[Cuttlefish Eggs]: Jabba, Jool, Ziro, Zorba - S. Bandensis
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I thought I remembered something similar. Fortunately, they don't appear deep, seem to have disappeared (healed) and I am not seeing the attack behavior ATM but will keep watching.
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[QUOTE] ... [/QUOTE]I thought I remembered something similar. Fortunately, they don't appear deep, seem to have disappeared (healed) and I am not seeing the attack behavior ATM but will keep watching.
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Three more eggs today. Total is now 11.
Edit: found a fourth so total of 12.
Edit: found a fourth so total of 12.
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No more eggs this week. The egg I found by itself egg is shrinking (I can identify it because there is a small piece of substrate attached). They are eating me out of house and home so we are trying to get them to eat frozen. The mysis I have on hand are really too small and I have ordered the Hikari jumbo flat pack (along with some frozen Grammarus (offering from Hikari, supposed to be larger than the Jumbo mysis but smaller than the krill that they won't touch). If I hand feed the frozen, three will eat from my hand but Jool (the smallest - left bottom in video still) only feins at it and rarely takes one. As small as these are, it takes an eternity to feed them. I still give them one or two live as well. I have experimented with timing and it seems that feeding the live first stimulates their appetite where starting with the frozen requires a lot more coaxing. Dumping several in the tank at one time sometimes works but mostly feeds the serpents.
If I offer live and they are very hungry, occasionally the shrimp does not make it fully to the tank, the cuttle ends up attached to my finger and I may get a small saltwater bath. I tried to encourage the behavior for videoing but the only sequence that was nicely in focus did not produce a cuttle attacking the shrimp.
I will try again next week and if I can't get a decent video, I will combine the out of focus clips and post them.
I clipped this video to show all four out begging
Three know supper time and start hovering about an hour before I normally feed but the fourth is often very slow to the table. I think this is Zorba, a female, who may be slow to come out of the rocks to avoid mating. However, all four are being seen looking for supper some nights.
If I offer live and they are very hungry, occasionally the shrimp does not make it fully to the tank, the cuttle ends up attached to my finger and I may get a small saltwater bath. I tried to encourage the behavior for videoing but the only sequence that was nicely in focus did not produce a cuttle attacking the shrimp.
I will try again next week and if I can't get a decent video, I will combine the out of focus clips and post them.I clipped this video to show all four out begging
Three know supper time and start hovering about an hour before I normally feed but the fourth is often very slow to the table. I think this is Zorba, a female, who may be slow to come out of the rocks to avoid mating. However, all four are being seen looking for supper some nights.
Gen 2 - 17 total eggs (Found 2 yesterday, 2 this AM and 1 tonight)
The last one may have been being laid when I offered food but I can't be sure.
The last one may have been being laid when I offered food but I can't be sure.
First attempt to candle eggs
With a little more practice with my cheap macro lens and a slightly stronger light I may actually get an identifiable image
Not Viable - This egg is prune shaped and opaque
Probably not Viable - This egg is attached to substrate and has remained small but round. There is a mass inside but no identifiable shape
Possibly Viable - This egg has an identifiable shape and eyes but I did not observe any movement
With a little more practice with my cheap macro lens and a slightly stronger light I may actually get an identifiable image
Not Viable - This egg is prune shaped and opaque
Probably not Viable - This egg is attached to substrate and has remained small but round. There is a mass inside but no identifiable shape
Possibly Viable - This egg has an identifiable shape and eyes but I did not observe any movement
Gen2 - 4 more eggs this week 21 total (I need to count them as this seems like more than are in the net )
Physical inventory, 22 eggs.
)Physical inventory, 22 eggs.
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Hi D,
There won't be much movement in the early developmental stages, mostly yolk.
There won't be much movement in the early developmental stages, mostly yolk.
I can make out the head and two eyes so the last imaged egg is developing. Interesting that these are starting to lose their ink where the parents' eggs never did.
Gen2 - Two hatchlings today (and two more eggs in addition to 4 not yet recorded totaling 27)
I saw a white speck move in the egg net today and found a teeny tiny cuttlefish. I don't remember the foursome being THIS small (about the size of the positive bump on a triple A battery). I set up a new net, transferred it with a cup, photographed and promptly lost it. I don't know if it ended up in the tank or is just so small and so white I cannot see it. About an hour later I spotted a second one, slightly larger and found its egg case. The second is yellowish and I was able to find it after the transfer but didn't photograph it. I don't think there is a yolk sack attached to either one.
I saw a white speck move in the egg net today and found a teeny tiny cuttlefish. I don't remember the foursome being THIS small (about the size of the positive bump on a triple A battery). I set up a new net, transferred it with a cup, photographed and promptly lost it. I don't know if it ended up in the tank or is just so small and so white I cannot see it. About an hour later I spotted a second one, slightly larger and found its egg case. The second is yellowish and I was able to find it after the transfer but didn't photograph it. I don't think there is a yolk sack attached to either one.
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Wow, second generation of cuttles!
Gen1 - Feeding Frozen
I am feeding the adults a combination of frozen and live. I found "jumbo" mysis from Hikari but had to order them on-line (not available in an LFS near me). These turned out to be a major disappointment. Their cleaning process makes them appear cooked and they seem to be tough. The cuttles are eating them begrudgingly and spit out a portion. I leave several on the Chaeto and they are gone by morning but I don't know if it is the cuttles or the clean-up crew consuming them.
I am feeding the adults a combination of frozen and live. I found "jumbo" mysis from Hikari but had to order them on-line (not available in an LFS near me
). These turned out to be a major disappointment. Their cleaning process makes them appear cooked and they seem to be tough. The cuttles are eating them begrudgingly and spit out a portion. I leave several on the Chaeto and they are gone by morning but I don't know if it is the cuttles or the clean-up crew consuming them.
@A. Cuttlefish I can't really call them second generation until some survive but at least two have hatched.
Wow, you are brave... good luck with the hatchlings...
Gen2 - 3 more eggs today Total 30
Gen2 - One more hatchling Total 3 but can only find 2
Gen2 - One more hatchling Total 3 but can only find 2
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