The Zebra Octopus, Octopus chierchiae, is a unique marine organism for the home aquarium. The Zebra Octopus is striped and closely resembles the Mimic Octopus.  They should be kept in tanks with a sealed lid as the Zebra Octopus will do anything to try and escape. Tanks should be at least 200 gallons. It is not reef safe, coral safe, or invertebrate safe, and only one octopus per tank. They prefer plenty of live rock for them to hide in, and  feed primarily on shrimp, crabs, and clams live or frozen. 

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