Octopus Availability

[discusbreeder]

im interested in a bimac. can anyone help.

 

[sindas]

anyone know a LFS near sotuhern indiana that sells bimac octopi?

 

[discusbreeder]

Does any one know of any near Detroit?

 

[marinebio_guy]

Most pet stores do not carry octopus, but some will be able special order them.

 

[bluezombie]

If anybody has any Bimacs, or Vulgaris, and can ship to Canada, please let me know!

 

[marinebio_guy]

My bimac eggs have started to hatch out today, so I'll start selling them in about 2 weeks.

MBG

 

[Bigpapa]

Congrats!!!!

 

[dude]

My bimac eggs have started to hatch out today, so I'll start selling them in about 2 weeks.

MBG

how much do you want for them

 

[marinebio_guy]

They will be $40 plus $5 box charge and shipping.

 

[sindas]

dang, i wish my tank was ready. i hope there is someone wiht babies when it is!

 

[dude]

go lower

 

[Animal Mother]

go lower

Dude, that's already cheaper than anywhere else you're going to find them online or at a LFS. He's probably going to spend at least that on live foods for the babies before he ships them.

 

[marinebio_guy]

At that price I'm just about breacking even. If you can find someone selling them for cheaper I will beat there price. But I dought you could even find a wild caught animal cheaper than that unless you catch it yourself, although the permit to do so would cost more than $50. If you pick it up from me in the L.A. area I might be able to go down to $35 total, but that would only be for hatchlings.

 

[Nancy]

Actually, I think one of the problems we're having as octopus keepers is that our breeders are selling their tank-bred octopuses for far too little money. I'd like to see octopuses go for twice as much. People like marinebio_guy put a lot of time and money into the breeding project and then sell for little or no profit. There is little reason to do it again or for others to get interested in breeding.

We watched Octopets go under, after selling their little bimacs for very little.

Just go to an LFS and price the fish and corals to see what a bargain an octopus is.

Nancy

 

[sindas]

yeah, all of us know as buyers it's tough to spend very much money on stuff, but you gotta think of how much the person is spending just to breed them, let alone keep the babies until there sold.