My First Flamboyant Cuttlefish!!

[WallysWorld]

Very excited to finally have the opertunity to take care of one of these guys!! They are awesome to watch. Here's a short and a little blurry video I took with my phone of her eating a shrimp.

http://s841.photobucket.com/albums/zz337/walnats/?action=view&current=VIDEO0051.mp4

 

[121]

I want one!

 

[Jolleyreefs]

Those are amazing. Where did you get it? I never see them available.

 

[Blayz77]

wow that is pretty awesome, very neat

 

[pfcreed]

Amazing, how did you get it and how do you care for it.

 

[Kitsune_Gem]

I kinda want one now...

Care to share how you care for one?

 

[Braxibear]

That's the coolest fish I have ever seen. I'm very jealous!

 

[WallysWorld]

My setup for taking care of her is the following:

1. 30 gallon cube (Upgrading to Deep Blue 80 gal frag tank, I don't think 30 is big enough)
2. LED 30 watt fixture
3. Filtration is connected to my 40 gallon sump shared by a 45 gal reef and 20 gal frag tank. Contains a refuge with macro algae
4. Skimmer ASM G3
5. Koralin calcium reactor
6. Reefkeeper lite with ph, orp monitors auto fill switches and timers for lights.
7. Substrate black and white aragonite
8. 3 coconut shells (for laying eggs)
9. Feed live shore shrimp 4 to 5 a day (trying frozen shrimp next week)

No tank mates!
Got her at a LFS called Country Critters.

She is awesome!! Trying to get a male so I can hopefully raise some baby's

 

[Kitsune_Gem]

My setup for taking care of her is the following:

1. 30 gallon cube (Upgrading to Deep Blue 80 gal frag tank, I don't think 30 is big enough)
2. LED 30 watt fixture
3. Filtration is connected to my 40 gallon sump shared by a 45 gal reef and 20 gal frag tank. Contains a refuge with macro algae
4. Skimmer ASM G3
5. Koralin calcium reactor
6. Reefkeeper lite with ph, orp monitors auto fill switches and timers for lights.
7. Substrate black and white aragonite
8. 3 coconut shells (for laying eggs)
9. Feed live shore shrimp 4 to 5 a day (trying frozen shrimp next week)

No tank mates!
Got her at a LFS called Country Critters.

She is awesome!! Trying to get a male so I can hopefully raise some baby's

So jealous. If you do find a male and have babies, you have to start a thread on the progress! Shes so beautiful

 

[nanshaw2001]

Fun to watch, thanks for the post!

 

[jarrett shark]

Nice Wally !!!!!!

 

[andrewey]

Nice!!!

 

[el tigre]

awesome walter! I saw those about a month ago but the guy working at the time wouldn't sell any to me. Good luck with it!

 

[Das awesome]

OMG! I WANT ONE!! I always become sad whenever I see pictures of them b/c I want one that badly and I can never find one.

 

[WallysWorld]

OMG! I WANT ONE!! I always become sad whenever I see pictures of them b/c I want one that badly and I can never find one.

Yup, they are so hard to find! I am still looking for a male, doesn't look promising.

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

Yup, they are so hard to find! I am still looking for a male, doesn't look promising.

They are seasonal and seem to always come in around early to mid spring. Good luck!

 

[WallysWorld]

They are seasonal and seem to always come in around early to mid spring. Good luck!

True but I was hoping to find someone who breeds them.

 

[Speaker73]

http://www.oceanproaquatics.com/sho....html?osCsid=f5feaea1c9e3611e5b2d0d3e7dc12a03

Hope it helps...

 

[MantisO_o]

Wicked Video

 

[Thales]

http://www.oceanproaquatics.com/sho....html?osCsid=f5feaea1c9e3611e5b2d0d3e7dc12a03

Hope it helps...

A bunch of those pics are mis identified and have been for years - though the company has been told.

They also seem to have a habit of sending cephs that are different from what was ordered.