cuttle fish
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Pea-brain
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You could keep one in a 29 gallon. They can be kept with corals but you'll want a sump or refugium with a big skimmer because of the bioload. Also no stinging corals. They only live 1-2 years so the best way to get them is as eggs so you can raise them from babies. Maybe get 3 so you have room incase one or two die, but if all do survive you can give them to another person. The babies need to be fed live food. Adults do best on live food but you *may* be able to train them to eat frozen.
I dunno about price of eggs or anything like that. Check tonmo.com . They have a cuttle availability thread.
Dan
I dunno about price of eggs or anything like that. Check tonmo.com . They have a cuttle availability thread.
Dan
craiglanda
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well the two most "common" cuttles you will come across...(i say common in quotations because it isnt very common at all to find them available) would be the S.Oficinalis and the S. Bandensis. Out of those two the bandensis would be much better suited for a 29 gallon. The S. Oficinalis can grow to over a foot in length so you may wanna stay away from that species for a 29.
Octavarium
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S. bandensis is pretty much the only choice for a tank of that size, great little guys though. Go over to tonmo.com and learn about them...there are also people there that have babies or eggs and sell them.
tonyespinoza
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sorry to hi-jack - but would cuttlefish be appropriate for an open top, rimless tank? in other words, are they jumpers? i'm planning a large system.
tonyespinoza
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would they get along with a cowfish? this would be a cuttlefish/cowfish species tank...
craiglanda
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Its a toss up....I have success keeping bandensis with a harlequin filefish but who knows how long that will last. I wouldnt reccomend trying any fish with them. From what i keep hearing from other people who keep/breed cuttles is that NO fish is safe. So, i consider myself lucky or en route for disaster...
Animal Mother
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Yup, they would eventually kill the cowfish and then the cowfish would nuke the tank. Not worth the risk. Anything that moves is probably going to be tested, and if it tastes like food, it's food.
