Who Loves Cuttles?

I don't have a cuttle and probably never will as they are very hard to keep in captivity and very rare to buy.

However, they are facinating! There was a show on them on PBS a month or two ago and I was hooked. (Pardon the expression!) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/camo/ There's plenty online, but here is wiki's page on them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish

I went through a cuttle phase . I joined the TONMO forum but never posted because as soon as i learned their life span i lost interest... . It would be great to breed them though. Heres another article. http://www.tonmo.com/articles/basiccuttlefish.php

Here's a video. I'm not sure if there are cuttlefish in their but i'm pretty sure there is one. BTW this is in the Australian temperate reefs.

The PBS special said they live 2 years in the wild, but I guess only 6 months in captivity.

Did you make this same comment on another thread? . I read it and that i had already responded. Do you know what kind of cuttle it was you took a picture of?

Sorry- I might have. But then I didn't see it....?

No I don't know what kind it is. I was so caught up in taking pictures. There were two of them- same kind.

Hmm. Well it's not really important i was just curious . Have you seen pictures of the flamboyant cuttle? .

You can buy those. I was thinking about it a while back.

You've seen the flamboyant kind!?

Pufferfreak wrote:Hmm. Well it's not really important i was just curious . Have you seen pictures of the flamboyant cuttle? .

Yes! They had those in the NOVA episode. They are actually poisonous. They tested one that was about to die because of its colors and sure enough- poisonous! They are small, too. They kind of walk instead of swim along.

So fascinating. I love cuttlefish again.

Did anybody watch the video above? I can't remember if it was a cuttlefish or and actual fish that was in it.

I tried but it says "An error occured. Please try again later."

Oh. Well let me know when you get one!

Now I want a cuttle... I just have to find where to buy one!

I'm sure you can find one online.

yeah... but the bad part about online stuff is shipping...

Then order through lfs.

no lfs... it suxs over here

Hmm whats the closest metro?

I can drive to edmonton in 4 hours and get some fish in the multipule lfs they have...

Just plan a trip for that. Do other stuff to though. After all it is the biggest metro area.

or I could serach around...

That to.

lol

I did try a baby trop cuttle a year ago but lost it after a few months. Fed it on live mysis but couldn't adapt it to frozen.

Would you have any tips on feeding?

Just feed it live foods. Some animals just wont take frozen. I think that's why they are labeled as difficult cephalopods to raise. How big was the cuttle?