Cuttles availabvle now for $60

[daytona955]

Thought this was interesting, octopets.com now has captive raised cuttles available! They are babies for $60

http://www.octopets.com/Merchant2/m...&Store_Code=OctoPets&Category_Code=Cuttlefish

 

[MagnusApollo]

sweetness!!! If anyone does this I hope they post their experience here! Giving serious thought about setting up my 200 gallon for one of these. It's common european cuttle (Sepia officinalis) so it will get over 12-15 inches (18 in the wild).

 

[daytona955]

I'd love to hear about it as well, I just can't afford another tank just yet to dedicate to one of these.

 

[cephalopoder]

www.fishsupply.com is distributing them as well and Jack is a excellent shipper!

 

[MagnusApollo]

wow, thanks for the info. Well, I'm currently redoing a room in the basement for a tank, perhaps I'll just readjust the design to accomodate the larger tank and chiller (not to mention a massive skimmer). Time to do more researching... Lets see it took me a year to research everything before setting up my 10 gallon tank... by that equation I'll be ready for a Cuttle in about 10 to 15 years... they should be down in price by then.. hehe. But seriously, I'm now giving thought that in a year or so to actually get one once the tank matures and I know what to expect.

 

[daytona955]

I would say get it up and running with some live rock wait till parameters are good and go for it. From everything I have read, just about any fish you put in are going to be food! You can get the tank cycled using shrimp. Yes, dead grocery store shrimp. Get it up and running using decomposing shrimp. Add one each week to get the bio colony up and jump started then back off to one every other week after a month, then when water parameters are good, add the cuttle.

 

[Kyle_RR]

do you have any info on keeping them (water conditions or any conditions really , feeding, etc...)

thank you kyle

 

[cephalopoder]

A 200 gallon aquarium is needed to house a adult Sepia.O. They get big up to 16" and put out a lot of waste.
Water temp should be low 60s to about 72F They are a cooler water species.
The use of RO/DI RO water with now copper or heavy metals is needed.
salinity at 1.025
ammonia 0, nitrite 0 nitrate >20
A skimmer is recommended

 

[odoprelude]

if you read the section on the page about Cuttlefish Husbandy, it doesn't seem that you really need to go overboard as far as tank size and equipment as one would thing. good article..

 

[daytona955]

Read the other page that is listed on there. They recommend 180 as a minimum. And Cephalopodder is right they are a colder water species tht would most likely need a chiller. A 55 gallon would be ok initially for about 2 months. These things live and grow fast though. Complete growth is achieved in a year to 15-18 inches. A 55 would be way to small! 13 inches wide, he may not even be able to turn around, lol.