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Hi, I'm new to TONMO and I've already found a lot of useful links here, but I'm still a beginner in both Octopus caring, and saltwater aquarium in general, so I have a lot of question about both that I hope you guys can help!
I already went to a pet shop where there are people that work with saltwater aquarium and they told me a lot of things about tank size, filter, skimmer, quantity of live rocks/sand, maturation of the aquarium, how to change water and what NOT to do with a saltwater aquarium.
Said that, he also said that an octopus are hard to keep and that probably need a stronger filter and skimmer, and also a cooler aquarium, and that some of these thing vary depending on what octopus species I get.
But anyway I'll ask more about the tank stuff in the "Tank Talk" part of this forum later, in the meanwhile I want to do a lot of questions about the octopus in general, so here the questions (answer them thinking of either a bimac or a vulgaris):
1. If I buy a really young one (like baby level), what kind of food do I need to give to it?
And in general what kind (and how much) of food do I have to give to my octopus for its age?
2. How do I know the age of an octopus?
3. How does it die? I know that female are sometimes gravid even without mating, so I know that in that case she dies after the eggs hatch... but in case it is a male or a non gravid female, how do I know it is near its time? Does it looks change like for a dog?
4. Outside Live rock and sand, what plants/Other things can and HAVE to be inside the tank?
5. If my octopus bites me, what do I do? I know that they are venemous creature, do I need to go to the hospital, or can I be chill with it?
6. What do I do if I mistakenly scare it and it releases ink inside the tank? And is there any way to store the ink?
7. How do I know if there is any sign of copper (or other metals) on both the water, what I put in, in my hands and on random toys that I buy for it?
8. Where do people here usually get their octopuses?
9. What toys do you recommend me? I'm already storing all McDonald small games, because I feel like they may make an octopus happy, but is there any toy that they really love and usually play a lot?
And for food, it is gonna be alright If I put the live food inside things (like bottles or other containers) to make it more challenging for the octopus to get?
10. This is just a little fear I have, so I'm sorry if I sound dumb, but is it dangerous to give live crabs to it, can't they potentially harm the octopus? Especially if I put them inside a bottle?
11. This question is more related to Cuttlefishes, but in case I decide to take a cuttlefish instead of an octopus, can I put two cuttlefishes in the same tanks?
There is no need to tell me that Octopuses can't be together to pretty much anything that breathes, but I saw that Cuttlefishes are more social, so I wanted to ask this small question about cuttlefishes.
Anyway thank for all the help, and if you have some useful link of other posts here on TONMO (about both cuttlefishes and octopuses) I will gladly accept them!
Said all of this I'm in no rush to get it, and I can get as much time as it needs to learn everything (even years) and ask other things if I forgot to ask them now...
I'm actually thinking of buying an Axolotl before (They are legal here where I live) in like a few months, saw that it seems like they are animals for real beginners to saltwater aquariums like me (and they look cute), in case you know another forum for pet Axolotl, please share.
Said all of this thank all of you for answering to my questions and for your patience with me, I hope I didn't sound annoying!
I already went to a pet shop where there are people that work with saltwater aquarium and they told me a lot of things about tank size, filter, skimmer, quantity of live rocks/sand, maturation of the aquarium, how to change water and what NOT to do with a saltwater aquarium.
Said that, he also said that an octopus are hard to keep and that probably need a stronger filter and skimmer, and also a cooler aquarium, and that some of these thing vary depending on what octopus species I get.
But anyway I'll ask more about the tank stuff in the "Tank Talk" part of this forum later, in the meanwhile I want to do a lot of questions about the octopus in general, so here the questions (answer them thinking of either a bimac or a vulgaris):
1. If I buy a really young one (like baby level), what kind of food do I need to give to it?
And in general what kind (and how much) of food do I have to give to my octopus for its age?
2. How do I know the age of an octopus?
3. How does it die? I know that female are sometimes gravid even without mating, so I know that in that case she dies after the eggs hatch... but in case it is a male or a non gravid female, how do I know it is near its time? Does it looks change like for a dog?
4. Outside Live rock and sand, what plants/Other things can and HAVE to be inside the tank?
5. If my octopus bites me, what do I do? I know that they are venemous creature, do I need to go to the hospital, or can I be chill with it?
6. What do I do if I mistakenly scare it and it releases ink inside the tank? And is there any way to store the ink?
7. How do I know if there is any sign of copper (or other metals) on both the water, what I put in, in my hands and on random toys that I buy for it?
8. Where do people here usually get their octopuses?
9. What toys do you recommend me? I'm already storing all McDonald small games, because I feel like they may make an octopus happy, but is there any toy that they really love and usually play a lot?
And for food, it is gonna be alright If I put the live food inside things (like bottles or other containers) to make it more challenging for the octopus to get?
10. This is just a little fear I have, so I'm sorry if I sound dumb, but is it dangerous to give live crabs to it, can't they potentially harm the octopus? Especially if I put them inside a bottle?
11. This question is more related to Cuttlefishes, but in case I decide to take a cuttlefish instead of an octopus, can I put two cuttlefishes in the same tanks?
There is no need to tell me that Octopuses can't be together to pretty much anything that breathes, but I saw that Cuttlefishes are more social, so I wanted to ask this small question about cuttlefishes.
Anyway thank for all the help, and if you have some useful link of other posts here on TONMO (about both cuttlefishes and octopuses) I will gladly accept them!
Said all of this I'm in no rush to get it, and I can get as much time as it needs to learn everything (even years) and ask other things if I forgot to ask them now...
I'm actually thinking of buying an Axolotl before (They are legal here where I live) in like a few months, saw that it seems like they are animals for real beginners to saltwater aquariums like me (and they look cute), in case you know another forum for pet Axolotl, please share.
Said all of this thank all of you for answering to my questions and for your patience with me, I hope I didn't sound annoying!