Hey guys I’ve been trying for the past year trying to find a pet cuttlefish for sale anywhere. Nothing. I’ve been researching them and everything they need so I’m pretty confident that I will be able to hatch one of necessary. Any help would be nice I have a whole reef tank setup for one that I’ve had for years and now I’m just trying to find some sepia bandensis’ cuttlefish not flamboyant cuttlefish. Thanks for the help.
Help me find cuttlefish for sale
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That species is being raised fairly often by public aquariums, but they are rare in the pet trade. I've seen eggs for sale periodically, but really, the only time I've been able to raise them is when I was culturing live mysids to feed them, at least until they grow large enough to wean them over to frozen foods.
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This is the only place I know of that seems to have Dwarf Cuttlefish eggs in stock right now:
www.paradisepetshop.net
I know one person who ordered eggs from this shop, it took ~1 month for them to get the eggs, and the water arrived pretty cold. So, they did get the eggs, but the business wasn't great to deal with. I don't know if the eggs hatched, as the person never updated their thread after that.
If you think it's worth a shot to order from these guys, let me know how it goes - they have some interesting stuff, so I'd love to see how legit of a business they are.
Paradise Pets: Cuttlefish Eggs
If you think it's worth a shot to order from these guys, let me know how it goes - they have some interesting stuff, so I'd love to see how legit of a business they are.
I hatched some several years ago, here's a few tips that makes it inexpensive. Set up a macro tank with copepods and amphipods. The hatchlings will live off of those until they are large enough to eat ghost shrimp and guppies. Separate them quickly by size, they will cannibalize each other. Be careful of flow initially while they are newly hatched, easy to get sucked up into an overflow, power heads or circulation pumps not recommended.
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