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hi all,
this is my first time owning an octopus and i have an idea of what i need to be doing but the octopus doesnt seem to be eating
from what he told me its a dwarf caribbean octopus
(its mostly white but turns red)
he's had it for a few months and at first it ate a couple of tiny hermits and small snails, and once they were all gone he stopped feeding it altogether.
he wants to turn the tank freshwater so he was pretty much just letting it die.
I just purchased a tank about a month ago and have succesfully been cycling it with some small blue footed hermits and turbo snails and I couldnt just watch him kill this octopus so I decided to take care of it.
I liked the snails and hermits but as far as im concerned the octopus can eat all of them(they are cheap and I like the octopus better)
anyway currently the octopus is living in a decent sized shell and I saw him pull in two hermits that I put next to the opening but i saw them later alive so I guess he was using them for protection to cover the opening of the shell
I also thawed a little shrimp and wiggled it around on a skewer, he touched it but then let go.
he hasn't eaten in at least a few weeks and im not sure if hes strong enough to eat live food anymore.
Im going to my LPS today to get a couple of emerald crabs for him to nibble on. Is that a good idea??
I think if i got ghost shrimp they would die before he even got around to catching them
this is my first time owning an octopus and i have an idea of what i need to be doing but the octopus doesnt seem to be eating
from what he told me its a dwarf caribbean octopus
(its mostly white but turns red)
he's had it for a few months and at first it ate a couple of tiny hermits and small snails, and once they were all gone he stopped feeding it altogether.
he wants to turn the tank freshwater so he was pretty much just letting it die.
I just purchased a tank about a month ago and have succesfully been cycling it with some small blue footed hermits and turbo snails and I couldnt just watch him kill this octopus so I decided to take care of it.
I liked the snails and hermits but as far as im concerned the octopus can eat all of them(they are cheap and I like the octopus better)
anyway currently the octopus is living in a decent sized shell and I saw him pull in two hermits that I put next to the opening but i saw them later alive so I guess he was using them for protection to cover the opening of the shell
I also thawed a little shrimp and wiggled it around on a skewer, he touched it but then let go.
he hasn't eaten in at least a few weeks and im not sure if hes strong enough to eat live food anymore.
Im going to my LPS today to get a couple of emerald crabs for him to nibble on. Is that a good idea??
I think if i got ghost shrimp they would die before he even got around to catching them