Octopus briareus photos and videos

[paddyob]

Wow. I want one.

How much is an animal like that?

Asides from tight fitting tops, etc... how have you found the care level?

Very interested to know.

[corpusse]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Wow. I want one.

How much is an animal like that?

Asides from tight fitting tops, etc... how have you found the care level?

Very interested to know.

Care is very easy. Only real issue is you probably have to start with live food and endure several weeks or months of no sightings. This is the main reason for the live food, it's not that he won't eat dead it's you won't see them until they are comfortable.

I haven't posted in a while, mostly due to being busy and or sick.

Only thing new is he lost the tip of one of his arms to a powerhead. No big deal. It's regenerating.

I have still been taking tons of photos and videos, now I"ll try and get around to sorting through them and posting some good ones. It's now been almost 7 months since I got him.













One cool thing that has happened is he finally let me pick him up completely (still in the water) Usually he will keep a couple arms on the glass or rock so he can not be pulled too far but he crawled right on to my hand the other day.