octopus good pet?

[reefpanda]

does anyone have a octopus
i'm wondering what there like
not intrested in getting one im just curious to see what its like to have something like an octopus living in your house
do they escape easily?
do they make good pets?
anything else

 

[Oscarsdad608]

They escape all the time. When I first got in the hobby I was think of getting one until I found out the tank has to be completly sealed or it will escape and eat your cat before it dries out and stains your carpet. Then your kid will find it eat a leg and slap you in the face while you are sleeping. I would stay away very very far away.

 

[reefpanda]

yeah thats what i was thinking
theres all these videos of octopuses walking around on the ground
kinda creepy sleeping and seeing one of these coming towards you
ahhhh

 

[dustin_P74]

deff should be left in the ocean

 

[reefpanda]

same with cuttlefish im guessing

 

[Oscarsdad608]

When I was in my early 20s I had a 14 foot python. One night I felt something moving in bed. It had got out and slithered into bed with me. Atleast it was dry right.

 

[dustin_P74]

cuttlefish are successfully kept in home aquarium as long as you know what your doing and you can actually find them.

 

[reefpanda]

yeah i heard that there hard to find in the US but in the UK and europe its easy
hopefully it will be easy to find them in america

 

[dustin_P74]

they are hard to find in america because they usually die during shipping so you usually can only buy them as eggs and raise them from eggs, plus they only live around a year

 

[Keaton]

I thought I saw a picture in the Tank Showcase section of an octopus, someone on this forum has one. I'll try to find it again.

 

[Bifferwine]

They escape all the time. When I first got in the hobby I was think of getting one until I found out the tank has to be completly sealed or it will escape and eat your cat before it dries out and stains your carpet. Then your kid will find it eat a leg and slap you in the face while you are sleeping. I would stay away very very far away.

NO. WAY. Dude, that exact same thing happened to me!

 

[Altohombre]

Oscarsdad has me cracking up! lol!

 

[daugherty]

i always see on rc people wanting to get a blue ring octo are these people crazy

 

[dustin_P74]

a guy in atlanta got a blue ringed octo at one of the LFS around here

 

[Bifferwine]

My LFS has a baby blue ringed octopus in one of their nanos. It's not for sale. Just for display. The owner hand feeds it.

 

[daugherty]

i did order one once but it died in shipping am i am glad it did.

 

[PufferGuy]

are they just really hard to keep alive or what.. i think it would be a very unique pet to own

 

[dustin_P74]

the blue ringed or just octopus in general, octopus in general are escape artists, if they can fit a tentacle through it they can get out of it, your aquarium would have to be more locked down then fort konx to have an octopus. and blue rings arent safe because they are lethal

 

[Smitty]

a lfs around my house has a small one for sale, but i would never buy one

 

[Oscarsdad608]

Remember it will get out at night and eat your face off!