60gl cephalopod tank

Absint Reefer · #1 05/22/2005, 08:42 PM

I know I want to do some type of cephalopod but I'm not certain yet would this tank be better for the dwarf cuttlefish or a bimac octo?

cirri · #2 05/24/2005, 08:45 AM

what species of drwaf cuttle are you refering to. A 60 gal would make a wonderful Bimac home!! IMO

Absint Reefer · #3 05/24/2005, 04:40 PM

I think I'm going to go with the bimac easier to care for

cirri · #4 05/25/2005, 07:19 AM

and a lot of fun to interact with as well. enjoy and keep up updated!!

Absint Reefer · #5 06/03/2005, 10:29 PM

what about a 25gl

Mr.Lizard · #6 06/10/2005, 01:50 AM

Although neither live for all that long, I believe you'd get a longer lifespan with the Bimac. We kept Pharoah cuttlefish at Ocean Journey- very interesting, but they don't generally live even a year.

Absint Reefer · #7 06/10/2005, 07:54 PM

ok thanks

complexbooger · #8 06/16/2005, 02:35 PM

yeah i just got my bimac last night about 4" body. And not 3 hrs later he picked a snail out of my hand and ate it. I keep it entertained with a mantis shrimp. The bimac keeps trying to either hover/ swim over the mantis(the mantis only about 2 inches long) but its too fast. its amazing to watch.

Surf · #9 06/24/2005, 12:13 PM

I'm no stomatopodiatrist, but I think a 2" Mantis is more than a match for a 4" bimac. I wouldn't keep them together myself.

complexbooger · #10 06/24/2005, 05:24 PM

Mantis was eaten 2 hrs later. it was torn to bits.

Mr.Lizard · #11 06/25/2005, 01:47 PM

Guess the bimac had a few too many arms and one too many beaks for the mantis!! LOL
Mantis' are some intelligent creatures- but so are Octos for sure. I've seen them on some nature show(forget which one it was) where they put food in a jar- and the octo figured out how to open the jar. There was one show where an octo crawled out of it's tank and across a room into another tank to eat some crabs that were there....It then crawled back home before morning! Outsmarted the scientists for a while until they put a video camera in the room over night and discovered what was happening! LOL

pitt_prodigy · #12 07/01/2005, 04:14 AM

Thats amazing! Ive definitely heard stories of them figuring out how to get prey out of enclosures (jars, plastic eggs, empty soda bottle, etc) but i never heard of one stepping out of its tank for a meal and comming back! They are extremely inquisitive creatures... and learn pretty quickly. Doesnt suprise me at all that the bimac got the best of that mantis.... octo is a very efficient predator.

nini · #13 07/03/2005, 07:02 PM

bimac deffinatly.