Mongo, interior designer
The last two mornings I've noticed that Mongo has moved things around in the night. I never see him outside of his den, so it is funny to find evidence. Yesterday he had put one piece of macro algae on the ceiling of his den, hanging out like a flag pole by a front door. This morning, the algae flag was hanging on the barnacle apartment next door. Also, I leave a LEGO diver figure in the LR, from time to time it is floating at the top of the water. As the dive mask is still on (all other octos I've had pulled the face mask off, even Aku. My kids think this is funny...) I think he just ejects the toy as an unwanted object, not play with it at all.
During the day, he sits in his den with his growing pile of hermit crab shells. Soon he won't fit in there if he doesn't clean them out. It's as bad as my kids leaving clothes on the floor. Mongo, clean your room! I haven't given him a crab directly in a couple of days, though. I remember a comment somewhere about longer lives out of tank octos and not over feeding. I decided to always leave a couple live hermits wandering around, and let him hunt as he needs.
He's still really shy. I don't see ever handling this guy- which is o.k. if that's his choice. I still spend a lot of time near the tank, reading or having a snack. He sees me at regular intervals throughout the day, and in the evening does hang farther out of his den to look back at us.
What is the size of a full grown merc?
Today's anagram (I forgot last time):
Moon G.