any octo folks on here selling bimacs?

[socal_saltwater]

My last octo died, i think from old age since my water is perfect and foot is plentiful. anyone selling bimacs? i'd love a California 2-spot again...

any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[Nancy]

We hope that some captive bred bimacs will be available in a few months.

I'll be checking into this and will post about it soon. Or, perhaps our breeders will post directly.

Nancy

 

[marinebio_guy]

Right now I have some eggs. I usually only raise about 5 hatchlings as thats is all I handle at any one time.

 

[Bigpapa]

Right now I have some eggs. I usually only raise about 5 hatchlings as thats is all I handle at any one time.

Hello Marinebio guy, by the sounds of it those might be due around the same time I would be looking for one. If you could let me know an eta on them I would know better-I dont know at what age you let them go and how long that is from now. I am looking in the 1-2 month from now range for my tank to be well cycled and ready. Thanks!!

 

[marinebio_guy]

They are about a month from hatching

Hello Marinebio guy, by the sounds of it those might be due around the same time I would be looking for one. If you could let me know an eta on them I would know better-I dont know at what age you let them go and how long that is from now. I am looking in the 1-2 month from now range for my tank to be well cycled and ready. Thanks!!

 

[Bigpapa]

They are about a month from hatching

How old do they have to be to ship??

 

[marinebio_guy]

How old do they have to be to ship??

I usually like them to be 2 weeks old before I ship them.

 

[Bigpapa]

I usually like them to be 2 weeks old before I ship them.

Would I be able to get on that list? What do you charge?

 

[DHyslop]

Would I be able to get on that list? What do you charge?

A two-week old octopus is very small. Do you know what you would feed it?

 

[marinebio_guy]

A two-week old octopus is very small. Do you know what you would feed it?

You could feed it live mysid shrimp, small ghost shrimp, or hand feed it frozen krill,plankton,mysid. They can eat something the same size they are and they would be about the size of a quarter at 2 weeks old

 

[Bigpapa]

The good part is my gf works for a lfs so I should not have any problems keeping up with food for him.

 

[DHyslop]

Do they sell live mysids or ghost shrimp? Not many do.

 

[Fishfreak218]

No but im sure the LFS wouldnt mind if she took some of the larger amphipods and the live mysids swimming around the tanks....
Culturing your own is easy in a refugium.. I have tons in my refugium....

 

[Bigpapa]

Live ghost shrimp--she is checking tomorrow to see what they have frozen

 

[Bigpapa]

Live: Ghost Shrimp
Freeze Dried: Krill, Plankton, Mysid
Frozen: Krill, Plankton, Mysid