Hey guys~ I'm new here. I'm from Korea, but living in Singapore.
I've always wanted to keep octopus and cuttlefish since I started fishkeeping 10 years ago.
I quit the hobby for 2 years because 4 cats and a fish tank proved too much for my lower back.
Then I started reading up on marine biology a lot and the urge kicked in again. Got myself a Waterbox Marine X 60 and the full shabang 3 weeks ago, got everything running and stable and started getting corals and clean up crew first. This is what it looks like now.
I have 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 4 Peppermint Shrimp, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 1 Cole Tang, 1 Rainford's Goby, 1 Crocea Clam, 1 Brittle Star, 3 Feather Stars, and 1 Pencil Urchin in the refugium for eating corals.
Then last night, my LFS calls me and tells me they got BOTH octopus and cuttlefish. I had been waiting for 3 months...
My baby cuttlefish shortly after placing him in the tank, using his 2 tiny arms to cover himself with sand.
He stopped when he saw me watching, so I went away then he continued. Even the blenny is bigger than him.
My clingy Octopus took awhile to get into the tank.
Can anyone ID him? He's definitely not a Mimic/Zebra as he doesn't have the horns on his eyes, but he does have a slender mantle.
Today he's been black the whole time with a white band from the tip of his mantle to his face, you can see at 6 seconds in the video below. He does turn light brownish when he's hiding between the rocks.
I'm testing out a theory that they won't eat tank mates they grew up with.
Look forward to sharing and learning with everyone here!
I've always wanted to keep octopus and cuttlefish since I started fishkeeping 10 years ago.
I quit the hobby for 2 years because 4 cats and a fish tank proved too much for my lower back.
Then I started reading up on marine biology a lot and the urge kicked in again. Got myself a Waterbox Marine X 60 and the full shabang 3 weeks ago, got everything running and stable and started getting corals and clean up crew first. This is what it looks like now.
- Temperature: 25°C
- Specific Gravity: 1.025
- Ph: 7.8 ~ 8.0
I have 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 4 Peppermint Shrimp, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 1 Cole Tang, 1 Rainford's Goby, 1 Crocea Clam, 1 Brittle Star, 3 Feather Stars, and 1 Pencil Urchin in the refugium for eating corals.
Then last night, my LFS calls me and tells me they got BOTH octopus and cuttlefish. I had been waiting for 3 months...

My baby cuttlefish shortly after placing him in the tank, using his 2 tiny arms to cover himself with sand.
My clingy Octopus took awhile to get into the tank.
Today he's been black the whole time with a white band from the tip of his mantle to his face, you can see at 6 seconds in the video below. He does turn light brownish when he's hiding between the rocks.
I'm testing out a theory that they won't eat tank mates they grew up with.

Look forward to sharing and learning with everyone here!