Since Serendipity started brooding, we have not seen anything but one suggestion of an arm in the beginning, nothing at all for two weeks. There is an opening in the live rock above her underground den and I nightly place a freshly killed shrimp in the hole using a pipette but I have no idea if she is eating it but I don't see her blowing it out. I am also putting a little extra Cyclop-eze in the same hole since I know Trapper ate that (almost soley) after brooding.
I got a small shipment of pods, lettuce algae and mysid (the mysid may not be there long enough to matter but I was ordering crabs anyway) from Paul Sachs yesterday and set up two feeder tanks.
I also set up my bio-orb so that the air pushes down the center tube instead of sucking up through the bottom filter. The effect is not quite what I had hoped for and I will need to add some kind of an air stone (the bubbles are too large) but I think it is worth seeing what happens (boy am I going to be bummed out if there are no hatchlings now that I am psyched for them). I have two other ideas yet to start on and I will leave some in the tank birthing tank. The initial object will be to record which enviornment (if any) has better longevity so I will try to place the same number of octos in each environment (size may be a constraint in at least one planned setup). The tuff part will be deciding on the number that gives the best chance. At the moment, having never seen small hatchlings, I am thinking 5-6 but am hoping 10 will be possible.
I got a small shipment of pods, lettuce algae and mysid (the mysid may not be there long enough to matter but I was ordering crabs anyway) from Paul Sachs yesterday and set up two feeder tanks.
I also set up my bio-orb so that the air pushes down the center tube instead of sucking up through the bottom filter. The effect is not quite what I had hoped for and I will need to add some kind of an air stone (the bubbles are too large) but I think it is worth seeing what happens (boy am I going to be bummed out if there are no hatchlings now that I am psyched for them). I have two other ideas yet to start on and I will leave some in the tank birthing tank. The initial object will be to record which enviornment (if any) has better longevity so I will try to place the same number of octos in each environment (size may be a constraint in at least one planned setup). The tuff part will be deciding on the number that gives the best chance. At the moment, having never seen small hatchlings, I am thinking 5-6 but am hoping 10 will be possible.