Hatch-ko, has settled in nicely. Hatch-ko was named by a friend of mine, and if I understood the translation properly it means … girl with 8 hands … in this case it is 8 arms. She has been with me now for a week and is quite content sitting at the edge of her den watching me... watching her. I'm guessing by her size, she is about 4 months old. Her body is about the size of a large chicken egg and her arms in the relaxed state are about 25 cm long, but extend close to 35 cm.
I didn't try to feed her the first day but on the morning of the second day I dropped in a crab about 5 cm across into the front left corner of the tank and she made a quick dash from her den across the sand bed and then smothered the crab with her arms and webbing. Since then she has eaten some off cuts of frozen fish and another 3 crabs.
This is her wandering around the tank and reaching out for the camera.
Looking at all the scratches on the glass does make me want to build a new tank.
I didn't try to feed her the first day but on the morning of the second day I dropped in a crab about 5 cm across into the front left corner of the tank and she made a quick dash from her den across the sand bed and then smothered the crab with her arms and webbing. Since then she has eaten some off cuts of frozen fish and another 3 crabs.
This is her wandering around the tank and reaching out for the camera.
Looking at all the scratches on the glass does make me want to build a new tank.