Cuttlefish in the USA?

[Bogart80]

I am very interested in cuttlefish; I would love to have them. However I have just started my reading / research and in everything I come across it is telling me if you live in the USA..... And you want a cuttlefish.......MOVE…… Ok seriously they say most will not survive the plan trip to the states.

My main question is, does anyone in the states have a cuttlefish, and how did you get yours?

Also any advice or knowledge on keeping these would be great.

Thank you

 

[gholland]

Several people on tonmo.com have captive raised cuttle babies right now. Ask Thales, Paradox, or Shipposhack.

 

[dreadhead119]

I have had 2 for about 2 months. I got them Thales, who is a very pleasant person to deal with.

 

[Eagleeyez5]

They are great, but make sure that your cuttle has its own tank, I had a lawnmower blenny in the tank with my cuttle until last night, we nicknamed the blenny 'Lunch' because we knew its days were numbered......well I didnt have time to feed the cuttle the day before yesterday, and so yesterday, about 20 min before I was going to feed him, he grabbed 'lunch'.....I got some pictures, and will post them under my thread.....

 

[Bogart80]

Ok, most of my reading is saying about 150g for cuttlefish fish. Could you raise one cuttlefish in a 55g LFO tank with him being the only thing in the tank?

TY for the names.

 

[dreadhead119]

I have 2 Bandensis in my 75g, and I might get another 2. Bandensis don't get big only 4 in or so. In a 150g with the proper filtration you could keep somewhere around 8 to 10.

 

[Bogart80]

Ok so one in a 55g shouldn’t be a problem. Do they like to have a pair? I mean should I put more than one in?

 

[Animal Mother]

Getting multiples so you are more likely to have a breeding pair would be ideal. However it would be best to get different cuttles from different suppliers so as to not cause too much inbreeding.

 

[Thales]

http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/cuttlefish.php

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