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Hows it goin TONMO?
My name is Jake and I have been in the marine hobby for about 12 years. I've raised Anywere from reef tanks to bamboo sharks and even a blue spotted stingray, but I never could get over the fascination of the octopus. Asking my LfS to bring me In a bimac I Waited patiently. A month went by and I heard nothing so I decided to go up there and see what's up... After I take a look around for a little bit I spotted a little critter cage In a top corner aquarium with two little eyes looking down at me. ( sign says mimic octopus)
I asked the clerk if it was on hold and she said..yes..And Ofcourse it was mine... Now Remeber how I wanted a bimac? Well I guess they lost my number and brought the mimic anyway. Now since they lost my number it's been they're for over a week and thankfully been eating fiddler crabs and peppermint shrimp.. Since there was such a mixup with the species and loosingy number they gave her to me for $120, knowing they can get up to $400 for this species and that she was probably better off in my care rather then at a LFS so Ofcourse I couldn't resist.
It has now been a month since she was acclimated to my tank, she is in a 40gal deep water tank with a large canister filter and a couple power heads that have swimsuit lining over them to protect her. I do a small water change every other day to keep nitrates down. She is currently eating gut loaded ghost shrimp and fiddler crabs.
Most of the day she spends out and about exploring her home, which is unusual for this species. From morning till about noon she is in her den then she doesn't usually go back in until 6 or so.. Then comes back out around 9pm, it's almost like clockwork ha.
I will post videos soon!
Thanks guys!
Jake
My name is Jake and I have been in the marine hobby for about 12 years. I've raised Anywere from reef tanks to bamboo sharks and even a blue spotted stingray, but I never could get over the fascination of the octopus. Asking my LfS to bring me In a bimac I Waited patiently. A month went by and I heard nothing so I decided to go up there and see what's up... After I take a look around for a little bit I spotted a little critter cage In a top corner aquarium with two little eyes looking down at me. ( sign says mimic octopus)
I asked the clerk if it was on hold and she said..yes..And Ofcourse it was mine... Now Remeber how I wanted a bimac? Well I guess they lost my number and brought the mimic anyway. Now since they lost my number it's been they're for over a week and thankfully been eating fiddler crabs and peppermint shrimp.. Since there was such a mixup with the species and loosingy number they gave her to me for $120, knowing they can get up to $400 for this species and that she was probably better off in my care rather then at a LFS so Ofcourse I couldn't resist.
It has now been a month since she was acclimated to my tank, she is in a 40gal deep water tank with a large canister filter and a couple power heads that have swimsuit lining over them to protect her. I do a small water change every other day to keep nitrates down. She is currently eating gut loaded ghost shrimp and fiddler crabs.
Most of the day she spends out and about exploring her home, which is unusual for this species. From morning till about noon she is in her den then she doesn't usually go back in until 6 or so.. Then comes back out around 9pm, it's almost like clockwork ha.
I will post videos soon!
Thanks guys!
Jake