- Location
- Long Island/Suffolk
You got these from mike at tropical island right?
baby cuttlefish
- Thread starter loneracer05
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loneracer05
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- Location
- suffolk county
Ok due to some ridiculous comments and questions if your seriously interested and have valid questions please feel free to pm me.
loneracer05
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- suffolk county
Jmar no I did not, I didn't know he got them there I actually asked him afew times in the past with no luck
- Location
- Long Island/Suffolk
Yeah..he had them a few weeks ago...i went back like 2 hours later and they were gone...thought you might of grabbed them as i don't see them ever in a store
- Location
- Long Island/Suffolk
i'd love to get one or two from you but my tanks aren't geared for what they need 
- Location
- Howard Beach, Queens
let me know when they hatch
loneracer05
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- suffolk county
Bump.eggs are very plump they should be hatching any time now
loneracer05
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- suffolk county
1 hatchling so far
- Location
- New Jersey
Pics!!!!
loneracer05
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- suffolk county
Sry guys pics don't show anything lol just a white spot,they're a bit to small
Here are a couple of articles on keeping these beasts.
http://packedhead.net/2010/display-husbandry-and-breeding-of-dwarf-cuttle/
http://packedhead.net/2009/sepia-bandensis-husbandry-and-breeding/
On feeding - I can't find anyone that has actually seen hatchling S. bandensis actually eat any kind of bottled pod. I have tried several times, but nada. Since food is pretty important to ceph growth and health, I get a little worried when people say things like 'all you need for the hatchlings is a bottle of pods' and I have seen several people go that route and have their animals fail to thrive. I suspect its lack of food.
Other than that, these guys are great fun!
http://packedhead.net/2010/display-husbandry-and-breeding-of-dwarf-cuttle/
http://packedhead.net/2009/sepia-bandensis-husbandry-and-breeding/
On feeding - I can't find anyone that has actually seen hatchling S. bandensis actually eat any kind of bottled pod. I have tried several times, but nada. Since food is pretty important to ceph growth and health, I get a little worried when people say things like 'all you need for the hatchlings is a bottle of pods' and I have seen several people go that route and have their animals fail to thrive. I suspect its lack of food.
Other than that, these guys are great fun!
- Location
- New Jersey
Thales
If thales is who i think it is, that advice is high respected
If thales is who i think it is, that advice is high respected
- Location
- Port Jefferson station
Agreed, I have 4 week old S. Bandesis and so far I have been feeding Munnid Isopods which are super easy to culture! and very small shore shrimp I catch with a net down on the N. Shore of long Island. I have lost a few but most are getting bigger every week.
Here's one at about 2/3 weeks eating a small shore shrimp. I am sure Lone...'s look similar.
- Location
- Port Jefferson station
Culturing the Munnids is easy you just need some fine algea/macro growing on rocks, tank walls... which is what they eat. Harvesting is done by scraping the glass with a fine bbs net. I harvest in the am and pm once a day. Using a 24x24x8 frag tank I am able to sustain a good supply. I keep a T5 light on for 12 hours a day.
I have Flamboyant eggs I am hoping to use the same method but I may chicken out and get mysids just incase ;-)
I have Flamboyant eggs I am hoping to use the same method but I may chicken out and get mysids just incase ;-)
- Location
- Port Jefferson station
They have alway been living in my frag tanks. So when I got the S. Bandensis eggs I started looking for an alternate food source other than mysid/s. Tried tiny asian shore crabs which infest our shores, they didn't touch them. Tried copepods which didn't work very well either. Then I tried the Munnids which seemed perfect. To my surprize they hunted them down and ate everyone in the tank.
My good supply is about 40 to 60 a day. Keep in mind I also have a 45 gal reef and a 30 gal refuge all on the same system. The reef may actually be hurting me meaning clowns, bristletail file and shrimp are probably eating the Munnids in the reef. The are no fish or shrimp in the frag tank.
Loneracer sorry for the hijack ;-)
Rich we met a few years ago at NERAC (Atlantis) I sent you a PM.
My good supply is about 40 to 60 a day. Keep in mind I also have a 45 gal reef and a 30 gal refuge all on the same system. The reef may actually be hurting me meaning clowns, bristletail file and shrimp are probably eating the Munnids in the reef. The are no fish or shrimp in the frag tank.
Loneracer sorry for the hijack ;-)
Rich we met a few years ago at NERAC (Atlantis) I sent you a PM.
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