65 replies to this topic

[Bickley]

Was round Nick's place tonight met Larry lol great specimen amazing watching him move ! You have a great taste Nick you almost converted me mate lol

[Riggers]

It was great to have you round buddy If anyone else wants to pop in for a closer look im stuck at home so feel free to get in touch and come check him out

[hitman]

wow nice mate isint he awsome aye ill have to definatly come round to meat you and larry good job

[Riggers]

We've all ready met Sam your mum gave me fridge magnets I bought the holey rock off ya

[Riggers]

Im still sitting here watching him do his thing He has been chillin out on the front of the glass and is getting more interested in what is in the tank.. Absolutely incredible creature!!! I took a few more snaps but hes not too keen on the light so i just snapped a couple and left it at that

[MONSTAF1SH]

Is that crab in the back there going to be food?

[Riggers]

Yep

[hitman]

ahh thats right im totaly sorry mate i could not remember
u did come round and get some holey rock of me
dam im so bad with names lol

[Junglefish]

Seen larry in the flesh and he is amazing!! So fun to watch!!

[Peckoltia]

Great animals to watch feed. Looks killer bud. Again, best of luck.

You have turned into a posting machine too...

Alex

[Riggers]

Thanks Alex

Last night exactly 1.42am i gave larry his first hand fed meal of a big ol' NW coral prawn............... mmmmmm yummy. He wrapped his tentacle around my finger to sus me out then off he went with the prawn happy as larry

[Riggers]

I think that is wrong, Its the size of their beak. The beak is the only hard part in them. You will see it when it feeds up on the glass, be ready with a tape measure

Also, keep the room lights dim, nothing worse then inking the tank

After some more research and also seeing the doco on aliens of the deep it is the size between the eyes that determines the spaces they can get through. The largest hard part of an occy is the cartilage between there eyes. They will also measure the size of the hole first with a tentacle and they are aware of how big they are themselves so they know if a hole is too small

I've been showing Larry a jar every night and showing him how to open it and how the lid works, he looks at me and seems genuinely interested in what's around him outside of the tank, he's not active during the day at all and has made himself a cave and surrounded it with shells that he hides in then around 9-10 pm he starts to come out to see what's happening he seems very happy so far....

[Riggers]

Is it a red reef occy or the darker reef top occy Paul? I've got another tank here and wouldn't mind another occy

[Riggers]

Sweet mate let me know if he's for sale I'll pop in

Cheers
Nick

[Riggers]

Sweet as I'll have to come for a drive then and check him out cheers

[meganj]

Watch out Riggertron!
http://www.telegraph...ecks-havoc.html

hope the link works.

[Riggers]

That is awesome Di thanks, I love a good octopus story!! Larry is sitting there right now looking at me!!

His tank is sealed tight so no escape and I'm using a very low light for around 6 hrs a day, I'm going to hook up 3x Led spots for the tank, Only 3w per light and it will give me the look I'm after as well as being able to dim and change the colour with the remote, I don't know if there's anything in it but he doesn't seems to be able to see red..... interesting.. I'll have to do some more research

[CCA001]

Gday Nick any updates or pics on how Larry is doing

[meganj]

Gday Nick any updates or pics on how Larry is doing

My own thoughts exactly!!!

[Riggers]

He's doing awesome I'll post up a vid soon for you's

We have a routine now, every night a 9.30 he knows it's food time and hangs by the top of the tank, he has been intently watching as I show him the jar and the lid. He will come and grab onto your finger as well and like to play tug o war he's super smart and seems to want to learn new things

He has been verified as being a male and at a rough estimate he's 14months old