Octopus’ have excellent memories so it's not going to forget the first encounter it had with a human that took it from it's home on the reef. The last human that it dealt with and smelled, took it away from it's home and mailed it in a small box to you. For now it probably sees you as a potential enemy or predator. It’s hidey hole must have openings from which it can also escape predation. It's safety depends on stealth and it's ability to hide in plain sight. It's determining by your demeanor when you approach the aquarium if you can see it or not. When first introduced to the aquarium, the little Octo is sitting in it's place of safety trying to figure out how safe it is. Part of having a level of intelligence means that the organism has an individual personality. But it's up to the individual Octo personality what it decides to do. It can then eventually, like a dog or cat, start interacting with you like it's trying to develop a relationship with you. It can start to take a liking to you if you’re the type that leaves your hand scent in the tank often to work in the tank for example, when you clean your tank or when you feed them. If it knows that you can find it in it's present home or that you can see it then it will adapt and try other ways to fool you by camouflaging itself or change hiding tactics and location to see if that works. It's an expert at hiding in plain sight and very intelligent. Octopus do not have to eat constantly like many fish. Alternatively, you can hand feed Octopus with frozen shrimp or silversides, but it's up to the keeper of the tank how much time you want to spend on hand feeding it. The best way to feed octopus is by just having some live food in the tank at all times. How do I feed my Octopus? How often do I feed my pet Octopus? Why can't I find my Octopus in it's tank? Or a Bio Cube or Anno tank, small stand alone tank that you can add corals, macro algae, snails and other animals that are compatible with the Octopus King. The refugium will act as a biological filter for your main display tank with Saltwater plants and the Octopus will be in heaven. So while it is small so it can't eat larger fish and crabs, it could eat smaller animals in the aquarium.Ī unique way of housing this little predator without the risk of it hunting down your existing fish and shrimp or bothering your seahorses is setting up a show refugium to the side of the main display tank, can be 15 gallon size. Keep in mind that this little Octo is a juvenile of an apex predator. You can feed your pet octopus any meaty food like frozen shrimp, krill.īest is to supplement with live food such as our grass shrimp saltwater feeder shrimp.Īny size aquarium tank will do for these little octopus. They usually like to match their surrounding and are able to match the color of the background to camouflage and shape their soft body to the texture of the object or background they are imitating. Octopi can change color in a split second. (Octopus Joubini) or Carribean Octopus for sale. To buy larger Keys reef octopus go to the reef octopus page. Meet the pet octopus, one of the most fascinating creatures in the sea. Live Octopus for sale make one of the best most interactive aquarium pets. Octopus are one of the most intelligent creatures in the sea. Tested to have the intelligence of a house cat. Octopus is reef friendly and way too cute. Max size this type of Octopus grows is 4 inches. Juvenile Octopus or Cephalopods is the size of a quarter
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