Thales, I'd say now that you have it, to publish your observations and pictures etc so that people can see these animals and what they are like to keep.
What set up have you gone for? Have you tried using a deep layer of sand?
I for one would like to hear more about how it does in captivity and TONMO.com is the ideal place to do that. Most potential cephalopod keepers who visit here are doing so to learn more about the hobby before they jump in, so that can only be a good thing? I don't think we should glamorise them though.
I already put off one local wholesaler just last week from importing 'zebras'. Personally, I wouldn't buy one.
A good point, which is VERY relevant right now is the case of a species of small aquarium fish Microrasbora sp. galaxy. It was only discovered and first exported in August 2006 and has yet to be formally described.
At the start of February 2007 it transpires that the water body where the fish was found has been trashed and totally over fished to the point where it seems that its habitat has been totally destroyed!!! And that all in the space of a few months, so great was public demand!!!
Do a Google search on galaxy rasbora and click the first link which is to the practical fishkeeping website...
Next point is that I snapped up 26 of them.
However, they can be captive bred and already I am getting signs of spawning behaviour. In the not so distant future I will be able to supply local shops with CB stock just like what I am doing just now with Betta species such as renata (first documented captive breeding).
I justified buying them because I have them in a species only tank and I know I will be breeding them soon. Better me buying them than someone who buys a pair and sticks them in a community tank?
Which brings me to the sticky points about wunderpus & mimics. What's the point in keeping them? Or more specifically, keeping just one? They can't be bred and more importantly just dont seem to be kept alive for very long.
Dont let this be the next galaxy rasbora!
What set up have you gone for? Have you tried using a deep layer of sand?
I for one would like to hear more about how it does in captivity and TONMO.com is the ideal place to do that. Most potential cephalopod keepers who visit here are doing so to learn more about the hobby before they jump in, so that can only be a good thing? I don't think we should glamorise them though.
I already put off one local wholesaler just last week from importing 'zebras'. Personally, I wouldn't buy one.
A good point, which is VERY relevant right now is the case of a species of small aquarium fish Microrasbora sp. galaxy. It was only discovered and first exported in August 2006 and has yet to be formally described.
At the start of February 2007 it transpires that the water body where the fish was found has been trashed and totally over fished to the point where it seems that its habitat has been totally destroyed!!! And that all in the space of a few months, so great was public demand!!!
Do a Google search on galaxy rasbora and click the first link which is to the practical fishkeeping website...
Next point is that I snapped up 26 of them.
However, they can be captive bred and already I am getting signs of spawning behaviour. In the not so distant future I will be able to supply local shops with CB stock just like what I am doing just now with Betta species such as renata (first documented captive breeding).
I justified buying them because I have them in a species only tank and I know I will be breeding them soon. Better me buying them than someone who buys a pair and sticks them in a community tank?
Which brings me to the sticky points about wunderpus & mimics. What's the point in keeping them? Or more specifically, keeping just one? They can't be bred and more importantly just dont seem to be kept alive for very long.
Dont let this be the next galaxy rasbora!