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- Mar 23, 2011
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ordered her from live aquaria on sunday. they shipped her from california yesterday.and i picked her up from the fedex office at 8:30. when i got her to the shop and opened up the bag i was supprised at how small she was?her mantle is about the size of a grape, legs about 5 or 6 inces. i was expecting her to be a little bit bigger. but she is too cute. there was no ink in the bag so i started drip aclimating . she was instantly curius. walking around the bucket. she was a mottled brownish tan most of the time.
after an hour of dripping, i went to go put her in the tank. as i try reaching for her she balled up and turned dark brown almost black. it was so fast. and she looked just like a rock. too cool.
as soon as she got in the tank she swam down to the bottom and started looking around. i thought it was cool seeing you guys videos, but these things are AWESOME in person. she was changing her colors as she walked over different colored rocks. and as she was climbing on the back wall i got a great video of her flashing the "passing cloud" look. and i think i got some great pictures too.
so after she settled into the rock work and i was finally able to pull myself away. i gave her a couple hours alone with the lights out. at 12 i had an appointment so i had to open up the shop (tank is in the lobby of tattoo shop). after about 20 minutes of searching i was able to spot a little set of eyeballs poking over the rocks. i figured i should try to feed her while i could see her. so i grabbed a fiddler real quick and dangled it in front of her. after like 10 seconds an arm poked out of the rock. checking it out a little bit. then the fiddler sqwirmed, and squishy pounced on it. i let it go with the tweezers and squishy carried it back into the rockwork. i haven't seen her since. she is now alone in the shop again with all the lights out. hopefully she settles in pretty good so i can get some more pictures tomorrow.
sorry im a little long winded, but im super excited. i do have a couple questions
1-is this Abdopus aculeatus? or the smaller Abdopus species?
2-is it male or female? i dont see enlarged suckers, or curled 3rd leg. try to get a picture when she's on the glass
3-is 1 fiddler a day a good feading or should i do more or less?
after an hour of dripping, i went to go put her in the tank. as i try reaching for her she balled up and turned dark brown almost black. it was so fast. and she looked just like a rock. too cool.
as soon as she got in the tank she swam down to the bottom and started looking around. i thought it was cool seeing you guys videos, but these things are AWESOME in person. she was changing her colors as she walked over different colored rocks. and as she was climbing on the back wall i got a great video of her flashing the "passing cloud" look. and i think i got some great pictures too.
so after she settled into the rock work and i was finally able to pull myself away. i gave her a couple hours alone with the lights out. at 12 i had an appointment so i had to open up the shop (tank is in the lobby of tattoo shop). after about 20 minutes of searching i was able to spot a little set of eyeballs poking over the rocks. i figured i should try to feed her while i could see her. so i grabbed a fiddler real quick and dangled it in front of her. after like 10 seconds an arm poked out of the rock. checking it out a little bit. then the fiddler sqwirmed, and squishy pounced on it. i let it go with the tweezers and squishy carried it back into the rockwork. i haven't seen her since. she is now alone in the shop again with all the lights out. hopefully she settles in pretty good so i can get some more pictures tomorrow.
sorry im a little long winded, but im super excited. i do have a couple questions
1-is this Abdopus aculeatus? or the smaller Abdopus species?
2-is it male or female? i dont see enlarged suckers, or curled 3rd leg. try to get a picture when she's on the glass
3-is 1 fiddler a day a good feading or should i do more or less?