deceased
Mark - gun808 (A. aculeatus) Sept 07 - Oct 6/07 occy from N. Queensland Australia
octopus - Youngloki (Callistoctopus luteus) Sept 07 LFS, from Phillipines FLA
octopus - bobby_a (?atlantic pygmy octopus) Sept 07 LFS
Barnaby - Bigpappa -(O. filosus) Sept19-Sept 21 NJ saltwaterfish.com
Seth - Ash (? reef octopus) Sept 18/07 North Queensland, Australia
Fluffy - drakanorn (O. briareus) Sept 5/07 Purchased on EBay
hitchhiker - OU_JDub (?O. mercatoris) Aug 07 On live rock from TBS TX
Octopus - AD2U (O. vulgaris) Aug 22/07 NC
Polyphemus - Animal Mother (O. filosus) Aug 22/07 TX saltwaterfish.com
Octopus - Crocgurl93 (unknown) Aug 13-17/07 LFS MD
Mimzy - Krakilin (O. filosus) Aug 7-Sept 3/07 saltwaterfish.com
Lego - 4LEGO (O. bimaculoides) August 3 07 Caught at Seal Beach, CA
Kaleidoscope - shipposhack (O.filosus ?) August 3 - 31/07 saltwaterfish.com
Octopus - swimdude (unidentified) August 15 - September 14/07 newly set up tank
Tuvalu - Animal Mother (O. filosus) July 31- August 20/07 (killed by Bahama Star?) saltwaterfish.com
Octopus - joefish (c.b. bimac) July 25 /07 Aug 2/07 deceased
Octopus - Ben (species?) July/07 VA
Reepers - gravesly ("vulgaris") July 22 07 IL
Benny - Mr. Fishy (O. bimaculoides) July 9 07 Boston MA
Octopus - naturechris (unidentified) July 13 07 UK
Octavius - krakilin (O. briareus) June 13 07 - July 24 08 escaped and died
Sabastian - delosa (unidentified) May 1/07 OH
Creepers - gravesly (unidentified) April 28/07 -May 25/07 eggs hatched deceased IL
Creepy - griffen7777 (A. aculeatus) March 30/07 CA deceased mid-July 07
Octopus -nickcoletti (unidentified "vulgaris") March 22/07
Ozzie - Archer (unidentified) March 21/07
Biddle - corw314 (dwarf?) March 15/07 - Jan 9/08 LFS NJ
Ogilvie - svxVT (O. bimaculoides) March - August 17/07 Zyan Silver
Schlemm - norgebyblood (small blue green octopus) Mar 11/07 - Jan 28/08 LFS Was blind for last 21/2 mo
Octopus - Raudy ("altantic reef octopus") March/07
Medusa - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Sistrurus - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Miss Broody - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
HideNSeek - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Mia - dwhatley (O. mercatoris) 3/17 tank bred, from Trapper's eggs GA
Mr. Octopus - Dhyslop (O. bimaculoides) Feb 24/07 zyan silver
Fontanelle - Thales (Wunderpus photogenicus) Feb 16/07 (through wholesaler, from Sulawesi) CA
Darwin - i need cuttle (O. mercatoris) Feb/07 LFS
Goliath - Dutch Courage (O. bimaculoides) Feb/07 zyan silver
Aussie Octo - ozoccy (?reef octopus) Jan/07 - Sept 25/07 Australia, 8 months with owner
Octifffany -dwhatley (dwarf) Jan/07
Otto- Rudy (?A. aculeatus) Jan/07 LFS
Gir - Mizu (O. bimaculoides) ?Jan/07 Zyan Silver deceased
Dib - Mizu (O. bimaculoides) ?Jan/07 Zyan Silver deceased
Octavian - GrBeast (?species) Jan 16/07 LFS
Othello - norgebyblood (?caribbean reef octopus) Jan - March/07
For earlier octopuses, see the List of our Octopuses that covers the period through December 2006