Best time of year to get an octo?

[Hadla]

My lfs has this tiny prickly looking one that only came in as octopus where as dwarves are usually labeled pacific brown which is why I don’t bother with those! I see prickly and hope for abdopus lol… my camera wouldn’t let me video with the flash on So I could only get these pics… it was hiding between the two pipes when I walked up so someone moved one for me so I could try to id him. He’s $70 whereas “pacific browns” are usually $40ish

What’s the best time of year to get one? I thought around like spring… but I guess it depends on the species

 

[tonmo]

Interesting question. I found a couple of other such discussions:

best time of year for octopus

i saw in another post that someone mentioned stonecrab fishing season as a good time to find some octopus. cuz thats when commercial fishermen come accros them. i was just wondering if there was a specific time of year when other octopus are more availabe. i don't know if collecting them in...

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feeding question

I'm setting up a 55g octo tank. I'm considering putting in button polyps green polyps not sure if thats a bad idea? also with live rock I know they move it around alot should I try to secure it somehow? or just let it be.. I just don't want a rock to hit the glass and there we go dry octopus...

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[Tomh]

Depending on if you need a chiller I would say September/October!