Wat kost een goeie behuizing:
Octopus aquarium equipment
This is a breakdown of the equipment that I used in order to keep an octopus successfully.
> 40 gallons (190 litres) 36X26X20 Seabray aquarium & cabinet, £325.00
> Aquamedic Marin 500 internal filter with skimmer, trickle & nitrate filter £409.95
> Rena 300 airpump £29.95
> Airline £1.60
> 200w heater £22.49
> Additional thermometer £1.79
> Polyfilter £11.95
> Rowaphos (phosphate remover) £8.49
> Minjet 404 to operate UV &chiller £18.75
> 8w Vecton UV £69.95
> Teco Micro chiller/heater £299.95
> 50mg Ozonizer £114.95
> 15w Arcadia starter unit £14.95
> 15w Arcadia original lamp £6.49
> Miracle beam hi-lite starter set(night lighting) £27.50
> IKS computer controller £159.90
> pH probe £129.95
> Temperature probe £83.95
> Redox probe £144.95
> Oxygen probe £219.95
> Air pressure sensor £76.75
> IKS plug bar £94.95
> Data lead to connect to PC £24.50
> Live aragonite sand £31.95
> Salt mix (Kent) £20.49
> SeaTest hydrometer £15.95
> Ammonia Alert £8.95
> Merck PO4 borrowed
> Nitrite & Nitrate test kits froshop when needed.£14.78
> 50kg Tufa rock £60.00
> Artificial corals £25.00
> Background £14.70
> Electrics, plugs, sockets. £25.00
TOTAL £2,515.48
I also added air conditioning to the room! £400.00 This helped me and the Octopus keep cool. While not absolutely every item of equipment listed here is needed, I believe that anyone contemplating keeping such an intelligent animal should provide it with THE BEST environment possible.
http://www.tonmo.com/ is een octopus forum waar ze zeker meer weten dan op FOK.