Cuttlefish!!!

[schmunkel98]

My octo did a pose tonight like the one in the "Beast" photo! It even had those two lighter areas below it's eyes. I'll try to get a picture of it if it does it again.

Mike

www.schmunkel.0catch.com

 

[schmunkel98]

Since I have taken all of the crabs and snails out of my tank, the algae is out of control. Can I put more snails back in the tank now that the octo and the cuttle are used to live food or food from my stick?

Mike

www.schmunkel.0catch.com

 

[Rudiger]

its worth a try. maybe just put in one or two snails and see if they get eaten. how expensive are cleaner snails?

 

[schmunkel98]

I caught my cuttlefish out in the open last night when I was about to go to bed. I had just turned on the light and he was in the middle of the tank hovering about 6 inches above the sand. He started to change color in a very odd pattern that rotated around his body from front to back. The pattern was a rotating series of light and dark colored stripes. It looked very cool, but he soon zoomed away behind some live rock again. Was he hunting for food? Was this a mating dance or was I a threat he was trying to confuse? Usually he just turns a very dark black when I get too close. I'm going to make an effort to get some movies of my octo and my cuttle sometime this week with my web cam. I know I can get shots of the octo when it is feeding, so it should be a good one.

Mike

www.schmunkel.0catch.com

 

[schmunkel98]

Ok folks, 2 new updates here:

1. I put in 4 giant sized turbo snails and they are all doing well. I may even get some more to cut down on the algae.

2. I got another cuttlfish in yesterday! It is from Bali and is about twice the size of the other one and is definitely a different species. It has been hovering near the surface ever since I put it in the tank, and it almost had a run in with the octopus at feeding time. The octopus was reaching for the shrimp I had when the cuttle came near and the octo's arm came close to it. Luckily it went for the shrimp though. Anyway, I hope the guy is still alive when I get back home today. I will take some pictures of it and try to get a movie or two with my webcam.

Mike

www.schmunkel.0catch.com

 

[Rudiger]

this is getting more interesting every day. So now you have one octopus, two cuttles, and four giant snails living together. Please do keep us updated

pat

 

[schmunkel98]

Well, the new cuttle didn't make it past the 24 hour barrier in my tank. It seems like the bigger cuttles don't handle shipping very well or the shipper doesn't know what he is doing. The cuttle seemed pretty out of it when I put him in the tank to begin with. He then started hanging out at the surface like in the picture I've attached. He looked very nice and I wish he would have made it. Even after he died, his skin was still turning colors a bit. Now I'm just down to one octopus and one cuttlefish.

Mike

www.schmunkel.0catch.com

 

[schmunkel98]

Dooh, here's the picture.