AquaticEngineer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I had to get some new headshots of him since he's going up for auction Juvenile Giant Pacific Coast Octopus on Aquabid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Very cool octopus! They are amazing, intelligent creatures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 WOW that guy is so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoffee Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I want one... (: but I need a new tank for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 I want one... (: but I need a new tank for it. Josh and I are working on that right now Shoot me a PM if you really do want to start up a coldwater tank. Theres a couple other cephalopods that are a little smaller I can collect also like Bobtail Squid (Rossia Pacifica) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Double post (whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Is this one new? Is this the same one you had at your house during the last meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Is this one new? Is this the same one you had at your house during the last meeting? Same one, just getting bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Very cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 whats he/she feeding on? very cool...those eyes say so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breefcase Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 If he's up for sale, have you thought about donating him to the Aquarium in Newport, or Hatfield Marine Sciences Center? I can hook you up with them if you're interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 whats he/she feeding on? very cool...those eyes say so much The eyes are awesome aren't they Its crazy to watch him watch you and respond to things with color changes and textures. You can see in some of the pictures how he went from totally smoothed bodied to having tons of protrusions from one picture to the next. He did that after he saw me taking pictures of him. I'm fairly certain its a female since I havn't see a hectocotylus. Its eating shore crabs, hermit crabs, and small red rock crabs. If he's up for sale' date=' have you thought about donating him to the Aquarium in Newport, or Hatfield Marine Sciences Center? I can hook you up with them if you're interested.[/quote'] If he doesn't sell for the price I'm asking by the time he outgrows the 200 gallon tank, then I may look at donating him. Unless I can start charging admission to come see him, gotta pay for those collection permits somehow lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Wow the last time I spoke to you you didnt know what species he was. I guess you figured it out...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Very cool. Those eyes are kinda creepy, all I can think about is a Jules Verne novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Wow the last time I spoke to you you didnt know what species he was. I guess you figured it out...lol Once he got big enough it was easy to ID. The striations in his mantle are a dead give away of a GPO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It also helps that stew is the octopus whisperer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 It also helps that stew is the octopus whisperer. This is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 cool creature... but just look at those eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trautman Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Some things should stay in the sea they are very cool, but also very large Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 The same could be said about almost everything we keep in both cold and warm salt tanks, I think if your in the hobby you have no right to judge what other people keep unless they are being cruel by keeping there pets in to small of a tank or just flat out have no idea about the husbandry that goes into larger species, I can promise you that our animals are kept in great tanks and fed live food right from the source, we have been in contact with a few marine centers that want our G.P.O. for display tanks and he might just end up at the M-Bay aquarium in Cali. I do respect your opinion though and I understand your concern but this is an animal that we only sell to a small group of people in the hobby and we only bring them in when there is a demand. Josh -COLD WATER MARINE AQUATICS- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 What do you use for a lid on the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Half inch sheet of acrylic glass, he is about the size of your palm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Some things should stay in the sea they are very cool, but also very large Its okay, he told me he that his mother abandoned him shortly after birth, and that there was a Cabezon up the block that was eye balling him Seriously though, he's in a 325 gallon combined system right now and is just being held over in a flow through tank with as much as he can eat for crab until he's either sold or goes into a larger tank as other things get sold. The only market for these things currently is on someones plate at a seafood buffet, and they only go after the largest ones. The Giant Pacific Octopus is considered to be short-lived for an animal its size, with life spans that average only 3-5 years in the wild. To make up for its relatively short life span, the octopus is extremely prolific. It can lay up to 100,000 eggs which are intensively cared for by the females, who die protecting the eggs. Hatchlings are about the size of a grain of rice, and very few survive to adulthood. I caught him out cruising the other day while I was photographing some other livestock and managed to get a decent video of him GPO out for a stroll in Damascus Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Nice video. He must be eating pretty well. He has really gained some size to him since we caught him. Also appears that his missing arm has grown back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Looked like he WAS TESTing out the lid on his tank trying to get a feel for his jail break =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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