cuttlefish for sale.

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thumbsy

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My dwarf cuttles have been pretty busy.

I currently have 8 or 9 baby cuttlefish that are for sale. The babies range in age from earlier today to a little over 2 weeks old. The older ones are eating live mysis, but haven't been weaned to frozen. Newborns tend to fast the first 4 or 5 days, so I can't confirm they're eating until about that time.

I'm looking to get $40 per baby over 2 weeks old, $25 for any under that age.
Species is Sepia Bandensis, there's few articles on the web about them.

Some words of warning, they have a short lifespan (around 8-10 months), the babies are pretty expensive to feed (they need live mysis the first few weeks), they don't play well with others, and are a pretty high bioload for their size.

Pics of the parents (female on the left, male on the right)
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Newborn, about an hour or so old.
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PM me if interested.
 
Bump. I'm up to 11 now.

Also, I have an egg cluster still in the tank that needs a home. Not sure how large it is, so I can't really price it. I'm going to try to remove it in the next couple of days and take a pic.
 
They look cool and not to start anything with you or people who enjoy them by they only live for 8-10 months? That really sucks! I know there are alot of people here, myself included, that get attached to their fish like you would a puppy. Yes it's different as you can't pet the fish but you still see it everyday and have feelings
 
Cephalopods have short lives but some of us just cannot stop keeping them. We get attached quickly and are heartbroken when we loose one. They are intelligent and entertaining with distinct personalities. I would love to try a few but I am presently out of town. Good luck with the sale.
 
They do have extraordinary personalities.

When you first walk up to the tank it seems empty, but if you sit there for a few seconds watching, you notice this weird rock shape floating towards you and realize someone is watching you. My female is really outgoing, she'll sit eye to eye with me, sometimes just sitting, other times waving her arms as if trying to hypnotize me. The male is more timid, but does allot more shape and color changing. He often displays for the female, taking on a very high contrast pattern and stretching out so he looks as big as possible.

Unfortunately, they are short lived. I'm guessing my pair have only another 3 months or so. But the good thing about cuttles is they breed so readily. I've actually got 5 from my first hatch that are over a month old that I'm keeping. Hopefully I can get one or two more generations out of the line, assuming no disasters strike.

I keep my pair in a 20 gallon, so you could do a pair in a 24 or 28 nano...the trick is getting a pair as two males will fight in that small a space. I just got lucky with mine. One would be cool too, but I think you really get allot more out of them seeing them as a pair.
 
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