Forums: Raising Octopus from Eggs

When searching for something else, I came across this log - it has some interesting information about Alaska's Sea Life Center attempting to raise the eggs. http://www.alaskasealife.org/New/visitors/aquarium-species-updates.php

Well they are home! Hello all. My name is Susann and I just brought home 3 O. Briareus babies that I received from D.Whatley. They made the trip ok and have been acclimated and are in their temporary tank. One of them inked when I was moving them, which surprised me. Though it probably...

Hi All, I was in my LFS here in HK and the owner gave me an octopus egg (they had 6 of them, one had hatched). Is there any possible way to identify the species from the egg shape and size. I can see the baby inside and I think it is going to hatch in a few days. The egg is white, semi...

I have been looking for articles about brooding and raising octopuses and will put the links to what I find in this thread. Full Article: 1955 observations of Octopus Maorum laying and brooding eggs at the Portobello Aquarium Abstract: Respiration rates in late eggs and early hatchlings of the...

Well my aculeatus beans has layed eggs. She has been brooding for now about a week and a half. I had her for about 4 weeks. So the eggs are most likely fertile. I did get a glimpse of them. They are tiny. I do know that raising these eggs are very challenging and the longest they have been kept...

A closed marine culture system for rearing Octopus joubini and other large-egged benthic octopods

Today I noticed that one of my 6-week old baby bimacs appeared to have one of his arm tips in his mouth and close inspection shows he is missing the very tip of several arms. I am, needless to say, extremely worried by this, as the evidence points to autophagy (I am using the word literally to...

Hi Everyone, My baby O. bimaculoides (now over 3 months old) have not grown as much as I expected (according to Forsythe and Hanlon 1988 O. bimaculoides hatchlings raised at 23C double their weight every 15 days). The babies are eating very well (they take 10 or so live mysids daily, and there are...

Hi everyone, well Tom from Tom's Caribbeans has a briareus female that has eggs. Originally i instantly said no, but now i am thinking maybe i should try rearing the babies. Since Tom lives close to me i could meet up with him and avoid shipping. If i do raise them successfully then i would sell...

My octopus rubescens laid eggs approximately 8 weeks ago. She was captured in the wild around 4 months before that, and I was told it was unlikely that her eggs would be fertile and hatch. But..I checked the eggs today and there are 2 red spots on each egg that look like eyes. I read that rubescens...

I did a non-exhaustive search for journals that contained either extensive reporting or significant references on rearing young. Please send me links to add to the list! Additional Link Contributors: - me2003 Small Egg Octopuses Outside Articles: Rearing of Octopus vulgaris...

Thank you, Monty and Cuttlegirl for taking initiative! You rock!:grin: I couldn't help but take the opportunity to post "OMG". Cuttlegirl your information has helped some of my overthinking, with the H2O motion and O2 questions. I was thinking of floating smaller containers in a shallow tank,...