[Octopus]: Unidentified Flying Octopus & Baby Cuttlefish

[sedna]

"It works 'til it doesn't" is always what we say about mixing fish and cephalopods. Sorry for your loss, it's a hard way to go. At least your octopus is doing well!

 

[Hahmlet]

"It works 'til it doesn't" is always what we say about mixing fish and cephalopods. Sorry for your loss, it's a hard way to go. At least your octopus is doing well!

Thanks, yeah I'm going in with the mindset that everything else in my tank is supposed to be potential food for my octopus. It's just that she only went for the biggest and most expensive fish I have.

I have a smaller yellow eye kole tang that she does not seem to bother for some reason. I immediately got myself another smaller white tail kole tang. Let's see if size matters.

 

[Hahmlet]

1st Batch Cuttlefish Day 57 - 27 May 2023

• 2 in the main tank. Last spotted 26 May.
• I let the one in the breeder box out into the main tank. It didn't eat for over 2 days, and I couldn't figure out what it was, but I figured it would have a better chance out of the breeder box.

2nd Batch Cuttlefish Day 27 - 27 May 2023

• Total 24 fries (Wk1: +36 -1, Wk2 +5 -5, Wk3: -10, 25th -1)
• Refugium 19 fries
• Breeder box 5 fries
• I feed the fries twice a day and they eat about 1/3 to almost the whole rili shrimp body except for the head.
• It seems like only 3 of them really eating well. The other 2 might only be eating shrimplets or less often.

Octopus Day 16 - 27 May 2023

• Ok.... maybe she is an algae octopus.
• Actually, all her different colors and actions vs. my previous algae octopus can be explained if she's going through senescence.
• Not eating.
• Only coming out at night.
• Grey coloration.
• I just took this picture, exactly the same spot and pose as my previous girl the day before she started eating her own arms and passed away a few days later. I believe it is not normal for octopus to stay in a pose where their suckers aren't latched on to anything.