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The past 2 nights I've found Kalypso hanging out on the glass pretty much immediately after lights out. That's around 7:30pm. As soon as she sees me she hurries her way to the front of the tank and waits half-hidden behind rocks for me to put some food in. If I tease her with the food outside the tank she reaches out and dashes at it and once she realizes she can't grab it, she dashes back behind a rock again and tries to figure out another way to get the food. She has become very personable. She doesn't mind the light on in the room at all, and she seems to be getting comfortable with the 10,000k lighting on the fixture but so far she goes and hides after a couple of minutes after I turn it on. If she doesn't like it after a few more tries I'll just leave it at ambient light. Trying to make a lighting compromise but get really good pictures too. I haven't tried my 20 watt fluorescents yet but I think I'll do that this week.
I usually make her work for her food because I know once she gets it she retreats off into the rocks to her favorite spot. Her arms are about 8 inches now, and about as big around as a #2 pencil, and I see her webbing more and more every night. She will "stand" on 6 of them and reach out into the water column trying to grab the stick or the food with the other 2. By "stand" I mean her arms make like one big foot and about halfway up bend so that the rest of her body is vertical, with no support other than her own strength. Nothin' but muscle!
I usually make her work for her food because I know once she gets it she retreats off into the rocks to her favorite spot. Her arms are about 8 inches now, and about as big around as a #2 pencil, and I see her webbing more and more every night. She will "stand" on 6 of them and reach out into the water column trying to grab the stick or the food with the other 2. By "stand" I mean her arms make like one big foot and about halfway up bend so that the rest of her body is vertical, with no support other than her own strength. Nothin' but muscle!