Cuttlefish eggs - need advice
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Uncle Salty 05
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At the rate they are growing it shouldn't be more than a week or two tops.
They are finally eating the PE mysis (thank goodness), buying the live mysis was getting expensive. I still use a bristleworm trap to catch amphipods from the other refugium as a treat, but the PE mysis soaked in Selcon is their staple diet now.
As they get larger I am going to be spending my weekends at the beach catching larger prey for them.
Releasing them into the 10 gallon tank won't be too bad but when they are ready to go into my 180, that will be a little stressful.
They are finally eating the PE mysis (thank goodness), buying the live mysis was getting expensive. I still use a bristleworm trap to catch amphipods from the other refugium as a treat, but the PE mysis soaked in Selcon is their staple diet now.
As they get larger I am going to be spending my weekends at the beach catching larger prey for them.
Releasing them into the 10 gallon tank won't be too bad but when they are ready to go into my 180, that will be a little stressful.
Uncle Salty 05
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Well I killed the biggest and hardiest if my three cuttlefish last night.
I decided it was time to release them from the net into the tank, so I took the net and turned it upside down and I thought I saw all three swim out. (my eyes aren't what they used to be)
The net was kind of funky so I figured I would give it a good cleaning before stowing it away. The wife had just finished the dishes and the water was good and hot so I took the spray attachment and sprayed the net out thoroughly. Afterward I see a spot on the net. I figured it was a piece of macro or something but to my horror it was not. It was the biggest of my three cuttlefish.
I wanted to put my fist through the wall. I put it in a shot glass of tank water in hopes of reviving it, but it was too late. The water was just too hot.
I feel so bad.
I decided it was time to release them from the net into the tank, so I took the net and turned it upside down and I thought I saw all three swim out. (my eyes aren't what they used to be)
The net was kind of funky so I figured I would give it a good cleaning before stowing it away. The wife had just finished the dishes and the water was good and hot so I took the spray attachment and sprayed the net out thoroughly. Afterward I see a spot on the net. I figured it was a piece of macro or something but to my horror it was not. It was the biggest of my three cuttlefish.
I wanted to put my fist through the wall. I put it in a shot glass of tank water in hopes of reviving it, but it was too late. The water was just too hot.
I feel so bad.
Uncle Salty 05
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One got fairly big and just vanished. (I think the granchildren were involved)
I hope to be getting a clutch of eggs tonight.
I hope to be getting a clutch of eggs tonight.
