View Full Version : What about an Octopus cyanea


KalihiBoy
Feb 16th, 2004, 04:04pm
Anyone got more info on an Octopus cyanea i also plan on keeping :heee:

Nancy
Feb 16th, 2004, 05:29pm
Octopus cyanea is a fairly large, day active octopus (that's why it's also called the Day Octopus) - body to 16 cm and arms of 80 cm - You'd need a big tank, maybe a 90 or 100 gallon.

Very common on coral reefs in the ropical Indian and Pacific Oeans - it excavates lairs within coral reef and rubble.

It eats crabs, other crustaceans and fish.

Can produce large clouds of dark brown ink.

Has a courtship ritual where the male holds up its third right arm and waves it at the female.

Eggs are small and hatch into planktonic juveniles.

(This is a brief summary of information from Mark Norman's Cephalopods, A World Guide)

Nancy

KalihiBoy
Feb 17th, 2004, 12:59am
90-100 WOW thats pretty big :shock:
:bugout: :bugout: :bugout:

The ones i seen a'int that big...........WOW 100 gal :shock:

Colin
Feb 17th, 2004, 02:37am
..and I'd say that was MINIMUM!!!!!

very big powerfull octo!

joel_ang
Feb 17th, 2004, 03:46am
Ever watched " The Octopus Show" on National Geographic, Its subjects are all supposed to be Cyanea.

KalihiBoy
Feb 17th, 2004, 12:05pm
Is that show on everyday?
Or is it a special presintation?

Burstsovenergy24
Feb 17th, 2004, 05:05pm
Click (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/octopus/) on the video link for a short clip.

joel_ang
Feb 18th, 2004, 02:09am
Sda to say, its a National Geographic Special. Go to their website if you wanna search when it next shows. You could also try looking for othe ceph shows.