Blue ringed octopus

[Neil]

Originally Posted by fencer

Forgot to mention Paly's.

???

[dsaundry]

Leave them in the ocean and enjoy them there. Too Dangerous!! Short lived!! and not worth risk. Plenty of other things to enjoy. One question, Have you ever had any type of octopus before? I am sure there are fellow reefers as well as stories on the net that can confirm about how poor a "pet" an octopus makes. Any Octopus! From all the responses you are getting on your thread I hope you see there arent any reefers that are pro octopus. Hope all the responses are eye openers...

[justinl]

atc, i just want to be clear. 5 minutes to paralysis, 20 to death for an average full grown man. time will vary by individual but there is no antivenom. period.

Pzreefer, yes good point, some BRs show rings all the time but it's a pretty weak display given the danger imo. Other species only flash when they need to.

fishfanatic, I sincerely hope you have changed your mind on this.

[atcguy]

when I was downunder . 2 kids got bit and survived but I am sure cpr was involved....

[Fishfanatic]

Ok 1st off I know if it bites me there is no anti venom and the only way to survive is to have CPR performed until the venom wears off. And 2nd I do not have kids and would never consider getting one if I did. The main reason I want one is because it stays small as I want to get a smaller custom cube made for it not really picking it because of the rings so if anyone now of another small easy to find for sale octopus please let me know.

[bassman]

I would look for a bimac. I had one and they are pretty neat. They aren't overly active during the day however. Most prime viewing time seemed to be at 3:00 or 4:00 AM.

Here is a link to a site with tons of info.


www.tonmo.com

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by fencer

Forgot to mention Paly's.

You know I think the biggest issue with Blue Rings is that everyone knows how dangerous they are and you'll never hear the end of it.

I say this because as Fencer pointed out there are several Paylotha species out that that have the potential to be just as deadly. Having recently experienced palytoxin exposure let me assure you it is not something to be taken lightly. I'm not sure I was in danger of death but I really thought I was at one point. How many people would have given the same response to the OP if he was showing off his new fancy disco light paly rather than asking about an octopus?

Same frag that almost got me is still in my tank btw.

Fishfanactic I have a couple of sources for small octos, several different species. PM me if you like.

[Delphinus]

I thought you had to more or less eat the paly's or ingest the slime after touching them for the neurotoxin to be bad???? Glad you're OK dude, BTW...

[dsaundry]

Ok if you are going to give him a web site to get one maybe you should also give him a web site about why not to get one. http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/bluering5.php

read it/learn it and make an informed decision, not an impulse decision.

[bassman]

Originally Posted by dsaundry

Ok if you are going to give him a web site to get one maybe you should also give him a web site about why not to get one. http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/bluering5.php

read it/learn it and make an informed decision, not an impulse decision.

The link I provided was to help educate him on bimacs and other types of acceptable species.