So much for my theory that adult octopuses don't ink as much as the small ones! A couple of days ago Ollie inked - and I was unable to figure out why. The blinds were open, so maybe a leaf floated by outside or something like that. Anyway, I suddenly saw Ollie's arms churning, a big puff of sand, and Ollie was gone through the back entrance of his den. It was a few seconds before I realized he had inked, and it was a big puff of ink.
I turned on the skimmer immediately and completed a 12% water change right away. The water was almost clear in three hours, but I left the skimmer on for 11 hours to make sure every ink particle was cleaned up.
The funny thing was, as I was peering into the cloudy water looking at Ollie at the bottom of his den, he must have seen me. One arm came out and waved at me!
This is the third time since he arrived at the beginning of March that Ollie has inked. The worst thing about it is that Ollie mopes around for about a day afterwards before returning to normal and playing with me.
Nancy
I turned on the skimmer immediately and completed a 12% water change right away. The water was almost clear in three hours, but I left the skimmer on for 11 hours to make sure every ink particle was cleaned up.
The funny thing was, as I was peering into the cloudy water looking at Ollie at the bottom of his den, he must have seen me. One arm came out and waved at me!
This is the third time since he arrived at the beginning of March that Ollie has inked. The worst thing about it is that Ollie mopes around for about a day afterwards before returning to normal and playing with me.
Nancy