Cuttlefish Basics - Keeping a Cuttlefish as a Pet - The Octopus …
2019年3月8日 · A six-month-old captive European Cuttlefish The cuttlefish is an ambush predator and a master of disguise. Its skin is covered with special cells called chromatophores, iridophores and leucophores that reflect light in many different colours enabling the cuttlefish to blend into its background almost perfectly.
Keeping and Breeding Dwarf Cuttlefish (Sepia Bandensis Care)
2019年3月8日 · A sand bed of 1/2 inch depth is fine. The cuttles will dig around in the sand, so a deep sand bed might be problematic. S. bandensis are often found among sea fans, but seem to do very well with hanging macro algae. You can hang your macros with a lettuce clip used to feed tangs and angels vegetable matter.
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2019年3月8日 · A cuttlefish for sale in the USA; swimming about in a marine aquarium at the Local Fish Shop (LFS) is more than likely to be a species called Sepia bandensis. Other species do surface from time to time but S. bandensis is the most commonly seen. This little cuttlefish, originally from Indonesia, is fully grown at about 5 cm (2") mantle length.
Sepia bandensis: husbandry and breeding - The Octopus News …
2019年3月8日 · Females can lay several clutches of eggs, up to 250 over the course of their life, and can live for months after egg laying. Mating begins around month 5, while male displays begin around month 3. It is unclear how long it takes from mating to egg laying. In groups, Sepia bandensis will mate readily.
Hawaiian Cuttlefish? - The Octopus News Magazine Online
2007年9月18日 · Cuttlefish in Hawaii. I was reading your post in regards to the Cuddlefish inquiry. I was also in Hawaii (Maui) in the fall of 08 and saw four Cuddlefish while diving in the morning. They were very skittish but did not ink when aproached. Please see attached photo to verify.
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2019年3月7日 · Cuttlefish are generally very poor travellers and many die during exportation from the tropics. Success rates are very low and at this point they are perhaps best avoided. Sepia bandensis is the most commonly imported species adult at 3" long.
How to ship cuttlefish? | The Octopus News Magazine Online
2024年10月2日 · Cuttlefish ( and cephalopods in general) don't ship well. I'm not sure which species you're referring to but I know that people have the best luck with dwarf (sepia bandensis) and Flamboyant (Metasepia pfefferi) cuttlefish by shipping the eggs and hatching them.
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2015年6月2日 · I was really worried that I wouldnt get fertile eggs. That I wouldnt choose any males, but sizing them up against the othrrs worked pretty well. The ones I chose to be males, the smaller ones, were in fact males. The larger ones were the ones laying the eggs. These were on cuttlefish no larger than two to three inches.
Rearing Flamboyant Cuttlefish - The Octopus News Magazine Online
2015年10月26日 · A little about my background: I care professionally for a Giant Pacific Octopus, Chambered Nautilus and Flamboyant Cuttlefish. Of the three, the last is the newest to me and why I am reaching out. I have had a fairly positive experience learning all I can from my adults, but my struggle is with rearing their young.