View Full Version : wut is better?


nini
Jun 26th, 2005, 08:35pm
:welcome: can you choose wut gender your octo is when you order it?
would a boy or girl be better?

Jean
Jun 26th, 2005, 08:39pm
Not usually......it's alomost impossible to tell gender in juvenile octopus!

J

nini
Jun 26th, 2005, 08:45pm
o also, wut size filter should i get for a 55 gallon?

clownfish
Jun 26th, 2005, 09:50pm
usualy it will show it on the box what the filter is intended for

cthulhu77
Jun 26th, 2005, 10:32pm
You really should read the check list for keeping octopus...it is under "ceph care". It will really help you out with your decision making!

greg

nomorenames
Jun 26th, 2005, 11:38pm
is there any way to tell what gender your octo is w/ out a microscope

octopus_octo
Jun 27th, 2005, 10:47am
Yes but it will probubly be moving to much

Jean
Jun 27th, 2005, 07:09pm
Not with a microscope unless you bop it on the head and dissect it!

As it gets older the male will develop a modified arm (the hectocotylus) often the third right, which may take the form of a scoop or club shaped end (some species develop grossly enlarged suckers) This in a mature or even maturing animal is visibe to the naked eye!

J

nini
Jun 27th, 2005, 07:12pm
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