Makes me want one in my empty tank! I have never fed them mysis at this size but have suspected they would eat small shrimps from the way they show having eaten Cyclop-eeze. That is quite a mouthfull
Here are some new photos taken today during feeding. I gave him a larger sized portion of mysis so it was a little messier then normal. Still it's interesting to watch him capture the little shrimp one at a time after defrosting them.
If all goes well I will start with a new O. briareus tomorrow I can't believe he is still eating these though as ours wanted larger foods and started rejecting the small stuff at this size (albeit, I believe they all eat Cyclop-eze which is way smaller and fed to the other inhabitants of the tank). I will have to experiment more.
Had he been showing any signs of aging this last week? 11 months in captivity is an as expected full life span but his color looked so crisp last month that I am a little surprised. With mine, I have noticed a stong graying out of the colors, lackluster attitude and some loss of control of the mantle. It happen quickly but there has always been atleast a weeks warning.
Something looked off only 1-2 days before he died. Just a little pale but he was coming out at weird times the week prior such as shortly after eating. One day I even fed him twice which never happened after he stopped growing. One odd thing is there was some bits of substrate dug into his flesh when I removed his corpse from the tank. He died in his den.
It's been a lot of fun keeping octos the last couple of years and dwarf cuttlefish before that but I think I will go a different route for now. Given how short they live and how much longer I plan to live there will be plenty of time for more cephs in the future
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