im gonna get another tank for my room maybe like a 125 gal and i want to get a bigger octo then my bimac i have now cause hes 4 months old now and hasnt really grown...... i want one that will be the size of the one in the "squirt" video we have in the video gallery..... what kind is that??? my bimac's mantle is maybe the size of a golf ball with about 6-8 inch arms

btw i didnt mean for that thread above ^ to sound like i didnt want my bimac anymore cause hes awesome and i def would NEVER think about not havin him....

A Bimac will get to around 2ft arm length. If you want something bigger your best bet would be a O.vulgaris they get bigger and live longer. I'm not sure what the one in the video is but if you want bigger vulgaris would probably be the easiest large octopus to get.

Ben

well do u have any idea why my octo isnt really growing????? maybe im just a retard and hes still young

Are you offering live crabs, shrimp, clams ext. and are you mixing it up? such as crabs on week, shrimp the next type thing. thats what I offer and mine has trippled its size in the last few months.


Tom

Are you sure it's a bimac? I've never had a bimac, so I'm not really sure how fast they grow, but I know their arms get to about 20 in. or more. Where did you get him?

Ben

i feed him frozen shrimp ALOT but every few weeks ill give him fiddlers....im gonna start feeding him different things each week..... what do u guys suggest??

ya hes a bimac caus he has the blue eyespot

Other species besides bimacs have blue eyespots. I would think if it were a bimac you would have noticed some growth. Do you know where it was collected?

Ben

no i do not know where he was collected but if u give me some characteristics of a bimac i could tell u if he was one...... also.... is there a place online where i can buy cheap fiddler crabs??

www.aquaculturestore.com

thanks for that site im gonna order 10 fiddlers tomorrow!!!!!!!!! ill buy them every 2 weeks think that will be a good diet mixed with frozen shrimp once a day ..... id do 1 fiddler and 1 shrimp every day

if you post some pictures, we could try to ID your octopus=)

Tiffany

heres the best pic i can get cause my mom lives in another house and she took our camera and hasnt given it back so i had to use the ole phone..... i luv taken pics of him cause he really seams to like the camera and comes close to me no matter where i move around the tank to see..... hes a very active octo and luvs chasi my 4 stripe damsel i have and they get along great ..... they even share the same cave!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/donuts21783/media1-15.jpg

i know its a crappy pic but does anyone have any ideas??

possably a pygmy.

Oh and the reason he is always coming up to you may be because he is hungry.

I can't really tell from that picture but look at the eye spots and description of bimacs in this link.

http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/BimacCareSheet.php

Compare the eyespots to the ones in the picture. Escpecially see if your octo's eyespots have an unbroken blue chain. It looks as though your octo has alot of texture, which bimacs often don't have.

Ben

well i looked at the eyespot in the picture and his eyespot is not a ring.... it is just a purple/blue blob....... he also never looks that color.... he usually is smooth and brown colored but in the pic i took he is kinda splotched with white and has small horns all over his mantle.... but he doesnt usually look like that..... the only pic i can find that resembles him is this....

http://www.tonmo.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=25

it says it a rudigers octo???
he looke just like that

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=871&postcount=3

this says Rudiger's octo was a bimac.

- M

well the good news is my mom will be here in like an hour to give me a camera to use so i can take a bunch of good pics of him....

im uploading a video of him now along with a good amount of pics but i still cant get a good angle on him cause he always wants to be on the glass when he see's me........

i got a video of him here..... its 3 min long but theres a few times u get a good look at him.... at around 45 seconds u get a real good look at him... photos will be uploaded in a min

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPW2zv-rues

heres sum pics.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/donuts21783/DSCN0919.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/donuts21783/DSCN0918.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/donuts21783/DSCN0917.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/donuts21783/DSCN0916.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/donuts21783/DSCN0913.jpg

hope these and the vid help to identify him.....

Nice pics

Handsome octopus! I don't think it's a bimac - maybe aculeatus?

Nancy

there is also a video in the post above the pics that shows him alot clearer in some parts

i dont beleive he is an aculeatus because ive looked up many pictures of that species and none look like him.... one of the main characteristics of that species is the blueish body color it has which mine does not..... so as of right now im confused to what he is

it depends on what you think is cheap, sachs aquaculture sell them for fairly well priced and im sure that if you call paul himself he can give you a bulk discount. the link in on the ceph food section i think.

It doesnt look like a bimac so its either (A). a pygmy octopus
or (B) not getting enough food. By the way nice video.

im gonna try to mic a good bit more live food in his diet....

Nice pics! Reminds of G2. We had quite a time trying to identyfy him, but the eyespot on yours looks familiar.

heres another vid that shows him much much better..... i call him a bastard so hopefully that doesnt offend anyone..... lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KatJ_m_f5Qs

http://thetentacleparadox.com/Video-Octopus-Hunting.htm

what ever species of octo is in this vid looks EXACTLY like my octo.... i mean dead on .... he does the same color changes.... it looks like whatchin a vid of my cujo