Octopus Availability

[iAlex]

Octo's are on sale until next friday.

 

[DWhatley]

Having two empty tanks and not having kept an aculeatus ... we will see what FedEx brings tomorrow

 

[ieatfalalfel]

I don't know if this is a reputable company or not, I saw that they had cuttlefish in the cuttlefish availability forum and i checked and they also have several octopus species. It's Quality Marine. They have 'Red Octopus', 'Asian Octopus', 'West Coast', and 'East Coast'. jsut letting y'all know!

 

[iAlex]

Quality Marine is a wholesaler if I recall correctly, you'd have to find a store that deals with them.

 

[ieatfalalfel]

Thanks, how significant are the LA sales? Is it worth the money to wait to get my octo? I have my tank and live food ready

 

[iAlex]

Lately, people who have ordered from LA have gotten a older octo. (Dink, Espy, and Squishy) But who knows what you could get.

 

[ieatfalalfel]

I guess an older octopus would be easier to feed (no trying to get hermits out of their shell or any of that nonsense) and better for my first octo, even if it does only last a month.

 

[DWhatley]

So your mom has caved in to a meat eating animal? cool!

Any octo from any vendor is a crap shoot and something you have to expect with a naturally short lived animal. I have been fortunate to have had a few collected for me so they have not been out of their natural environment long but I lost the last two collected this way in spite of this advantage, a well cycled tank and considerable hobbyest experience. Most frustratingly, I don't know why (particularly with the second of the pair). The sort of upside is that when tank born hatchlings survive the first two months, they live a natural lifespan, giving a good indication that aquarium life is acceptable.

So far so good with Espy. I have ordered some tiny live food that will be here tomorrow and have been stocking his tank with extra pods. His color remains good and he is active without sensless wandering.

 

[ieatfalalfel]

my mom isnt the vegetarian, its me im lucky that my LFS has mysis and pods and fiddlers, but i ordered some common shore shrimp just to have in the tank. if the shrimp ge there tommorw im ordering my octo from LA tommorow

 

[ieatfalalfel]

Yay 100th post

 

[iAlex]

my mom isnt the vegetarian, its me im lucky that my LFS has mysis and pods and fiddlers, but i ordered some common shore shrimp just to have in the tank. if the shrimp ge there tommorw im ordering my octo from LA tommorow

My LFS carries Ghost shrimp only. If I drive an hour to another LFS, I can Fiddlers, but I would have stock up with like 30 of them because it's to far. xD

 

[DWhatley]

 

[ieatfalalfel]

sorry about htat iAlex, just wondering how much the ghost shrimp cost at yours? they're 25 cents at mine. and the fiddlers are like a dallor i think

 

[iAlex]

You get 10 for $1.49 but I get them for free

 

[ieatfalalfel]

lucky, that would be nice with my other tanks.