The Ferrari of Cuttlefish
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OctoMonkey
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Yep LOL
As soon as I seen the thread title I knew it was gonna be Metasepia!
Chris, was it not one of these going for $200 last year?
Colin
As soon as I seen the thread title I knew it was gonna be Metasepia!
Chris, was it not one of these going for $200 last year?
Colin
Gonodactylus
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In Lembeh, you can see these guys on most dives. Often you will swear that there are none around, but if you sit very quietly on a slope at 30 - 50 feet, suddenly you will notice a clump of muck moving. Approach, and it will bloom before your eyes "walking" along the bottom. Push it and it will jet 5 meters, hit the bottom, turn muck-colored and "disappear".
Eggs are relatively easy to find and there seems to be some synchrony in hatching since every now and then hundreds of 1 inch hatchlings show up in the area.
Photographing these guys is worth the trip alone.
Roy
Eggs are relatively easy to find and there seems to be some synchrony in hatching since every now and then hundreds of 1 inch hatchlings show up in the area.
Photographing these guys is worth the trip alone.
Roy
cephalopoder
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Hmmmm one vacation at a time I am still thinking of the O.cyaneas:smokin:
I have never seen this species offered though a supplier in the US yet. I have been talking to a wholesaler that has been getting some cuttles in. A assume they are bandensis. I am convinced shipping cuttle eggs are the way to go though. There is a horrible loss in shipping live cuttles from what I can see.
I have never seen this species offered though a supplier in the US yet. I have been talking to a wholesaler that has been getting some cuttles in. A assume they are bandensis. I am convinced shipping cuttle eggs are the way to go though. There is a horrible loss in shipping live cuttles from what I can see.
OctoMonkey
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Yep, and from what i gather from Richard; the cuttle egg laying has been a bit of a dissaster over here too!
I think I will leave it until August or September and perhaps invest in another batch of baby cuttles. Not as many as seven this time tho! Maybe just 4 would do.....
I was at deep Sea World in scotland yesterday and they have an Eledone cirrhosa tank set up! They are the only scottish octo. They are actually very cool. I need to get my hands on a chiller first tho. Cant go above 15degC!!!! Think a 2nd hand fridge would work with a long pipe curled up inside with water pumped through on a thermostat??????
C
I think I will leave it until August or September and perhaps invest in another batch of baby cuttles. Not as many as seven this time tho! Maybe just 4 would do.....
I was at deep Sea World in scotland yesterday and they have an Eledone cirrhosa tank set up! They are the only scottish octo. They are actually very cool. I need to get my hands on a chiller first tho. Cant go above 15degC!!!! Think a 2nd hand fridge would work with a long pipe curled up inside with water pumped through on a thermostat??????
C
Expedition to Lembeh Anyone?
Expedition to Lembeh Anyone?
Hmmmm, perhaps an egg-collecting expedition? I would definitely like to dive there just to see one!!! They have been bred in captivity at the Waikiki aquarium...
Colin, a professor of mine has used exactly the method you describe, an old refrigerator as a chiller - he said it works fine. Sometimes you can get real chillersw RELATIVELY cheap in the classifieds too.
Michael
Expedition to Lembeh Anyone?
Hmmmm, perhaps an egg-collecting expedition? I would definitely like to dive there just to see one!!! They have been bred in captivity at the Waikiki aquarium...
Colin, a professor of mine has used exactly the method you describe, an old refrigerator as a chiller - he said it works fine. Sometimes you can get real chillersw RELATIVELY cheap in the classifieds too.
Michael
OctoMonkey
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Thanks Michael,
If i found a chiller under about Ã"šÃ‚£100 i would buy it. None for sale have been that cheap. Just the thought of a fridge for Ã"šÃ‚£20 sounds much better!
Well, I have been thinking it through and guess that with a pump on a thermostat, it could pump water through a fridge, perhaps 30 - 50 feet of tubing in the fridge would do.. guess i'd have to drill holes in the door or something?????
Thanks again
C
If i found a chiller under about Ã"šÃ‚£100 i would buy it. None for sale have been that cheap. Just the thought of a fridge for Ã"šÃ‚£20 sounds much better!
Well, I have been thinking it through and guess that with a pump on a thermostat, it could pump water through a fridge, perhaps 30 - 50 feet of tubing in the fridge would do.. guess i'd have to drill holes in the door or something?????
Thanks again
C
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OctoMonkey
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Annick
no I hadnt but it was exactly what i was looking for. I seen in local paper that 2nd hand fridges are as cheap as $15 so that seems fine to me
Thanks
C
no I hadnt but it was exactly what i was looking for. I seen in local paper that 2nd hand fridges are as cheap as $15 so that seems fine to me
Thanks
C
Colin~
Just a little info on the opposite side of the DIY Fridge Chiller.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~cap/raid/chillers/dormfridge/
I've never tried one myself but I thought I'd give you a little something to think about.
Just a little info on the opposite side of the DIY Fridge Chiller.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~cap/raid/chillers/dormfridge/
I've never tried one myself but I thought I'd give you a little something to think about.
OctoMonkey
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Thanks Diatom...... There seems to be quite a lot of pros and cons to this idea.
I have pretty much decided to go ahead and have a go and see how it turns out... I am a sucker for stuff like that. At least I tried....
Colin
I have pretty much decided to go ahead and have a go and see how it turns out... I am a sucker for stuff like that. At least I tried....
Colin
schmunkel98
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Colin,
Don't waste your time with the dorm firdge thing. They don't help that much. I am getting much more cooling out of my computer fans than I am my fridge. Plus, the fridge eats up electricity.
Mike
Don't waste your time with the dorm firdge thing. They don't help that much. I am getting much more cooling out of my computer fans than I am my fridge. Plus, the fridge eats up electricity.
Mike
OctoMonkey
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Thanks Mike,
i think im gonna have to bite the bullet and shell out for a chiller!
Hows your stuff doing????
Colin
i think im gonna have to bite the bullet and shell out for a chiller!
Hows your stuff doing????
Colin
schmunkel98
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Everything's going great here Colin. I'm gearing up to move into a new house at the end of the month. I'm going to have to hire someone to move my aquariums since I have a 135 and a 55 gallon. My octo is eating regularly, and I try to get him live stuff whenever possible. He has grown a lot since I first got him, and I heard that the better they are fed the faster they grow. I want to do the cuttle thing again as soon as the octo passes on. The ones I had weren't day active, and were very fragile. I will get my next ones from Richard Stride to make sure they are bulletproof.
You need to post some more movies of yours on Tonmo so I can see how big they are now.
Mike
You need to post some more movies of yours on Tonmo so I can see how big they are now.
Mike
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