Portland, Oregon

[Drea]

Hello, are there any other Portlanders out there? I'd really like to have an up-close-and-personal interaction with an octopus, but I don't have the space or the fortitude to actually keep one myself. I'm hoping there's a friendly ceph-keeper in town who wouldn't mind me stopping by for a visit. Do you exist?

Andrea

 

[rrtanton]

Tonmo's such a friendly place I'm sure any of us closeby would love to help you out...I would, for instance, but being in Illinois I suppose I'm just a LITTLE bit out of your way...that, and Gollum's not really the sociable type...and my place is a mess...hm... :P As you may have guessed, we're also fun-loving. (check out the groaners thread in the Cephalofun section!)

Seriously, though...sure you can't keep one? You're not the only one here who would want an octo but can only manage it on a tight budget. I can't say for sure, but I have a hunch you could maybe get away with a 10-15 gallon tank and a very small pygmy octo like mercatoris, as is being discussed in a couple other threads. An Eclipse 12 gallon tank can be had for under $100, and it includes everything you'd need (equipment-wise) except for a small skimmer in a nice, compact, integrated package. You could prolly put together the other necessaries for roughly $100 as well...salt, a bit of sand, test kits (main expense). Possibly a little live rock if you can afford it...ReefCentral has some info on keeping microreefs. The Eclipse tank can sit on a table or desktop... It'd probably be a bit more challenging to do a small tank, but...might be easier than you're afraid of...

( Bad Rusty! Trying to hook an innocent soul on octokeeping!)

rusty

 

[Drea]

You make it sound so simple. And I bet the first one is free, right, until I'm hooked? So tell me, do you snort an octopus, or do you freebase it?

Andrea

 

[Fujisawas Sake]

Well, I'm a Humboldt County yokel a couple of hours south of you (two hours south of Crescent City and Brookings), so hello from a "local"!

Sorry, but no octos here yet... I'm planning to plant a colony of Triops in a tank and see if I can modify their behavior from vernal pool to constant water. Oh, these little creatures are three eyed crustaceans from the Order Notostraca, if you're a taxonomist.

Well, baby's crying, and I must feed him.... take care!

Sushi and Sake

John