I have a new octo!!! Thought about Ripley, but see we have one already named that!!!Not sure even what it is, but he has long arms and that together with the staff of That Pet Place in Pa, we have ruled out a Bimac, and a Dwarf and I know it does not look like G2, who is a Carribean Two Spot! Acclimation went very smoothly, for him anyway. I dripped him for about 45 minutes. I cut away plastic from the large bag he was in, as he was all balled up in the corner of the bag. He took about 15 minutes, before he felt comfortable enough to come off the plastic. Even touched my hand! I did a waterchange on Inklets old tank and after a flood from the protein skimmer, cutting my finger, dropping all sorts of things, he is happily reciding under a large rock. Longest arms I have ever seen so I'm thinking maybe a Vulgaris??? My plan if he is one of the larger species, being he's in a 44 gal Pentagon, is once he outgrows the tank, offer him to the Aquarium in Pt. Pleasant!!! His size, his mantle is about an inch. Did not observe any type of eyespot. So far so good! I keep seeing arms feeling around! :mrgreen:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....... I dunno how bout' um Ballmur or Rollie? Or maybe even Hubert, Mr. Cumberdale, or Milford? Or sonic? Or or or..... :talker:

Once I get an octopus, im thinking of naming it either "Armstrong" obviously...lol, or "Ruby", cuz I love that color.
As for your octopus, it looks really neat and I like Octopuses with lon tentacles, but im not too sure of what to name it. Probably at least something that fits its features such as its long arms...but im still thinking on that one.

Just couldn't resist another could you :heee: ?

Glad all went well with the acclimation :) Howabout Lanky or HAzel?

Hazel???? :shock: No I couldn't resist!!! Never can. Have gotten used to having one at both ends of my house!!!! :mrgreen: Now comes the paitience part....I know where's he's holed up....He has many hermit crabs, snails and shrimp to munch on so I'm sure he will be scarce for a week or so!!!

Or maybe even Hubert, Mr. Cumberdale, or Milford?

Hmmm....Salad Tentacles? (Don't ask, everyone it's a fairly strange and dark story (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/39/))

Armstrong - how can you name your pet octopus after yourself?

I always thought Tolkein provides great names for pet octopi. Balrog, Gollum, Sauron, etc, all have the appropriate level of strangeness.

hazel was the first thing that came to mind after lanky, how about Ash or Jasper?

Ahhhhh yes Salad Tentacles... :twisted: Nice Phil. Oh yeah and one of tolkiens characters is a ceph! lol!

We always ask the children who visit!!! That's how we get such ummmm interesting names :D

J

YAY!

Ooooo oooo oooo! Me I got another how bout Miss Grapes or Miss Pea Pod cuz the octos tentacles look like little pods or grapes! :P I know Im a genious no need to thank me....

how 'bout "legs" or "arms"?...or "mark"... :shock:

U reallly think those are good names for an octo?

Now children, be nice to eachother.

I'd have to suggest Squidbits, myself.

OR OCTOCHUNK!

Ooo, Squidbits i like... but it doesnt make much sense calling an octo squidbits. Squidward? He does look alot like a 6 armed octo.

Squidbits....Hmmmm....I asked my daughor about Henry and she broke out in song......"Henry the Octopus....." Didn't know if I could handle that.....Maybe I should let her 2nd Grade class come up with suggestions!!

May have to investigate Tolkein.....Anything strange and bizarre is fitting I think!!!

Haven't had any sighting since his arrival. Have seen the local shrimp running around with hermit crab legs, so I know he's eating! I am anxious to see what he is and what his behavior is like compared to bimacs!

OOOOOOOOO MEEEEEEEEEEE I KNOW TOLKIEN NAMES!!!! Shelob, Gorbag, Shagrat, Lugburz, Ufthak, Gandalf, Minas Morgul, Gimli! Man he sure does like the letter G doesnt he?

Gilbert?

I like Gilbert!!!! Good one!!! Still no sighting, but hermit crabs are disapearing!!!!

Yeah the salad finger dude was disturbing!!!! I was origanaly going to name my octo "Sir Winston Squishy" becase it kinda looks like Winston Churchhill. Then there was "Leno" the subject of a song by Royksopp( A great duo) but that would be too depressing due to the content of the song. So I decided on Ripley from the Alien movies.


Donni Darko

Looks like Gilbert it is!!! Day 6 and still no sighting, but I noticed the opening under a rock has gotten quite a bit bigger and hermit crabs continue to disapear :mrgreen: !!! I am anxiously resisting hunting for him under the rock....It is quite a struggle, as I've never had one hide this long before....Must resist.....

Try and lure ol' Gilbert (should have named it Salad Tentacles!) with a live crab! It worked for me!

I had a sighting this morning!!! Just an arm but a very deffinate arm! I was peering around the tank with a small flashlight, and it looked like he was trying to push the ray of light away from his cave!!!! Still not sure what it is. Body looked alittle irredescent and for a moment I thought I saw light blue spots???? :shock: But not as pronounced as our deadly little octo can be... I hope not but it was weriod for a second.

Anyway, will keep you posted! I am happy he is still with us!!!

I was peering around the tank with a small flashlight, and it looked like he was trying to push the ray of light away from his cave!!!!

:lol: Gilbert and I feel the same way about mornings.

Glad you had a sighting! Let's hope Gilbert is not a BRO. I think a few people posted that their BROs were very visible and very active, very different from your reclusive Gilbert.

Melissa

Just a bit of opinion here...having kept blue rings before, have never noticed them to be aggressive in any way...I wouldn't worry. The long tentacle thing does sound a little like them though...the two we had both had extraordinarily long tentacles, but I am sure that is true for a variety of tropical species that have to pick hermit crabs and the like from deep cavities...
Glad to hear he/she is out and about a little more...great mental picture from the light and reaction..."is it safe?" (marathon man gambit) :shock:
greg

Is it possible that Gilbert is nocturnal? If so, you could use a flashlight with a red lens to view his activities.

Also, some octos like briareus have some irridescent blue on them. They have long arms, but Gilbert doesn't sound too much like them.

Nancy

Mark is now the name of "Fish#1". Mark says 'hi!', and 'nocturnaaalllllllllll....' :shock: .

Sooo....I have this habit of keeping my lights on, on all of my tanks all the time.....Have done this for years, and no major algea problem. So I have nightlights all over my house....Does this mean I am traumatizing this possibly nocturnal Gilbert??? Would he eventually adjust to the light on 24/7? Should I put a red celaphane or similiar red something over the light, to see if he becomes more active?

either that or blue...maybe just dim it enough to where he will poke his head out...maybe he is just shy !

Unfortunately...Gilbert is no more :( ! Jess found him tonight. Will test my water to make sure, but I'm thinking he didn't look right on arrival home. The picture I took of him in the bag, the way he had his arms curled. Anyway.....After water testing we may be back out to Pa this coming weekend.....

Sorry to hear about Gilbert :(

So sorry to hear about Gilbert... :angelpus:

Nancy

:angel:

Well...that is certainly sad... :(

NOOOOOOOOO GGGGGILLLLLLLLLBERRTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

ah carol, too bad...

sometimes it just happens though, could have been stressed before you got him

:-\

Sad... :(

Sorry to hear about Gilbert.

Melissa