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Well, this one is definitely an A. aculeatus and from all I've read and watched they seem to be very day-active. Of course some octos are more outgoing and bold than others, so it might very well just be shy and waiting for the lobby to quieten down, tank activity to cease after lights out (fish activity/lights might be too bright), or already old and nesting (doubtful as of now). Without doubt the shipping issue is likely to have caused some stress that the animal is hopefully recouperating from. Time will tell. It would be unfortunate for it to turn out to be a $60 phantom resident that none of the clients or staff will get to enjoy observing, but unlike them, I'm quite aware of the gambles involved in octopus keeping. I'm happy just to know it survived the shipping ordeal and to see the clues left behind from each night before, but I'd like to get a few pictures between now and the innevitable end. I would certainly prefer it not to be nocturnal so that I don't look like a jerk blowing my bosses money on the amazing invisible octopus.
I'm glad it's hiding a lot, considering the luck I had with my last 2 octos which were VERY active during daylight hours. This to me seems more like the behavior of a healthy octopus. I'm going to readjust the timers so that the lights don't come on until about 30 minutes after I get there in the morning. The lights in the lobby are on 24/7 so it's never completely dark and I see obvious signs of octo activity in several spots scattered across the bottom/front center open sandy area of the tank. A fiddler claw here, a crab leg there, a carapace over there, etc.
I'm glad it's hiding a lot, considering the luck I had with my last 2 octos which were VERY active during daylight hours. This to me seems more like the behavior of a healthy octopus. I'm going to readjust the timers so that the lights don't come on until about 30 minutes after I get there in the morning. The lights in the lobby are on 24/7 so it's never completely dark and I see obvious signs of octo activity in several spots scattered across the bottom/front center open sandy area of the tank. A fiddler claw here, a crab leg there, a carapace over there, etc.