Octopus, Cuttlefish, or Squid

[nateyofo]

What is easier to care for a octopus, cuttlefish, or squid. Which one do you think is the best?

 

[Animal Mother]

Octopus in my opinion, cheaper too.

None of them are for a beginner though.

 

[micstarz]

An octopus looks hardiest from intuition.

 

[Koshmar]

Octopus. I've never even heard of someone keeping a squid successfully. Make sure you have a couple hundred dollars set aside for food if you are going to raise hatchlings. I learned that the hard way.

 

[Octavarium]

A squid tank needs to be huge and cylindrical, since they are open water predators. I haven't heard of anyone succesfully keeping squid (not to be confused with little bobtailed squid from Hawaii). An octopus would be slightly easier than a cuttle as far as feeding in my opinion, although the tank needs to be escape proof. This is not so for a cuttle. Both cuttles and octos require expert care however- a rule of thumb I tell people is if they can't succesfully keep a reef tank, forget about an octopus.