briareus

OK, hopefully you are going to see the best pic I have of our new octopus. It is a lot bigger than I expected! Maybe I just don't know what a 1 1/2 inch mantle looks like!! Am really hoping it's not full grown and going to die soon, but we will see! I put it in the 50, but it looks like I may...

Long story short we have been waiting to find another hummelincki since our last one died almost a year ago. Live Aquaria listed a "medium Carribean" for sale yesterday early morning so we took a chance. It came today well packages as usual and appears to be a healthy animal although not...

Hows goin again TONMO? Back again for another round since the wunderpus photogenicus (ursula) deceased only after a short couple months of having her. On the bright side K&P aquatics has him/her ( o. Briareus #2 from availability thread) in transit right now as I should be receiving him/her...

K&P Aquatics had no takers for the last little octopus they caught several weeks ago (posted June 24) and I had an empty tank soooo... This little guy arrived on Tuesday. Along with our new unnamed critter, there was a second octopus in the package, this one coming home with them from their...

HELP! My pet octopus has 2 very small tentacles!! very confused here..... he is a reef octo his head is only about an inch long, I've had him for a month and a few weeks he is doing great. today i was watching him and noticed that the pair of tentacles behind his head are TINY (about half an...

So through D's awesome connection Philipp, at KP Aquatics, www.sealifeinc.net. I have obtained two of the smallest O.briareus i have ever seen!! Soooo cute! reminds me of little Legs when i first spotted her in the tank. Its hard to guess age but they are the at the stage where they don't have...

So im new to this forum, and bought my first octopus 2 days ago. i had been planning on it for a while , my (70g) tank was set up just for him , with a bunch of live rock and hiding places ( escape proof) . i had been looking for one for a while but my Lfs(s) never had them except for a blue...

Ken found an octopus in a new batch of collected live rock and I was due some goodies I am guessing 1-2 months old but need to review Cassy and Tatanka's pictures. He/She was release to the tank about 2:00PM and surprised me by coming out and sitting on the LR around 5:00PM (or at least...

On June 29 I received two beautiful young briareus from Lynn (Island Marine Life) and Kara (SeaLifeInc). Both were hand caught in the keys, the larger near the top of a reef (snorkel depth) and the other under a bridge. Sadly the larger animal did not live out the day and I have no answer as...

Hello All! First of all I musut apologize for not checking in more. I've been very busy lately; and I intended to journalize my last octopus but sadly it did not turn out that way. This time I fully intend on keeping a detailed journal. A few months ago I aquired a new octopus named Hal...

May 28, 2010 - May 29, 2011 No pictures of Cassy yet and I don't expect any soon as she has not ventured out into the daylight. I have seen her during the day for the last week on the back wall in a dark spot behind the live rock but she appears to be sleeping and does not respond to finger...

May 28, 2010 - July 15, 2011 :mrgreen:I opted to start journalling Tatanka and Mama Cass (AKA Cassy) in separate threads once I could take photos. I expected this to be at about 5 months but Tatanka must have read my post :roll: and decided to show himself tonight (4.5 months)around 7:00 PM...

Nereus meet TONMO, TONMO meet Nereus. I went to get two 4' dual T5 fixtures and some water this evening at Dallas North Aquarium actually hoping on finding a sea horse for my wife. Instead while standing there looking for one, an employee with whom I speak regularly asked if I had seen the...

Hello, My name is Amy and I am not new to saltwater, but definitely new to cephs. Wasn't sure where to post this, please move if needed. Anyway, by the luck of where I live, I have recieved 4 baby O. Briareus from Dwhatley. :notworth: (I am sure you have seen her thread) I just...

The moon was full yesterday at 2300 GMT (about 7:00 PM EDT) and somewhere after midnight Kooah's eggs started hatching. I have been checking the tank on every trip through the room for the last week so I did notice the first little ones when they appeared. I saw only a couple and was working...

After Pandora died, D hooked me up with this awesome briareus through her friend Lynn of Island Marine Life. It came almost 2 weeks ago (12-15-09). The packing job was phenomenal, the temp on arrival was 66.5 F, but it was in the 20's here in MI that week! I have never had such a hard time...

Ok so this is not only my first octopus but my first journal. I recently purchased an octopus at a local fish store under the assumption that it was a dwarf species but it turned out to be a briareus. From what I've seen from the video about Kalypso I'd say my octo was about 17 weeks when I...

Caligula - Octopus Briareus from Tom's Caribbean After a several month long planning/setup/cycling process, I finally got my hands on an Octopus yesterday. The octopus, O. Briareus, came in at 9:30 am from Tom's Caribbean. Temp: 72.5 ph: 7.2 Acclimation The bag was covered in newspaper. I...

Date found: April 15, 2009 Locations Found: Miami, FL in Biscayne Bay 1/4 mile south of the 79th ST causway. The area has low visibility brown water with depths of 3 feet to 12 feet. the bottom is sargassum (sea grass). The mother had apparently used my commercial stone crab trap as a nest...