Im gonna get a octopus for mt nak

You really need to do a lot of research prior to even considering getting an octopus. I have kept a couple types and they are very very difficult to keep and I will never get another one!

First of all, you can not keep a single fish in the tank with an octopus. It will be eaten. Second, you will have to completely cover all your opening, closings on your tank, this includes the entire filter section of the biocube, you will have to use something like gutter guard around all the openings, and around the back of the tank. You will then have to duct tape the lid completely down (an octopus is able to open a lid that has over 50 lbs of weight holding it down. Then you have to keep the octopus stimulated, or else it will go in somonolonce (basically alzheimers that will kill it in a week) This means changing the stimuli every couple weeks. These animals are more intelligent then we are! Plus they take ABSOLUTELY no swings in water parems. They can not tolerate the slightest salinity change at all...even .01 change will kill it. Then above all else, the MAXIMUM they live is 1 year, which is in the wild, in captivity does not last that long. Plus unless you raise it from a baby, you never know how old it is when you get it, so it could be 11months old, which means all this work and it will die!

My first was a bimac. I had done the research, prepared the tank, everything. The tank was over 2 years old, no changes etc. Covered every single opening (I thought) and a couple days after I got him, he went missing. I also have a large predator tank in that same room. I looked over there and my large scorpion fish was on the floor, and my golden puffer was fat. I saw a piece of tenticle in that tank. What must have happened was I did not have it completely sealed off (they can get out an opening the thick as a slice of paper) he got out and went fishing in the big tank

There are many articles on the web where octopus in large city aquariums have gotten out of their tanks, and reacked havoc...either by eating other fish, or in one aquarium, flooding out the aquarium by playing with the pipes of another tank.

Before any further consideration please go on TONMO.com and do a lot more research. That forum is geared for cephalopods and will have a lot of info you need.

BUT MY RECOMMENDATION: DO NOT GET ONE! Leave them in the ocean or to the pros

 

Can't say it much better than that.

 

thats sad. Those species are really cool to have in captivity aren't they.

 

i had a 55gal for 2 years i didnt ask for ur guyses opinions on if i shuild get 1 i simply asked what is a good species that doasnt get big

 

hmm i didnt read this u make me change my mind can i get a trigger in a reef tank or will he eat all my mushrooms

 

I have got a pink tail trigger and he does fine. he will every once in a while eat one of my crabs but other than that I dont have a problem with him.

 

Go get a blue ringed octopus. It stays small, is very pretty, you'll hardly ever see it, and is one of the most poisonous things on Earth.

 

this sounds like fun ill send u 1 in the mail marked as ''Free rare black tangs for you''

 

Sorry dude we were all just trying to help.

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well i convinced my dad to get a trigger instead thanks;D