Octopus ?

[Robert1994]

My daughter, an elementary school teacher, wants to get an aquarium for her classroom and populate it with an Octopus. Is this practical or the start of a nightmare ?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

My daughter, an elementary school teacher, wants to get an aquarium for her classroom and populate it with an Octopus. Is this practical or the start of a nightmare ?

People have done it before, but it's important to know what you're getting into with it and to make the tank absolutely escape-proof.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/thinking-of-getting-a-octopus.1047327/#post-12402975

 

[KC2020]

There is plenty of information about keeping an octopus online at tonmo.com. I hope your daughter will do the research and consider the tremendous responsibility she'd be taking on carefully.

 

[littlefoxx]

I would say no, I just dont like octopi in tanks, they are so intelligent and need a lot of special care

 

[KC2020]

I would say no, I just dont like octopi in tanks, they are so intelligent and need a lot of special care

Valid point. Octopi are very intelligent and I think it's quite cruel to keep them in isolation.

 

[exnisstech]

Does she have any experience keeping marine aquariums. Also would this be a learning tool or just something cool to do for the kids?

 

[I never finish anythi]

I don't think an octopus should be keeps as a pet imo. It's just an opinion tho . Just get some fish .

 

[littlefoxx]

Im personally not a fan of school tanks. As an armed patrol officer I see a ton of neglected tanks and no one to feed on the weekends or holidays as my department is 24/7/365. When I worked overnights I tried to help them out on holidays but most of them die off over break cause they just leave them with a sinking block that releases food or an auto feeder that runs dry. Just my personal viewpoint