bandensis courting video (thrid edit: BABIES EATING GUPPIES)

[Thales]

Looks like I got eggs!

They are from one of the newer cuttles, and I am guessing that she either came in gravid, or she and the male in the next cell have been doing it through the gaps in the divder (or the 'male' (the possible female in the videos) laid them and I didn't notice, which I doubt).

I have the eggs in a speciman container with holes drilled in it, along with a slight flow.

Any suggestions on best way to get them to hatch, or anything else for that matter?

 

[joel_ang]

Wow! you're incredibly lucky, I just hope they're fertile

Apparenly baby cuttles eat only live food at birth, try using mysis if availible or small ghost shrimp.

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Hope it goes well for ya!

Keep us updated!

 

[Colin]

ah ha good!

I think that keeping them seperate is the way to go and just keep a gentle stream of water passing through the tank... I guess now is the waiting game and see what happens in a month or so time... sorry i have no info on the incubation of bandensis eggs...

Yes, they will only eat live foods and 10 - 12 mm long babies can and will eat several 10mm long shrimps like crangon each day... better get a good supply of food

How big are the eggs?

 

[joel_ang]

Oh and Btw- how's the parent doing right now?

 

[Thales]

Hey everyone,

Finally time to post!

The eggs seem to be doing well, either 7 or 9, hard to tell cause they look a little weird. Wel'll see if they swell. I am going to set up the incubation tank soon, and build a better incubator.

Bad news, I lost one of the new cuttles, the one I thought was doing bad.

But now the good news.
I just watched the original male that everyone was sure was male, and the one that laid the eggs have hard core, head to head cuttle sex. I put in a clear divider and the male did some dancing and the female ignored him. When I pulled the divider, the male swam in and they went at it right away, just like in all the pictures. The did it for about a minute, then broke off and just seemed to hang out for a while. The male did some crazy displays. When I got bored, I ushered the male back into his home with a kent algae scraper - which worked very very well. No ink or nothing. And, both of them ate after they were separated.

I did film it, but I gotta get some sleep!

I am guessing about two weeks till she lays from this copulation, any other guesses?

What do you guys think, should I put them together again, and how often?

Any other thoughts?

Thanks - I am so frickin excited!

 

[johnism]

Congratulations - I can wait to see the video .
This post has been great and fascinating.

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

That's awesome, Righty. 8)

 

[joel_ang]

Keeping them together for a while wouldn't do much harm, unless something gets into one of your cutlle's heads. If i'm not wrong they lay eggs quite soon after mating.

 

[Thales]

Yeah baby!

Hard Core Cuttle Porn

I put the together last night for about 10 min, then I got scared. The coupled several times. Since I know they had good sex. I think I may wait a week or two before putting them together again. I would hate for the male to go cannibal on her!

 

[Colin]

I think that's the right way to do it, keep them apart unless you are there!!!

Well done again

 

[Thales]

Thanks again!

She laid a nice clutch today. But she laid them on a rock. I will probobly just move the entire rock to the nursery, but does anyone know about removing them from the rock?

Back to plumbing!

 

[joel_ang]

The eggs wiill be quite firmly stuck, would be better to just take out the whole rock, unless it reall big or at the bottom of a pile of rocks

 

[rc]

hello all, ive been away for a while,
Righty,
where in florida does your friend work with cuttles, i live in s florida, east coast?

how are cuttles so abundant where you shop, ive been trying to get one for almost a year and a half with no luck at all

 

[Thales]

I will find out where he works. MOTE?

The are no abundant at all. I had to really ride these guys to get them for me.