Pics of Fluffy

[corw314]

I like the name and your reasoning is awesome!!! He's very cute! My octos have always had very different names especially if my sons or daughter get into the naming.

 

[drakanorn]

the seller said he was a briareus. i bought him off ebay from Florida.

 

[Animal Mother]

Looks pretty green to me. I believe he is Briareus.

 

[drakanorn]

iv noticed that one of his eyes sticks out more than the other and the other is whiter it can still change color though. is their something wrong here?

 

[Animal Mother]

Hmmm, I would pay close attention to it over the next several days.

 

[Nancy]

We've had a lot of octopus eye problems recently. Some discussion and remedies are already on the Octopus Care forum.

How large is your octopus - is it a young one or older?

Nancy

 

[drakanorn]

another concern, a 1/2 inch section of arm got bitten off and propelled out of his conch shell "den". all of the parameters are fine but i did a small water change anyway. the new starfish(sand sifter) might be stressing him out but i think boredom is more likely so i boiled a couple of plastic balls and put them in the tank. hes still resting in his conch shell as usual so i don't know what he will think of the toys. hopefully they wont stress him further...

another 1/2 inch portion of arm just got bit off :/

 

[Animal Mother]

another concern, a 1/2 inch section of arm got bitten off and propelled out of his conch shell "den". all of the parameters are fine but i did a small water change anyway. the new starfish(sand sifter) might be stressing him out but i think boredom is more likely so i boiled a couple of plastic balls and put them in the tank. hes still resting in his conch shell as usual so i don't know what he will think of the toys. hopefully they wont stress him further...

another 1/2 inch portion of arm just got bit off :/

Hmm.. are you saying crabs are taking the arm tips off or do you think the octopus is severing them?

 

[drakanorn]

i think the octopus is and he is noticeably redder today, could it be bothering him that i am always in the room? (the tank is in my bedroom)

 

[cuttlegirl]

How long was your tank up and running before you added the octopus?