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Anywhere in US have cuttles now?
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if your in san diego, i got my cuttelfish from the pet kingdom on sports arena blvd. the head of the fish department said he has a source now(about 3 months ago). mine was $90 and he said it was from hawaii. make sure to talk to the head of the department, the other employes arnt that informed. its worth a shot if your in the area? good luck!!!!
yeah, i havnt kept any other species but certainly officinalis was reasonably easily done. As long as space was provided and in fighting was ruled out!!! :)
i think the best bet is to get them as eggs and grow them yourself. They seem to travel very poorly and this accounts for about 80% of our losses it seems...
Nancy, are you in touch with anyone still with one of the cuttles?
i think the best bet is to get them as eggs and grow them yourself. They seem to travel very poorly and this accounts for about 80% of our losses it seems...
Nancy, are you in touch with anyone still with one of the cuttles?
Our sister aquarium (NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher) currently is keeping 8 officinalis and they're doing great. They're about 6" mantle length right now and they have plans to breed them. Unfortunately that is no help to home aquarists since they're a state institution. I doubt I could even weasle one of the hatchlings from them and I worked there for 3 years. John
Can't we all just get along?
I have read in FAQs that you can't keep a cuttle with a octo.
Is this because they will compete for food or because they will be seeing one another as snack items?
With the current stoppage of cuttle shipping in the US I am left in my last week of cycling my tank ( Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10 ) and months to wait for the 'possible' availabilty of more baby cuttles.
I am sorely tempted to get a bimac but then what happens if cuttles become available in 6mths?
It seems to me (in my highly rationalizing state of depression) that a half grown bimac would have little to fear from a wee cuttle ( full grown would have issues if these officinalis get as big as suggested ). Therefore if the bimac could be fed on clams and the cuttle on shrimp they would (with some effort) both get the food they need.
I suspect I need a good slap but a reality check will do for now....
Can I keep them together until the cuttle matures?
I have read in FAQs that you can't keep a cuttle with a octo.
Is this because they will compete for food or because they will be seeing one another as snack items?
With the current stoppage of cuttle shipping in the US I am left in my last week of cycling my tank ( Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10 ) and months to wait for the 'possible' availabilty of more baby cuttles.
I am sorely tempted to get a bimac but then what happens if cuttles become available in 6mths?
It seems to me (in my highly rationalizing state of depression) that a half grown bimac would have little to fear from a wee cuttle ( full grown would have issues if these officinalis get as big as suggested ). Therefore if the bimac could be fed on clams and the cuttle on shrimp they would (with some effort) both get the food they need.
I suspect I need a good slap but a reality check will do for now....
Can I keep them together until the cuttle matures?
Hi Barnstorm,
Sorry...as you suspected, that's not a good idea! They don't just "get along". Why wouldn't the octopus eat the baby cuttle?
The longest anyone here at TONMO has kept a bimac is 10 months after arrival. You could go ahead and get a bimac now and after it had lived its life, get a cuttle. Or....wait for your baby cuttle.
Hi Sideways,
Yes, you... and others! Keep in touch..
Nancy
Sorry...as you suspected, that's not a good idea! They don't just "get along". Why wouldn't the octopus eat the baby cuttle?
The longest anyone here at TONMO has kept a bimac is 10 months after arrival. You could go ahead and get a bimac now and after it had lived its life, get a cuttle. Or....wait for your baby cuttle.
Hi Sideways,
Yes, you... and others! Keep in touch..
Nancy
Sorry Nancy, I've been so busy.
Since I'm cephless, I don't spend much time posting on tonmo. That doesn't mean I haven't been on the site reading posts though. It's overwhelming how many people have joined since I got Roxy. I have a feeling there will be a ceph in my future, although I don't know whether it will be one that hovers in the water(
) or one that crawls on the bottom( 
). John
Since I'm cephless, I don't spend much time posting on tonmo. That doesn't mean I haven't been on the site reading posts though. It's overwhelming how many people have joined since I got Roxy. I have a feeling there will be a ceph in my future, although I don't know whether it will be one that hovers in the water(
) or one that crawls on the bottom( ). John
John, you were always good at telling us about your cephs. Hope you do get another ceph, but until then, you'll certainly welcome to stop by and see what's going on.
I was really referring to octo and cuttle owners who tell us about their cephs for a while, but, because everything is going OK, drift away. Since I'm trying to keep a record of lifespan and generally follow what's going on, this makes it hard. We'd really like to hear about the cephs that are doing well as well as the ones having problems - all of our octo and cuttle pets.
Nancy
I was really referring to octo and cuttle owners who tell us about their cephs for a while, but, because everything is going OK, drift away. Since I'm trying to keep a record of lifespan and generally follow what's going on, this makes it hard. We'd really like to hear about the cephs that are doing well as well as the ones having problems - all of our octo and cuttle pets.
Nancy
joel_ang said:
Sideways, since you're at an aquarium, why don't you try ordering cuttles or cephs from the NRCC thru the aquarium. I don't know if its ethical though... 