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For discussions of attempts to raise octopuses from eggs in captivity

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Egg culture techniques

    Since there are a number of members with soon to hatch eggs, I thought we could start a thread for some ideas on how to raise some of the embryos. I don't know where my brain has been lately :roll:. But, I have been thinking of this problem of culturing babies. A long time ago, I used to...

    Started by cuttlegirl, Oct 20th, 2008 11:34pm
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  1. Aculeatus Hatchlings

    We have found three of them so far. I had not made plans to try raising them, but we have caught three so far. I wish a breeder was close enough to come get some and give them a shot. http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?20363-Heidi-A.-aculeatus

    Started by ~Flighty~, Jun 22nd, 2010 02:52pm
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  2. Log of rearing GPO eggs from Alaska Sea Life Center (2005)

    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

    Started by cuttlegirl, Jun 17th, 2010 01:31pm
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  3. New with babies! Crazy right?

    Hello, My name is Amy and I am not new to saltwater, but definitely new to cephs. Wasn't sure where to post this, please move if needed. Anyway, by the luck of where I live, I have recieved 4 baby O. Briareus from Dwhatley. :notworth: (I am sure you have seen her thread) I just heard...

    Started by Shrimpy Brains, May 29th, 2010 11:50pm
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  4. O. Briareus babies

    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...

    Started by ayveq, Jun 3rd, 2010 09:28pm
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  5. Talking Help Needed Urgently...EGGS...EGGS

    octo:Aculeatus name: othee temp:79F salinity:1026 tank:20gal Day1: when i woke up today morning 9/9/2009, there are eggs in the glass of the tank and othee is protecting them and does not want to move from that spot...!!!there are between 100-200 eggs...what shall i do ? can eggs hatch in...

    Started by octopus9, Sep 9th, 2009 10:43am
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  6. Octo Egg

    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...

    Started by Octohk, Aug 16th, 2009 08:02pm
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  7. Articles and Abstracts

    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...

    Started by dwhatley, Oct 3rd, 2009 03:55am
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  8. Aculeatus eggs!!! Help!

    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...

    Started by bluespotocto, Sep 5th, 2009 08:24pm
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  9. Research Abstracts

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

    Started by dwhatley, Sep 18th, 2009 02:27am
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  10. Unhappy Autophagy (or autonomy?) in a baby...

    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...

    Started by Cryp_Sis, Jul 27th, 2009 05:31pm
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  11. Does tank size affect growth rate?

    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...

    Started by Cryp_Sis, Mar 23rd, 2009 05:00pm
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  12. thinking of raising briareus

    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...

    Started by simple, Mar 25th, 2009 09:13pm
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  13. O. rubescens Eggs

    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...

    Started by rlt225, Mar 30th, 2009 03:04pm
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  14. O. bimaculoides babies; one month old today!

    First, I must apologize for not having posted anything sooner. When I first noticed eggs, I was very pessimistic about the odds of their being fertilized and viable, especially since the clutch looked very small (only about 12 eggs that I could see) and I was concerned about the health of the eggs....

    Started by Cryp_Sis, Jan 16th, 2009 04:36pm
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  15. Aku's babies- Parent tank

    Aku is an aculeatus whom I acquired on 11-12-08. She began brooding on 12-9-08, 2 days from the full moon. The eggs hatched out on 1-1-09, 2 days from the first quarter moon. The moon phases may not be important, but I cycle with the moon so who knows? The Once-ler began brooding on the full...

    Started by sedna, Jan 2nd, 2009 03:16pm
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  16. Aku's Kreisel Eggs

    This is my second attempt at a homemade "kreisel" tank. My first attempt was over powered and overkill. I decided one large side is better than 2 smaller cubes, even if the math was prettier the other way (oh, the trials of being married to an engineer). Using a 35 gal acrylic tank (the 1st...

    Started by sedna, Jan 2nd, 2009 04:55pm
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  17. Once-ler's eggs in parent tank

    A quick summary of what is already posted as "Once-ler's journal" in the "journals and photos" thread. The Once-ler was a wild caught aculeatus that I bought from a LFS. I had her about 5 weeks before she began to "brood"- to me defined as time from last seen out of den to when the eggs...

    Started by sedna, Nov 11th, 2008 03:49pm
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  18. Our Dopplekreisel experiment

    When I became that we were going to have pelagic octo babies on our hands, the answer was obvious. I had to convince my husband to build me a kreisel tank. We found a great site www.jelliquarium.com/ that have small kreisels for growing out pelagic fish- $500. But the pictures are free to look...

    Started by sedna, Nov 18th, 2008 03:31pm
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  19. Journal Links

    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...

    Started by dwhatley, Oct 26th, 2008 02:55am
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  20. Thanks, and, OMG-my octo is brooding!

    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,...

    Started by sedna, Oct 21st, 2008 06:50pm
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