mercatoris

Inky does this strange behavior all night every night - @Thales said I shouldn't worry. This is not the cleaning sucker shedding behavior BTW.

He's such a diva

Inky is pretty tiny and in this video he's trying to do some UFC moves to get his dinner.

Hi folks. My little guy is sitting in a fish trap in my main tank with hiding places and he had a crab for a midnight snack on his first night home. I am setting up a tank for him but he will stay in the fish trap until then. I click on the Mercatoris tag on this forum and only found 4 threads...

Hey everyone! Today I finally brought home Bubble & Squeak from one of my LFS. They were dripped in and put in the aquarium about an hour ago and are both in their first-picked dens but still visible. They're being kept in a modified Innovative Marine Nuvo Fusion 20 with a glass lid (a 1/4"...

New guy here with a new saltwater biocube29 currently cycling on week 2 (first saltwater tank). I've always loved O's and reading on corals, I ran across a recommendation for an Octopus for this site. Out of curiosity I registered of course :biggrin2:. At this time, I plan to set up a coral...

Well my little Priscillia is here!!! She is about as big as my thumb nail plus legs. I have her in a breeding net for now so that I can monitor what & if she eats. She has a very strong grip, although I admit that this my first encounter with an octo. I have added 2 small juvenile saltwater...

I have had this one for 5 1/2 weeks now, it's well acclimated- if nothing else. I got it from Matt Andrews at Tom's Caribbean Tropicals, he had it labeled briareus or vulgaris. I waited this long to journal it because I was worried that it will turn out to be a brooding joubini- it reminds me...

Hey everyone I am attaching this here from another forum where I requested an ID on this fellow and was directed to this amazing forum. This is how the story starts: About two months ago I noticed my sump/refugium slowly becoming a shell grave, snails were being consumed as well as small crabs...

Sleazy 2009/12/17 - 2010/06/26 O. mercatoris Wild Caught Female http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/sleazy-o-mercatoris.11686/

Octiffiny 2007/01/?- 2007/01/29 O. mercatoris Wild Caught Female

Wiley 2007/11/17 ~ 2008/12/20 O. mercatoris Tank Bred Male http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/page-3#post-107925 Mother: MissBroody Father: HideNSeek

Little Girl 2007/11/17 ~ 2008/05/? O. Mercatoris Tank Bred Female Mother: Miss Broody Father: HideNSeek Offspring: none http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/page-3#post-107925

MIA (MissingInAquarium) 2007/03/17 ~ 2008/03/08 O. mercatoris Tank Born Male http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/ Mother: Trapper http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trapper-o-mercatoris.6959/

Miss Broody 2007/03/17 - 2008/01/26 O. mercatoris Tank Born Female http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/ Mother: Trapper http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trapper-o-mercatoris.6959/ Mate: HideNSeek Brood: 2007/10/01 - 2007-11/17 Offspring...

HideNSeek 2007/03/17 - 2008/05/30 O. mercatoris Tank Born Male http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/ Mother: Trapper http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trapper-o-mercatoris.6959/ Mate: MissBroody Offspring...

Medusa (Dusa) 2007/03/17 - 2008/05/23 O. mercatoris Tank Born Male http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/ Mother: Trapper http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trapper-o-mercatoris.6959/ Offspring: None (not mated)

Sisturus 2007/03/17 - 2008/04/04 O. mercatoris Tank Born Male http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/ Mother: Trapper http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trapper-o-mercatoris.6959/ Offspring: None (not mated)

Trapper 2006/12/19 - 2007/06/06 O. mercatoris Wild Caught Female http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trapper-o-mercatoris.6959/ Hatchlings: 2007/03/17 http://www.tonmo.com/community/threads/trappers-babies-tank-raised-mercatoris.7853/

May I introduce you toooo...Hindenburg. I hadn't planned on his arrival nearly so early, but when you ask for an octopus..some people really find you one. the water quality rocks and sand were ready..I'm just nervous on whether or not I am lol. He is supposed to be mercatoris but i haven't...