On June 29 I received two beautiful young briareus from Lynn (Island Marine Life) and Kara (SeaLifeInc). Both were hand caught in the keys, the larger near the top of a reef (snorkel depth) and the other under a bridge. Sadly the larger animal did not live out the day and I have no answer as to why.
Inka was more active than the larger animal and I hoped she did not suffer the same fate but until this AM at 5:00, I did not know (inspite of searching the tank nightly). I finally spotted Inka with a red light and was able to thaw and offer a chunk of crawfish on a stick. I think she must have consumed most of the pods (the snails have been ignored) because she took it quite easily. Tonight, I tried finding her again around 8:30 pm with no success but just after I turned off all the lights and scanned the tank with the red light (around 10:00 PM), arms came out of the LR and she ate, with less gusto, another piece of crawfish tail.
Judging from the spindley arms and comparing her acclimation photo to one of Cassy I think Inka is about 6 weeks old
Cassy at 6 weeks
Inka was more active than the larger animal and I hoped she did not suffer the same fate but until this AM at 5:00, I did not know (inspite of searching the tank nightly). I finally spotted Inka with a red light and was able to thaw and offer a chunk of crawfish on a stick. I think she must have consumed most of the pods (the snails have been ignored) because she took it quite easily. Tonight, I tried finding her again around 8:30 pm with no success but just after I turned off all the lights and scanned the tank with the red light (around 10:00 PM), arms came out of the LR and she ate, with less gusto, another piece of crawfish tail.
Judging from the spindley arms and comparing her acclimation photo to one of Cassy I think Inka is about 6 weeks old
Cassy at 6 weeks