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Hi everyone,
I have recently set up a 29g for a bimac and am doing some research to make sure I will be able to feed it properly! I am extremely excited to get one of these awesome looking creatures, but I want to make sure I do everything responsibly.
I can not go gather from any s/w source as I live in Northern VA about 2++ hours from any shore... maybe I could go for a trip for fun once or something, but it would DEFINITELY not be a regular thing.
I have read a lot here and it seems that crayfish are good, as well as crabs. I know that I can get these at LFS's but they are not very cheap.. maybe $3 for 4"'ish crayfish and all I can find are fiddler crabs for around $3 or $4 as well. This seems somewhat expensive to feed every day, but I could certainly supplement with this. Other foods I hear mentioned are frozen raw shrimp/scallops/clams/squid from the grocery store. Will an octo readily accept this food even though it is dead? I see on octopets that they sell baby clams, this looks like it could be good nutrition to supplement the octo's diet as well?
I also see people talk about feeding ghost shrimp or feeder goldfish. I understand that feeder goldfish aren't 'nutritious' (i don't really understand why) but are they okay for a snack every now and then?
Something that really is confusing me is a lot of these foods sound to me like they are freshwater, like crayfish and goldfish and ghost shrimp.. so wouldn't they just die right away when I put them into the tank?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate any information or advice you all can give me!
Robert
I have recently set up a 29g for a bimac and am doing some research to make sure I will be able to feed it properly! I am extremely excited to get one of these awesome looking creatures, but I want to make sure I do everything responsibly.
I can not go gather from any s/w source as I live in Northern VA about 2++ hours from any shore... maybe I could go for a trip for fun once or something, but it would DEFINITELY not be a regular thing.
I have read a lot here and it seems that crayfish are good, as well as crabs. I know that I can get these at LFS's but they are not very cheap.. maybe $3 for 4"'ish crayfish and all I can find are fiddler crabs for around $3 or $4 as well. This seems somewhat expensive to feed every day, but I could certainly supplement with this. Other foods I hear mentioned are frozen raw shrimp/scallops/clams/squid from the grocery store. Will an octo readily accept this food even though it is dead? I see on octopets that they sell baby clams, this looks like it could be good nutrition to supplement the octo's diet as well?
I also see people talk about feeding ghost shrimp or feeder goldfish. I understand that feeder goldfish aren't 'nutritious' (i don't really understand why) but are they okay for a snack every now and then?
Something that really is confusing me is a lot of these foods sound to me like they are freshwater, like crayfish and goldfish and ghost shrimp.. so wouldn't they just die right away when I put them into the tank?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate any information or advice you all can give me!
Robert