LongPig Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Umm...you need a business license or it is against the law for a wholesaler to sell to you. I have a business license. It's for a tattoo shop but it's a business license. This is what I feed my baby Giant Pacific Octopus' there's also a local guy that buys them forhis mantis shrimp. <a href="http://coldwater-marine-aquatics.myshopify.com/collections/crustaceans/products/purple-shore-crab-hemigrapsus-nudus" target="_blank">http://coldwater-marine-aquatics.myshopify...migrapsus-nudus</a> You were supposed to e-mail me when you got more of them in dammit! Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 I have a business license. It's for a tattoo shop but it's a business license. That should work Link to comment
patback Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 So how exactly do SAMs clubs and costcos work? They are whole salers who cater to small business', but if you pay a small fee you don't need to be a business owner. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 So how exactly do SAMs clubs and costcos work? They are whole salers who cater to small business', but if you pay a small fee you don't need to be a business owner. Pretty much. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Some videos of me playing with the octopus with a silverside. http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2E0CF2D23C4.mp4 http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2F1815171F1.mp4 http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2F4E39283FB.mp4 http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2F7436EDE68.mp4 Link to comment
LongPig Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 You need some macros. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 You tease! You need some macros. Yes I do! Hint hint Link to comment
M@! Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Awesome videos. I tried to hand feed mine a fiddler and she bolted. Guess I need to spend more time with with her! I have some red grape, caulerpa prolifera and dragons breath I could send you. Shoot me your address if interested, I can fedEx for free via my work. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Awesome videos. I tried to hand feed mine a fiddler and she bolted. Guess I need to spend more time with with her! I have some red grape, caulerpa prolifera and dragons breath I could send you. Shoot me your address if interested, I can fedEx for free via my work. Yea man! Pm'd Link to comment
MeepNand Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I also don't think they are close to being endangered. They are the most commonly found and sold Octopus at my LFS's. I think they also die quicker in captivity because of the limited space. Technically not endangered, but the amount in the wild was unknown last time I checked. And the reason they are found in LFS is because people buy them and they are commonly known. And they tend to die because people don't care for them properly and they are often old when bought. They live in mud in the wild, so the rockwork that is provided for them doesn't cut it. Same story with the wunderpus. Check tonmo.com for a more thorough description. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Technically not endangered, but the amount in the wild was unknown last time I checked. And the reason they are found in LFS is because people buy them and they are commonly known. And they tend to die because people don't care for them properly and they are often old when bought. They live in mud in the wild, so the rockwork that is provided for them doesn't cut it. Same story with the wunderpus.Check tonmo.com for a more thorough description. Yea this is why you need a huge tank also because part of making them comfortable is allowing them to do the same things in captivity a they would in the wild. Mimic and wunderpus are also more picky eaters IMO which also adds the their death rates in captivity. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 The whole time I am waiting for him to leap out of the tank and engulf your entire hand. lol Some videos of me playing with the octopus with a silverside. http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2E0CF2D23C4.mp4 http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2F1815171F1.mp4 http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2F4E39283FB.mp4 http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg517/...2F7436EDE68.mp4 Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 The whole time I am waiting for him to leap out of the tank and engulf your entire hand. lol Haha so am I!! Link to comment
MeepNand Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Here, check this: http://www.stickycricket.com/cuttle/wunder...ml#howitstarted One of the few times someone has kept a wunderpus or mimic for longer than a month. And more vids are always welcome. Dod you train him to use the feeding bell yet? Link to comment
Criley7 Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Here, check this:http://www.stickycricket.com/cuttle/wunder...ml#howitstarted One of the few times someone has kept a wunderpus or mimic for longer than a month. And more vids are always welcome. Dod you train him to use the feeding bell yet? Thanks, and no I haven't started training him to ring the bell yet. Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Today we're going to help you shop for a bell and rope. Suckerpie needs to be able to ring for his dinner. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Today we're going to help you shop for a bell and rope. Suckerpie needs to be able to ring for his dinner. My only problems are that it can't be metal(which eliminates the bell sound) which makes it almost pointless. Also how the attach it without creating more spaces that he can escape from or also so I'm not fishing for it 24/7 to put it in its place so the octopus will ring it. Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My only problems are that it can't be metal(which eliminates the bell sound) which makes it almost pointless. Also how the attach it without creating more spaces that he can escape from or also so I'm not fishing for it 24/7 to put it in its place so the octopus will ring it. We can totally use a metal bell. It will be hung outside the aquarium, maybe with a suction cup. And the rope will be like those you see in the old jitney buses, there is a rope that sounds a buzzer for the driver to stop. Alternatively, you can hang the bell on top of his tank and dangle the rope into the water. Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Hells bells. Give him a stick and a frigg'n gong! He can do it. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 We can totally use a metal bell. It will be hung outside the aquarium, maybe with a suction cup. And the rope will be like those you see in the old jitney buses, there is a rope that sounds a buzzer for the driver to stop. Alternatively, you can hang the bell on top of his tank and dangle the rope into the water. Yea that sounds like an idea. Hopefully he doesn't grab the rope to ring it, and then climb the rope right out of the tank. Haha Hells bells. Give him a stick and a frigg'n gong! He can do it. Yea I'm sure with a lot of training he could do it. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Well I came home last night to a leak in my HOB Fuge. The leak is right were the intake tubing meets the acrylic for the refugium. Im hoping that My coral putty job will fix the leak. If it doesn't I will be getting rid of it and getting an AC70 or AC110. Im also accepting donations at this time. Or very very cheap. Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Your petting the pus video was so cool, I shared it with my friends. I hope you don't mind? Of course now they think I'm crazy because I have friends that have Octopus pets. And then I'm just really a freak because the aforementioned friends pet the octopus on top of that. Link to comment
LongPig Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Well I came home last night to a leak in my HOB Fuge. The leak is right were the intake tubing meets the acrylic for the refugium. Im hoping that My coral putty job will fix the leak. If it doesn't I will be getting rid of it and getting an AC70 or AC110. Im also accepting donations at this time. Or very very cheap. Did it work? Link to comment
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