It's been very hard to find info on the Cyanea so far. And since there are potentially two of us right now that are looking to get one, I'm starting this separate thread to help people find info on them.
-They life 12-15 months, with females laying eggs at roughly one year.
-The female will refuse food and brood over the eggs once laid, so expect females to have a shorter lifespan
-breeding them in an aquarium would likely be impossible as the women eat the males after mating, sometimes before
-They stay in one den at a maximum of 40 days, so keep this in mind when designing the tank for it.
-They grow very quickly, but if anything is off during their juvenile period it can vastly influence how large they grow
-reports are conflicted if its truly diurnal so its possible there are multiple species
-They seem to be on average about 4 feet, but there are multiple Hawaiian websites that claim they've seen them at 6 feet
-They are the most common octopus to Hawaii and are commonly food or bait.
-this link CWTG - NCEI Coastal Water Temperature Guide - Hawaiian Island Coast table has average water temps around Hawaii and other pacific areas, based on this Id say a Cyanea could easily be comfy in the low 70's.
-They have large dark oval eye spots below their eyes, and have spots covering their tentacles. Spots can be hard to see depending what color the octopus is at the time.
-Scientists believe the Cyanea may be the best octopus at camouflage due likely to the fact many hunt during the day.
I'll add more as I find it. I have several emails out to fisheries/fishery watchdog agencies trying to find which ones have a bycatch of octos. Hopefully I'll be able to find a source for the species =].
Everything Octopus
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=553
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/...nt/media/MBA_SeafoodWatch_HIOctopusReport.pdf
-They life 12-15 months, with females laying eggs at roughly one year.
-The female will refuse food and brood over the eggs once laid, so expect females to have a shorter lifespan
-breeding them in an aquarium would likely be impossible as the women eat the males after mating, sometimes before
-They stay in one den at a maximum of 40 days, so keep this in mind when designing the tank for it.
-They grow very quickly, but if anything is off during their juvenile period it can vastly influence how large they grow
-reports are conflicted if its truly diurnal so its possible there are multiple species
-They seem to be on average about 4 feet, but there are multiple Hawaiian websites that claim they've seen them at 6 feet
-They are the most common octopus to Hawaii and are commonly food or bait.
-this link CWTG - NCEI Coastal Water Temperature Guide - Hawaiian Island Coast table has average water temps around Hawaii and other pacific areas, based on this Id say a Cyanea could easily be comfy in the low 70's.
-They have large dark oval eye spots below their eyes, and have spots covering their tentacles. Spots can be hard to see depending what color the octopus is at the time.
-Scientists believe the Cyanea may be the best octopus at camouflage due likely to the fact many hunt during the day.
I'll add more as I find it. I have several emails out to fisheries/fishery watchdog agencies trying to find which ones have a bycatch of octos. Hopefully I'll be able to find a source for the species =].
Everything Octopus
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=553
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/...nt/media/MBA_SeafoodWatch_HIOctopusReport.pdf