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An aquarium store near by just got in 3 Octopi. I'm pretty sure one is either a bimac or a mercatoris. Not, but it has a yellowish brown ring around it's false eye spot. The other two I have no idea. They were all supposedly caught in the Caribbean but the store doesn't know their species. They are holding the smaller of the three for me for only two days so I can figure out it's species. Can anyone help me before it's too late and it gets sold? I'm attaching some photos I took with my camera phone. Sorry about the quality. The octo would rarely sit still. The only physical info I can give is that before they moved the rock so I could see it better was that it was a dark reddish brown. Once it got out it turned milky white with only the tip of it's mantle pinkish red and it showed two black dots on the very tip of it's mantle. It's eyes and mantle look kind of like the acuelatus in size comparison and ratio, except it has a really small mantle compared to the rest of it's body and the eyes protrude outward from the body like the acuelatus. So any info would help. Quickly please.
I don't mind the extra height. I was actually thinking about putting a step ladder behind it. And I would put it up high enough so that the middle of the tank is just about eye level. I know plenty of ways to rig cleaning utensils and what not and how to arrange LR and decor. As for the not being able to see the octo when it's little, I was thinking about rearing it in a smaller tank like my biocube and then moving it over when it gets bigger. Plus the added space allows me to keep the tank stock loaded with live food. So much that the octo can't eat it all before I have time to restock it. I still plan on hand feeding it from time to time but I like the idea of sitting back and watching it in it's natural state hunting.
