My 150 Cuttle Farm Army Reef! (Picture Intense) - Page 4

sm51498 · #76 12/03/2007, 06:22 PM

Neat feeding behavior in the little ones. The big one is very cool too. Its a shame feeding live food to the adults would probably be cost prohibitive.

Thales · #77 12/03/2007, 07:19 PM

Nice. His brothers miss him!

Amberjack69 · #78 12/03/2007, 09:32 PM

Your setup looks fantastic! I can appreciate the work you put into this project. Enjoy!

Paradox009 · #79 12/04/2007, 03:17 AM

Thanks!

Rich, how active are your adults typically during the day?

fastfish · #80 12/04/2007, 03:26 AM

Great setup!

Thales · #81 12/04/2007, 03:34 AM

Not very active at all. The will park themselves somewhere either on something or floating in the water column. They do seem to get excited when I walk into the room.

TheOtherReefer · #82 12/04/2007, 11:13 AM

Awesome!!! Cuttle fish reef. It's hard to be different nowadays. Bump!

alittlephishy · #83 12/04/2007, 11:14 AM

They are really a neat creature, you can see how deep the predatory instinct is embedded in them at 4 weeks old. Those poor little shrimp didn't stand a chance.

Thanks for sharing!!

Larry O

S_Stoney_S · #84 12/04/2007, 12:17 PM

Do the adults eat mollies? If so that would be a cheap source of live food

Chibils · #85 12/04/2007, 04:53 PM

That's incredible work - I'm very impressed.

Thales · #86 12/04/2007, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by S_Stoney_S
Do the adults eat mollies? If so that would be a cheap source of live food

As it turns out, fish aren't a good long term food for cuttles.

Echidna09 · #87 12/11/2007, 02:27 AM

Nice setup Paradox. You should post some of those pictures on tomno that haven't been posted yet. I hope you continue to have good luck with them. I am receiving 2 clutches tomorrow and am testing out 2 similar environments with a few differences. I will make sure to let you know how that goes.

Also, back on last page, the ink that species of genus Sepia produce is used as a brown dye. True sepia ink can be gotten from specialty craft stores and are extracted from cuttlefish. Next time you buy a box of 48 Crayola crayons you have a story to tell your kids

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sm- It is actually more expensive to feed the babies. Live Mysids cost a TON of money, and as mentioned earlier these guys eat a bunch. Once they move on to larger foods (also to foods that don't cannibalize ^^) they are cheaper and easier to sustain.

Ewan · #88 12/11/2007, 07:03 AM

Wow! Great photos and information.

Paradox009, thanks for sharing your videos! The color changing is awesome. I love the way they stalk their food!