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Hi Guys.
You may or may not remember that in 2011 I got a call from someone at Boston University asking if I wanted to attempt "rescuing" some newly hatched octopus. They were done with their research project and were told to get rid of them so I made the trip to Boston and brought them home. That same person contacted me again today and said she is now at U-Conn (much closer to my home) and has 3 bobtails that need a home! Apparently they are doing a research project and these three were "runts" and did not meet the criteria for the project... they were to be destroyed. Thank GOD she contacted me - I'm going up to get them Monday night! They are 3.5 months old and very tiny (thus, runts) but hopefully they are healthy enough to survive a move.
I have a lot of homework to do between now and Monday and will be setting up (yet another) tank for them. All I know so far is that they need a sandbed and a temp of 71-73. Oh, and only Instant Ocean salt.... they found other salts have not been successful. I'm going to set all three up in an 8 gallon biocube for now and if they get big enough for me to sex them, I will then split them into two tanks.
I was going to go buy some live sand but I'm not sure live sand is all that "live".... it might still cause a cycle. Should I just take some sand from my other tanks for the squid tank or is it safe to buy clean, "live" sand?
I'll be back with lots more questions, I'm sure. Wish me luck!
You may or may not remember that in 2011 I got a call from someone at Boston University asking if I wanted to attempt "rescuing" some newly hatched octopus. They were done with their research project and were told to get rid of them so I made the trip to Boston and brought them home. That same person contacted me again today and said she is now at U-Conn (much closer to my home) and has 3 bobtails that need a home! Apparently they are doing a research project and these three were "runts" and did not meet the criteria for the project... they were to be destroyed. Thank GOD she contacted me - I'm going up to get them Monday night! They are 3.5 months old and very tiny (thus, runts) but hopefully they are healthy enough to survive a move.
I have a lot of homework to do between now and Monday and will be setting up (yet another) tank for them. All I know so far is that they need a sandbed and a temp of 71-73. Oh, and only Instant Ocean salt.... they found other salts have not been successful. I'm going to set all three up in an 8 gallon biocube for now and if they get big enough for me to sex them, I will then split them into two tanks.
I was going to go buy some live sand but I'm not sure live sand is all that "live".... it might still cause a cycle. Should I just take some sand from my other tanks for the squid tank or is it safe to buy clean, "live" sand?
I'll be back with lots more questions, I'm sure. Wish me luck!