Caring for a cuttle fish
So two months ago I bought a 99 dollar order from saltwaterfish.com. If you make it 99 or more on Fridays they give you free shipping, so i added a cuttle fish egg just to get over the hump and get that free shipping.
When the shipment arrives its all alive and well. I get my fish in the tank and i put the egg in a mesh type bag, before dangling it above a powerhead (good steady not too jerky movement) 1 month later the egg disappears and I forget about it. But last week when i got home from a night out. I see the cuttlefish!! He's white and a solid half inch ball. He's got a fantastic location/cave/spot, where I can see him anytime if I shine a flashlight in the cave. I know on average they don't live longer then 6 months, But i wanna at least give him a damn good 6 months. Feeding him live brine is proving difficult. I could poor half a cup with 10,000 live brine in my tank and I feel like he'd still only get a few bites. Astonishingly I've witnessed this little guy eating a red Omega one sinking pellet food :O my Heniochus acuminatus (very picky eating fish) also eats this generic cheap stuff. So all in all it seems this is turning into a happy ending. Anyone keep cuttlefish? Whats your secret? |
Might check out Tonmo.com. Good info on anything cephalopod.
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Oh hell yeah! Thanks great website
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Amphiopods are the best food for the baby cuttles. I used to breed them here is a video of me feeding them pods https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=k8PO6Xpw9eM. I used to harvest the pods from my chaeto.
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Ghost shrimp work well
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You could section off a large portion of the tank into a big fuge loaded with pods, which would drift over to feed the cuttle. Then, you just feed the fuge.
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Even vitamin enriched live brine is not enough nutrition for a growing cuttlefish.
I raised mine in my refugium. It was very easy to keep them contained, make sure they got fed and keep them safe from display tank conditions. |
I would love a cuttle fish!
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When can you get them off pods?
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My experience is
2 weeks minimum on live mysis (some of my cuttles have been willing to eat amphipods right away but the majority refused and would only eat mysis for the first 2 weeks) 1 month on amphipods 1 month on live grass shrimp (either fresh of salt, though I prefer salt since I can easily keep them in a separate refugium plumbed to the DT) Then train them to eat frozen krill and its easy mode. |
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