Hi Crabcrusher, and welcome to Tonmo! It's a little overwhelming when you first get started ceph keeping, and disappointing when you hop on to this site and find that your planning and research isn't as accurate as you thought. D and Cuttlegirl are two of the most experienced and helpful of all of us, and I'd have to agree with their comments so far. Know that all of the advice here comes with lots of friendly support!
Regardless of what you have, you have one. It is normal to have to experiment with what your octo will eat- and even if you do have a positive ID, you still might have to try several things to be successful with that particular animal. Once you get all of those fish out of there, you can try stick feeding it a small chunk of raw shrimp from the grocery store.
BTW, I think D is right about hummelincki, keep looking for dark blue eyespots. As mentioned, the ID is more important when it comes to knowing the correct temp, because a hummelincki and a GPO (as your supplier listed) have TOTALLY different temp requirements! And that's just for starters!!! Once again, when you get all of the fish out of there, it will be more comfortable and hopefully come out more. The more pics & video, the easier it is for others to help you ID.
Don't worry about any beginning mistakes, we are not criticizing, just trying to help you make the best environment possible for your new friend! I can't tell you how much more LR I have in my octo tank than I used to. The more you live with them, the more you find yourself getting excited about the perfect chunk of LR and not even noticing the fish at your LFS. This year for X-mas, my girls each got me a new piece of Texas Holey rock, shapes chosen for octo dens.
Good luck and keep us posted!
Regardless of what you have, you have one. It is normal to have to experiment with what your octo will eat- and even if you do have a positive ID, you still might have to try several things to be successful with that particular animal. Once you get all of those fish out of there, you can try stick feeding it a small chunk of raw shrimp from the grocery store.
BTW, I think D is right about hummelincki, keep looking for dark blue eyespots. As mentioned, the ID is more important when it comes to knowing the correct temp, because a hummelincki and a GPO (as your supplier listed) have TOTALLY different temp requirements! And that's just for starters!!! Once again, when you get all of the fish out of there, it will be more comfortable and hopefully come out more. The more pics & video, the easier it is for others to help you ID.
Don't worry about any beginning mistakes, we are not criticizing, just trying to help you make the best environment possible for your new friend! I can't tell you how much more LR I have in my octo tank than I used to. The more you live with them, the more you find yourself getting excited about the perfect chunk of LR and not even noticing the fish at your LFS. This year for X-mas, my girls each got me a new piece of Texas Holey rock, shapes chosen for octo dens.
Good luck and keep us posted!