Just want to introduce you to my new water-pet that came two days ago. Its a Castilloctopus Macropus a kind of red-brown octo. It arrived in very good condition. While acclimating the water he already wanted to swim into the tank and instantly played with my toy water balls. The other day he already strongly pulled out the shrimp from my stick. He's very strong and over 25 cm/10 inch in total length. Still indecisive about his name. The only drawback on my side is the fact that his species is […]

So far, no impacts to TONMOCON VIII at MBL in Woods Hole, MA in October. I don't expect there to be; we are full steam ahead! Meanwhile, out of curiosity, checking in with the community: A) Have you tested? (if so, result?) B) Do you know anyone who has tested (if so, result?) C) How has this directly impacted you? Personally, I'm no for A and B. For C, we've got the kids coming home from college (online classes only at least through March). Also, my wife is a pre-K teacher but in our county […]

Hello all! I'm reading up a year in advance on octopus care and would like to ask all the experienced keepers here if they could share what are the different sorts of warning signs or health indications to look out for when observing them to make sure that they're doing well? I understand it can be difficult to describe in words but I'd greatly appreciate it! Thank you.

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Philip at KP Aquatics has done it for me again!!! Two weeks ago, I ordered a batch of live rock to cycle our bio cube with. I got a note from him right away asking if I would like the little Briareus he had in stock. DUH!!! The little one has been here for two full weeks now. It is still very shy, but comes out in the evenings and is stick feeding. I’m not sure if it’s male or female yet, but I have settled on another name inspired by Star Trek. This is Kestra!