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View Full Version : western australian occie dingo Dec 31st, 2004, 08:06pm hi guys this is a photo of our occie he is a western australian occie dont know the real name but hes cool any way we also have a zebra lion fish in with him and they get on great let us know what you think oh and what a cool site Nancy Dec 31st, 2004, 08:22pm Hi and welcome to TONMO.com :welcome: What a beautiful octopus! Thanks for posting the pic. How big is it, and how big is the tank it's in? Glad you like the site! Nancy corw314 Dec 31st, 2004, 08:32pm Welcome!!! He is beautiful! How long have you had him? He cohabitates with a lionfish? Think that is a first!!! Anyway enjoy and look forward to more pics!!! Carol dingo Dec 31st, 2004, 09:19pm hes about the size of a large orange and the tank is a 4ft about 200 liters with plenty of rocks we have two canister filters and a protien skimmer heres some more pics also theres a puffer fish , a clown fish a gobbie in the tank Colin Jan 1st, 2005, 08:12am Hi Dingo, welcome to TONMO.com :) Keep posting pics of that octo, more you post better chnace we have of figuring what it is :) corw314 Jan 1st, 2005, 03:39pm Think I found your octo - Octopus cf tetricus or known as the common Perth Octopus, pg. 277 of Cephlapods, A World Guide for those of you that have this! dingo Jan 1st, 2005, 06:00pm thankyou for that we thought thats what he might be but always good to double check but hes cool anyway we collect live food for the both of them once a week so they can snack on white bait and boxer shrimp all week long and also we supply them with frozen food as well Colin Jan 2nd, 2005, 05:31am Is the picture in the first post your own pic? Andy Lister Jan 2nd, 2005, 01:44pm Fantastic looking octo and a fantastic looking tank! Good job all round I say! ~Andy dingo Jan 2nd, 2005, 06:32pm yes the pic is one i took the other day he only comes out ever now and then like that so it was a good one Colin Jan 3rd, 2005, 03:09am get some more pics posted... its always nice to see unusual species :) dingo Jan 3rd, 2005, 08:22am heres some early photos of the occie just around when we first got him he was so small then dingo Jan 3rd, 2005, 08:29am some more we have some at our web page as well so take a look its still being built though at http://home.iprimus.com.au/liquidapple/ joel_ang Jan 3rd, 2005, 08:36am I must say he's a cute one! :smile: Thanks for sharing those lovely shots with us. Nancy Jan 3rd, 2005, 12:15pm These are wonderful pics! He's not only cute, but he's also a very happy-looking occie. I like the tank, too, very nice shells. Nancy |