60gl cephalopod tank

[Absint Reefer]

I know I want to do some type of cephalopod but I'm not certain yet would this tank be better for the dwarf cuttlefish or a bimac octo?

 

[cirri]

what species of drwaf cuttle are you refering to. A 60 gal would make a wonderful Bimac home!! IMO

 

[Absint Reefer]

I think I'm going to go with the bimac easier to care for

 

[cirri]

and a lot of fun to interact with as well. enjoy and keep up updated!!

 

[Absint Reefer]

what about a 25gl

 

[Mr.Lizard]

Although neither live for all that long, I believe you'd get a longer lifespan with the Bimac. We kept Pharoah cuttlefish at Ocean Journey- very interesting, but they don't generally live even a year.

 

[Absint Reefer]

ok thanks

 

[complexbooger]

yeah i just got my bimac last night about 4" body. And not 3 hrs later he picked a snail out of my hand and ate it. I keep it entertained with a mantis shrimp. The bimac keeps trying to either hover/ swim over the mantis(the mantis only about 2 inches long) but its too fast. its amazing to watch.

 

[Surf]

I'm no stomatopodiatrist, but I think a 2" Mantis is more than a match for a 4" bimac. I wouldn't keep them together myself.

 

[complexbooger]

Mantis was eaten 2 hrs later. it was torn to bits.

 

[Mr.Lizard]

Guess the bimac had a few too many arms and one too many beaks for the mantis!! LOL
Mantis' are some intelligent creatures- but so are Octos for sure. I've seen them on some nature show(forget which one it was) where they put food in a jar- and the octo figured out how to open the jar. There was one show where an octo crawled out of it's tank and across a room into another tank to eat some crabs that were there....It then crawled back home before morning! Outsmarted the scientists for a while until they put a video camera in the room over night and discovered what was happening! LOL

 

[pitt_prodigy]

Thats amazing! Ive definitely heard stories of them figuring out how to get prey out of enclosures (jars, plastic eggs, empty soda bottle, etc) but i never heard of one stepping out of its tank for a meal and comming back! They are extremely inquisitive creatures... and learn pretty quickly. Doesnt suprise me at all that the bimac got the best of that mantis.... octo is a very efficient predator.

 

[nini]

bimac deffinatly.