Re: [GSAS-board] Baby Octopus

[Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>]

Phil answered my concern when he said the Octo was a "to be mailed later"
thing.  Anyone who wins it can either trade it away before it arrives or
have plenty of time to setup and cycle a tank.

Shango


On 10/13/08 12:25 PM, "Phil Lacefield Jr." <phil@lacefield.com> wrote:

>>> I completely agree with Shango's early post on this point. Few people
> would be prepared to meet its needs.
> 
> Oh I agree, they aren't like a freshwater plant where you drop it in and
> forget about it.  However, I had one of these very critters, in my main
> 55gal mixed tank (fish, inverts, anenomes, urchins, etc.) and he lived
> almost a year with no issues whatsoever.  He ate small frozen shrimp that I
> fed waved in front of his rock, and would sometimes come out and let me hold
> him even.  
> 
> Again, don't believe everything you read on the intertubes :-)  The whole
> gist of my talk tomorrow is to NOT be intimidated by such stuff, and to know
> you CAN do a salt tank with ease.  Sure, a dwarf octo isn't for everyone,
> but I'm a relative amateur and it worked for me just fine.
> 
> If the board thinks it'll be an issue, I'll politely decline the donation.
> But I wouldn't be so thrilled about it if I hadn't had one myself!
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
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