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The Sony line of videocameras with the "Nightshot" feature are perfect for nocturnal octopuses (I have two!)... you might find an older model for a little bit of nothing on ebay.
Greg
Greg
gholland;130929 said:The Sony line of videocameras with the "Nightshot" feature are perfect for nocturnal octopuses (I have two!)... you might find an older model for a little bit of nothing on ebay.
Greg
dwhatley;130960 said:They can't be connected as a web cam, can they? Dino has been streaming the vids (see Octo Cam link on his posts) remotely. There might be a cheap night web cam but the problem is no knowing which ones will really shoot a clear picture since they are kind of no name items. I was impressed with the $10 one I got (on eBay, of course) but I have not tried using it at night (or even on OhToo's tank as yet).
One thing you might try is placing a blue sheet of velum (or using a blue filter) to help with the red. I did not have a lot of success with my experiments but did not put a lot of effort into it.
dwhatley;132184 said:Thanks for the update Dino, maybe not quite so long next time?
Boots looks like he is doing well.
I noticed you were using a flashlight for the video, have you stopped using a red light at night?
dwhatley;133357 said:Time to dig up some old threads. Starting from about #9 of Trapper's thread I journalled her incubation. There is a foward link to her children and grandchildren at the end of her journal.
This is a link to GHolland's first merc (the grandmother of his current brood). He has two other journals on the raising of the children and now grand children.
Unfortunately, in almost all species, the female dies shortly after the eggs hatch. If you can keep her eating, she will likely survive longer. Trapper was a very rare exception in that she ate during most of her brood time and afterwards. He extended life is not to be expected and is nothing similar is journaled on the site, most won't eat while brooding.