Fresh water Octopus

[TornadoTank]

Can I put an octopus in a fresh water tank???? Would it die instantly or over a few weeks/days? How would it live with fish/frogs?

 

[WhiteKiboko]

Re: Fresh water Octopus

you might want to look here...

TONMO Cephalopod Community

An octopus wouldn't last 10 mins in freshwater.

 

[joel_ang]

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Sorry to disappoint you but nearly all cephalopods are strictly saltwater.

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Hard to imagine a fresh ceph.

Which are you talking about, Joel?

 

[Colin]

yep, as people said... an octo would die!

worse than that it would surely be an agonising horrible death if put into freshwater!!!

 

[joel_ang]

If Im not wrong there are a few cephs which can tolerate slightly lower salinities, but even brackish would be too low for them.

 

[Colin]

even little bimacs can tolerate a little change in salinity as they are a tidal mud flat species as could any animal from that area or from rock pools but I'd still aim for full strength sea water