+cyrus Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I have a tank that has been up for several months just recovering from a dino massacre. I lost a bunch of ricordia and a few frogspawn. Remarkably through all this misery I was redoing the rock work this past Monday (to make the wife happy) and low and behold there was a cuttlefish that was a heck of a survivor! I had 2 when I had placed the tank in back out and chalked them up as a loss. The little fella is now coming up on bout an inch. I relocated him to a 15g tall that has been up and running for a few months almost empty save some Tonga and macro and lava shrimp. A few of my prego mollies have been added in hopes of them popping out some free food for him to boot. Some of lifes greatest gifts come from the worst scenarios. I'm glad he made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Here is the little fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 WHAT! i want one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 WANT!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubasteve92 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Where do you get them? And what are the needs of a cuttlefish? Can you keep one in a small tank, like 10g? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 That's pretty much the coolest thing ever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 I get them from a lfs here in El Paso. I moved lol, should probably update that. They also pop up on bluezoo WYSIWYG but are seasonal so you have to catch them around now til 2 months back. The trick is the food. They are live mysid primarily which is where the money comes in if you don't have a culture of them in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubasteve92 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 so how do you do food for them? and can I get a couple of the smaller species and put them in an Innovative Marine 8g? Sorry bout the questions.. I was looking to do something different with a smaller tank, just started to look into cuttlefish and then poof! your post came up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/cuttlefishcare.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 On reef2reef there is a guy selling eggs. 6 for $50 I think. He said you will loose 2 for sure but probably get four to hatch (in case you couldn't do the math). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 I haven't got clusters yet. I pay 8$ each and they have always hatched. I'm sure they weed out the bad ones however. This guy seems to have survived off amphipods and micro stars. This is just a fluke in my opinion. You definitely want a well established culture of mysid in your tank before you attempt these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 So I was cleaning the glass in my 34g and low and behold here is another cuttlefish! These guys are a little more resiliant than I though! Don't gain hope though guys, I still remain with my premise that the are hard to rear. This has to be because the tank is well established with no other occupants. I was going to catch him but he disappeared before I got my shot glass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 If you catch him and happen to be coming down to Austin I'll buy him if your selling the little guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 I'm in el Paso bro sorry. I'm actually relieved to see him doing well. I saw bluezoo was selling juveniles about the same size (3/4") which is good because they got them past the hard phase for you and you know they aren't wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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