Octopus Availability

[iAlex]

If you get an Indo one it will usually be an A. aculeatus. I don't think there have been enough people ordering from the other areas in order to get any kind of consistency on species.

 

[DWhatley]

Baby O. Briareus Available - K&P Aquatics

K&P Aquatics still have a baby O. briareus available (one of the 4 shown above). I did not realize they were not all taken You can contact them through the www.sealifeinc.net website if interested. They will be going on vacation next week so need to ship the animal before next Thursday.

 

[asid61]

sealifeinc.net is a great site. Good people and they often get nice species of animals like mantis shrimps and octopuses.

 

[DWhatley]

I am kind of fond of them myself (was webmaster for Ken for years - SealifeInc is transitioning to K&P Aquatics now run by daughter Kara and son-in-law Philipp - website in transition to new format and new name but getting all the old features in the new site has caused them some delay).

 

[iAlex]

LA has small Caribbean...

Octopus - Assorted: Saltwater Aquarium Invertebrates

 

[DeepBlueWonders]

K&P Aquatics still have a baby O. briareus available (one of the 4 shown above). I did not realize they were not all taken You can contact them through the www.sealifeinc.net website if interested. They will be going on vacation next week so need to ship the animal before next Thursday.

I'm thinking of picking up this little guy. Right now I have a four bulb T5 HO light fixture rated for 96 watts on a 25 inch tall tank. Do you think this would be too much light? Would it discourage day time activity?

 

[CaptFish]

I'm thinking of picking up this little guy. Right now I have a four bulb T5 HO light fixture rated for 96 watts on a 25 inch tall tank. Do you think this would be too much light? Would it discourage day time activity?

No that is fine. They are pretty nocturnal when they are young, but the adults are a mix or crepuscular and diurnal so lights wont bother them.

 

[CaptFish]

LiveAquaria.com has "Assorted Med. Caribbean Octopus" in stock

they also have "Assorted Med. Indonesian Otopus"

Octopus - Assorted: Saltwater Aquarium Invertebrates

 

[DWhatley]

Three O. briareus available from K&P Aquatics

Kara and Philipp have three O. briareus. They are $90 shipped ($45 for octo and $45 for shipping). These appear to be a good size for survival (#2 is smaller than 1 and 3). Contact them at www.sealifeinc.net if interested.
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They also found an O. hummelincki. I will be getting that one but she is not in the best of shape and definitely older.

 

[DWhatley]

Picts of # 2 available from K&P

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[DWhatley]

Pics of O. briareus #3 from K&P

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[DeepBlueWonders]

NYaquatic has octo's in stock.
http://www.nyaquatic.com/servlet/the-427/Octopus-dsh-Bali-(baby)/Detail

 

[MimicryJP]

I'm looking for a new octopus, what species is the one from nyaquatic?

 

[CaptFish]

Hard to say the picture is not that great. Says it is from Indonesia, bali, but it is not an aculeatus the arms are too short to be one. My guess would be that it is a dwarf and not a baby.

 

[DeepBlueWonders]

Glad you pointed that out, because I may have snatched him up (if not one from K&P) if I didn't have tanks full of cuttlefish at the moment.