I've been researching Cuttlefish, always been fascinated by them and was interested to learn that I could keep one in my BC29 with a couple modifications. The tank has been up for 6 years and is pretty stable at this point. There were a few things I was trying to find and am not completely clear on
1. How long are they on the mysid several time a day diet? Not a problem for me but I occasionally travel and don't want to leave too much work for the wife.
2. Is there any rough survival rate on eggs? From reading a couple threads I saw anything from 1 out of 10 to over half. With the size of my tank I can only really support 1 adult, so I was thinking of buying a small group of eggs.
3. Once they are full grown can you put enough food in the tank for 1-2 days (assuming fiddler crabs or shore shrimp). Again for the travel factor
4. From what i understand I will need to add a protein skimmer. Does anyone have experience with the units that will fit in the built in overflow being adequate or would I need an external skimmer.
Finally I see there are a couple places that have eggs in stock. I noticed several people mention NYAquatics who is OOS, but are there any to completely avoid?
Thanks for any help. If I am going to do this I want to make sure I do it right.
1. How long are they on the mysid several time a day diet? Not a problem for me but I occasionally travel and don't want to leave too much work for the wife.
2. Is there any rough survival rate on eggs? From reading a couple threads I saw anything from 1 out of 10 to over half. With the size of my tank I can only really support 1 adult, so I was thinking of buying a small group of eggs.
3. Once they are full grown can you put enough food in the tank for 1-2 days (assuming fiddler crabs or shore shrimp). Again for the travel factor
4. From what i understand I will need to add a protein skimmer. Does anyone have experience with the units that will fit in the built in overflow being adequate or would I need an external skimmer.
Finally I see there are a couple places that have eggs in stock. I noticed several people mention NYAquatics who is OOS, but are there any to completely avoid?
Thanks for any help. If I am going to do this I want to make sure I do it right.