First Feeding!!!!
Well the past two days have been the most frustrating days of my life. Suddenly my CPR overflow stopped working and I couldn't figure out why. I ended up building an overflow out of PVC piping but couldn't even get that to work! Long story short an awesome member of sdreefs comes to my house and checks out my tank. I just had to replace the dang bulkhead on the bottom of the overflow box..... for $7..
Anyway fast forward to tonight and my carbon filter is back up and running in the sump, the water looks a lot clearer, and the
octopus is not hiding anymore (while being stone white!!) I was really afraid that I was going to lose Spectre.
So tonight I decide it's a better time than any to initiate first contact!!
Maybe he would associate feeling better (in cleaner water) to contact with me. I pull off my velcro-screened lid and stick my arm in there with a piece of shrimp. I wave it around in differing motions to see if he responds to a specific motion. About two minutes in he shoots a tentacle up really fast and I jump, causing him to hastily withdraw! My heart races and I'm thinking to myself "Ok Matt, this thing isn't going to pull your finger in and bite it off." I end up lowering it down closer to his level and he pulls it in with two tentacles! Now he's munching away.
Call me a hippy but I believe all of that energy stuff. I put out the best vibes to that octopus and he knew that I wasn't going to hurt him
The excitement of getting my tank back up combined with this experience makes me SUPER happy!!!!!! Here are some pictures of him and the whole tank! (I know I need more LR. working on it!!)
my converted $40 ebay skimmer to a useful HOB carbon filter:
Well, it's 3am. I should get to bed! Happy Thanksgiving