Hey everyone! I am new to keeping octopus, but have kept reef tanks and saltwater fish for over 10 years. I have kept a lot of sensitive saltwater species and tons of demanding corals. I am definitely intimidated by keeping an octopus. I stumbled across this site and have been reading up and researching for the past few months. A couple of days ago I saw a post by @Tomh about bimacs available for sale, jumped on it and planning to have one shipped to me by the end of the week.
I am posting to document the journey as well as gain insight from the many experienced members here. The tank setup is a 60 gallon cube tank on a diy stand (33in length, 24in deep) with a cube sump (little over 30gallons), (herbie overflow), a diablo protein skimmer (rated for 220 gallons), a brs dual reactor (can be used for anything). I started the tank with cycled media, sand and rock. Also filling it up with saltwater from my reef tank. For the lid I am using a tight fitting acrylic sheet. Lights are viparspectra running at about 5-10% (haven’t decided yet).
the tank is located between two walls so it can only be viewed from the front. I am also adding a chiller to keep the temperature lower than 70 degrees. I will update with more pics of the tank up and running!
PLEASE PLEASE give me any advice you can.
I am posting to document the journey as well as gain insight from the many experienced members here. The tank setup is a 60 gallon cube tank on a diy stand (33in length, 24in deep) with a cube sump (little over 30gallons), (herbie overflow), a diablo protein skimmer (rated for 220 gallons), a brs dual reactor (can be used for anything). I started the tank with cycled media, sand and rock. Also filling it up with saltwater from my reef tank. For the lid I am using a tight fitting acrylic sheet. Lights are viparspectra running at about 5-10% (haven’t decided yet).
the tank is located between two walls so it can only be viewed from the front. I am also adding a chiller to keep the temperature lower than 70 degrees. I will update with more pics of the tank up and running!
PLEASE PLEASE give me any advice you can.
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