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01-20-2012, 11:15 PM
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cheers, Rich all that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of what we know http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/5/aquarium 
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02-02-2012, 05:21 PM
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very cool.
I want a mini octo tank!
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02-02-2012, 07:03 PM
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Octupus' are intelligent creatures. There have been documentaries on them, very intersting to watch. As Youngster Dan has pointed out, they can solve puzzles to get at their food, and what dwerbs87 said about finding food. Really neat to see them leave a tank area, find another and go hunting, then return to their home, and we wouldn't be the wiser.
Thanks for sharing, great pic's.
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 Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite) Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO) Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk
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02-02-2012, 07:16 PM
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There is a really good nature documentary, oh must be about 10 years old by now, called "The Mudskipper and the Hyena" which showcased life in the tidal pools off the east coast of Africa somewhere. It would show fantastic footage of reef creatures including skunk clownfish inside H. magnifica anemones and so on, even during a lunar low tide where the low tide was so low that most things were exposed and here were these poor fish flopping about in pools for the duration their anemone was exposed (they survive BTW). But they also showed how this one octopus would basically sit in a tidepool, wait for low tide, scoot around from pool to pool, fill up on whatever .. and once he was done eating, he'd crawl back to the ocean. Here was this gooey blob with tentacles pulling himself along, he trucked at a pretty good clip too when he was headed back to the ocean.
There was also a viral youtube clip a couple months ago about an octopus at a tidepool near San Francisco I think it was, where the octopus crawls out of the water, shimmies up to the person videotaping this, deposits a crab at their feet, and then scoots back into the water. I'll see if I can find the link for anyone who hasn't seen this yet and wants to .. it's pretty keen.
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02-02-2012, 07:17 PM
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Well.. that wasn't too hard to find..
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjQr3lRACPI
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05-13-2012, 02:45 AM
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Well, we released The Dude May 10th and it has been the coolest experience to play with him every day. It is sad to see his tank empty right now, but I know he is up to no good and causing a ruckus.
We got some footage of the release: http://vimeo.com/42052796 Later Dude.
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05-13-2012, 03:14 AM
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