Pet Octopus Update

[Captfish]

Soooooo...Things are great! still feeding about three times a day. on silversides and shrimp. I swear she does cool stuff that continues to fascinate me everyday. Contact happens at least twice a day. She loves it when I pet her between the eyes, its almost like you can hypnotize them. she also likes to crawl 1/2 out of the tank and play with my hand for a minute then she slides back in to the water for a minute then she crawls back out and grabs and pulls on my then slides back in, she'll do it for a good twenty minutes then free swim back to her den.

"OK, here I come, time to play!" -





I couldn't reach her and hold the camera, but that is where she perchs when its petting time

[Jappa52]

Pretty interesting pet you have there Cptfish. Couple of questions for ya... How big do you think she will get? She looks like she has grown a lot in the time youve had her. How big is the tank she's in? And how long do they live?

[4deck]

Thats awesome man. 

[Captfish]

Pretty interesting pet you have there Cptfish. Couple of questions for ya... How big do you think she will get? She looks like she has grown a lot in the time youve had her. How big is the tank she's in? And how long do they live?

Sh is six months old, and will live as much as 18 months but a year in normal.
I think she is about as big as she will get maybe a little larger. right now she has a 3" mantle and a 24" arm spread
The tank is 125 gal. (5'x2'x1.5')

[Shuffler]

Looks like the tank is now devoid of any fish. You move them or did she clear it for you.


Great pics and info by the way. Very interesting indeed.

[Captfish]

Looks like the tank is now devoid of any fish. You move them or did she clear it for you.


Great pics and info by the way. Very interesting indeed.

Nope, al lpresent and accounted for.  The only thing she killed was a Gobie cause he tried to steal her cave.

[Bodhi]

That is really awesome Catfish.  Amazing friend you have there.

[jdbecks]

deos she let you stroke her? and enjoy it?

[Captfish]

deos she let you stroke her? and enjoy it?

She demands it! She loves human contact. She has toys she plays with but she loves to play with my hand the most. she crawls all over it, she'll grabs me a play tug-o-war. And sometimes she just sits there and lets my pet her. she likes to be scratched between the eyes.

[007Rusty]

very cool 

[Jappa52]

Sh is six months old, and will live as much as 18 months but a year in normal.
I think she is about as big as she will get maybe a little larger. right now she has a 3" mantle and a 24" arm spread
The tank is 125 gal. (5'x2'x1.5')

12-18 months only... wow for some reason I thought they lived a lot longer than that! Very cool pet Cptfish.

[Captfish]

yeah unfortunately cephalopods have a short life span.

[Masherbrum]

Nope, al lpresent and accounted for.  The only thing she killed was a Gobie cause he tried to steal her cave.

      "Ahhh, check out this little hideaway........<gulp>"

[Tordon22]

She doesn't try to bite you at all? Wouldn't want to test that beak out

[Captfish]

I haven't been bitten. but if if you are its not that bad.