Keeping Octopus?

[jeffc]

Gday guys

I have a friend who just mentioned that they would like to keep an octopus instead of fish. 

Is this possible? I haven't personally heard of anyone keeping them.

If it is possible, what is required? Where do you get them etc?

Thanks in advance for any info

Jeff

[Calvus]

Hiya,

Keeping Octopus can be quite a challage! very interesting creatures though...

They can be obtained from any marine fish supplier if you ask, but not real popular as they require a tank on thier own anything else is on the menu...

They love pristine water conditions and loads of hidy holes.

A lid under lock and key is good as there exellent escape artists. They can fit though anything smaller than there beak!  might need to put mesh over all those filter outlet/intakes... and cover up any gaps real well.

It they squirt there ink around, you'll need to change at least 30% water immediatley or the octopus may die... Can setup auto water changers for this these days.

HTH

[jeffc]

Thanks for that, will pass it on.

[africanman79]

They'd be one hell of a pet tho how cool would that be?.

[jeffc]

That was why she is interested, she reckons it would be cool!  I don't get it myself, one octopus taking up a whole tank and it will probably hide most of the time.  Then if it squirts itself.............

[Savage_roo]

Well ya they thay will need a tank on their own
And thay don't need agreat deal of looking after

Thay will live happly in a normal salt water set up
But U will need good fitting lids no holes

its a masing what thay can squees them selfs in to

Roo

[Benji]

there was a show on foxtell a while ago about the octopus and how smart they are, anyone seen it? it was amazing, the octopus was in a tank at one side of the room, there were fish/a fish in a tank on the other side of the room.  the octopus climbed out of it's tank, crawled along the floor in into the other tank where it either killed or ate the fish. 

[Dead Fish Floating]

lotta myths about keeping them.
ALmost bred 3 times now.
next time for sure.
check out tonmo for the experts
but they aren't that hard really
Just need a bit of planning, lot of feeding and some research.
Now flamboyant cuttles.....   theres another ceph for ya.
Not many fish I wouldn't feed one of them if it was begging.