New Zebra O. chierchiae (now trying breeding!)

[Thales]

I was able to lure her out of her barnacle the other day and saw what I thought to be fertile eggs.

Today I found two of these in the cube adjacent to the brooding female They are tiny, less than a 1/4 inch and apparently can easily slip through the mesh I used to divide the cube, so they are in their own deli containers floating in a cube, and I change the water every few hours.

 

[esquid]

Congrats!! and hello

 

[cuttlegirl]

Such cute babies, congratulations!

 

[gholland]

Nice pic! Keep up the good work Thales!

 

[Animal Mother]

Haha wow! Cute.

 

[Keith]

wow. those are pretty cool lookin. congrats thales

 

[monty]

very interesting pattern of chromatophores(?)-- it doesn't look much like the adult pattern. Please keep the pics coming so we can see how the pattern changes as they grow!

and of course

 

[Paradox]

congrats!

 

[Nancy]

Congratulations and welcome to the hatchlings!
I wonder how many you'll find.

Nancy

 

[Thales]

 

[monty]

apparently, it can turn on a dime...

 

[Colin]

LOL

great work Rich

 

[Neogonodactylus]

Good Grief! I hope that the octopus is not in contact with the dime or that the water is in contact with the dime! Dimes are over 90% copper!

Roy

 

[Thales]

Good Grief! I hope that the octopus is not in contact with the dime or that the water is in contact with the dime! Dimes are over 90% copper!

Roy

Yep...the dime is UNDER the container the octopus is in.

 

[Thales]

Found another baby tonight.

I am keeping them in plastic containers from Tap Plastics. I dremel out two holes on opposite sides and then super glue net from a net breeder in place. Then, I pop a hole in the lid and glue a piece of rigid tubing in place. The containers then go in a tank and are fed via an aqualifter and plastic gang valve, and the containers simply overflow into the tank. If I get a lot of babies, I'll feed the containers with a small power head and a manifold.