During that time, animals were fed ad libitum with live Artemia salina adults without any enriched. Those A. salina adults were obtained from Artemia farm located in Celestun, Yucatán, México. Afterwards, octopuses were individualized in containers of 500 mL and fed ad libitum with fresh crab broken pereiopods and chelae (Callinectes sapidus) for 5 weeks.