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[Bob 1000]

My baby Cuttlefish.. Currently eat wild pods.. Also eating the pods from my tank.. Harvested from the filter socks every 3 days..
The are 3 days old.. From NYAquatic..

 

[rickytsui]

very nice tobin which tank r u houseing them in? and how much were the eggs?

 

[Bob 1000]

They currently live in a 5 gallon bucket in my sump with a steady drain from my display going into the bucket and out of 8 1/8" holes with 1 rock, seagrass and about 100 pods for the week..

 

[KathyC]

Very cute - in an odd kind of way - Tobin.
Best of luck with them!

 

[LiquidSky]

Inspiring!

Keep us up to date, and thank you for sharing :biggrin:

 

[rickytsui]

how big do these get and also when they grow up will they eat your other fish?

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

Crazy!

 

[grknyer]

Pretty cool but I don't have any room in my tank to house your fish when your cuttlefish's predator and prey mentality kicks in

 

[ed51802]

thats awsome good luck sounds like u know what your doing

 

[dubs]

wow tobin u always have trick up ur sleeve huh

 

[Vir]

bob what lighting u using ?

 

[Bob 1000]

They are cute in a way Kathy,,lol.. These are my fisrt cuttles, but If they think like the other cephs I've kept this could be tricky.. If I have at least 6 left in a week this will be really fun (better life expectancy than the wild)..
My lighting is heavy for squid, but they will be in,, "perfect",, lighting for comfort the first 2 months and high lighting with nice dim spots for the rest of their lives..

 

[Awibrandy]

Holy molly an FTS from Tobin!
One more thing you have that I don't want!:lol_large

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Tobin

Be careful, they might look sweet now but if they get a taste they are going to start taking chunks out of fish and inverts.


Can i have one? lol

Should i rephrase that can be barter for one or trade for one, or just come say i want some pods from your denitrator?

 

[jaa1456]

Also you will only be able to keep one male cuttle, They will start to fight and kill each other for dominance. The females will be fine.

 

[tentacles]

good luck! i am very jealous:bagfish:

 

[Bob 1000]

I'm hoping I have enough space to keep a couple of them and I will be getting rid of most of my small inverts once they are a good enough size for the display.. Hopefully they all survive.. As far as the fish I've seen tanks with cuttles and fish.. I've kept 3 octopus in my last 180 reef full term of their lives.. The hard part will be separating the feedings as long as they don't compete for food and all stay full, it shouldn't be that hard.. On the other hand, being that the cuttles feed from the water column like fish do this could be a bad experiment...

 

[duke62]

this will be tobin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo53ErZgkRw

 

[beerfish]

Wow... that diver was kind of a pansy.

 

[Bob 1000]

Well I see 7 of them and there are still pods in the bucket running around.. I thew some mysis in and watched them try to take them, I think mysis is to big I'll have to try brine tomorrow..