western australian occie

[dingo]

hi guys this is a photo of our occie he is a western australian occie dont know the real name but hes cool any way we also have a zebra lion fish in with him and they get on great let us know what you think oh and what a cool site

 

[Nancy]

Hi and welcome to TONMO.com

What a beautiful octopus! Thanks for posting the pic. How big is it, and how big is the tank it's in?

Glad you like the site!

Nancy

 

[corw314]

Welcome!!! He is beautiful! How long have you had him? He cohabitates with a lionfish? Think that is a first!!! Anyway enjoy and look forward to more pics!!!

Carol

 

[dingo]

hes about the size of a large orange and the tank is a 4ft about 200 liters with plenty of rocks we have two canister filters and a protien skimmer heres some more pics also theres a puffer fish , a clown fish a gobbie in the tank

 

[Colin]

Hi Dingo, welcome to TONMO.com

Keep posting pics of that octo, more you post better chnace we have of figuring what it is

 

[corw314]

Think I found your octo - Octopus cf tetricus or known as the common Perth Octopus, pg. 277 of Cephlapods, A World Guide for those of you that have this!

 

[dingo]

thankyou for that we thought thats what he might be but always good to double check but hes cool anyway we collect live food for the both of them once a week so they can snack on white bait and boxer shrimp all week long and also we supply them with frozen food as well

 

[Colin]

Is the picture in the first post your own pic?

 

[Andy Lister]

Fantastic looking octo and a fantastic looking tank!

Good job all round I say!

~Andy

 

[dingo]

yes the pic is one i took the other day he only comes out ever now and then like that so it was a good one

 

[Colin]

get some more pics posted... its always nice to see unusual species

 

[dingo]

more wa occie pics

heres some early photos of the occie just around when we first got him he was so small then

 

[dingo]

more photos

some more we have some at our web page as well so take a look its still being built though at
http://home.iprimus.com.au/liquidapple/

 

[joel_ang]

I must say he's a cute one! Thanks for sharing those lovely shots with us.

 

[Nancy]

These are wonderful pics! He's not only cute, but he's also a very happy-looking occie. I like the tank, too, very nice shells.

Nancy