Euprymna scolopes

[Euprymna]

het ly friend don't panick ! its only when rearing the juveniles that you need cylindrical. You can keep adults in rectangular tanks no problem. you just need athick layer of substrate for them to burry during the day.

 

[chrono_war01]

Oh ok, any type of sand I should avoid? I currently have roughly looking coarse sand (might be from coral)

 

[marinebio_guy]

I fine sand would be better.

 

[chrono_war01]

Thanks
Anyone want to sponser my 'changing sand' activity?

 

[cephalopoder]

Update:
Our first clutches of eggs started to hatch last night! They are small about the size of a BB. I will keep you up to date as things progress. We have many clutches of eggs with more being laid every day so this is going to be exciting!

 

[corw314]

That's exciting!! Any pics???

 

[Colin]

Hi Chris
great news..... but what is a BB????? Hope its not something too obvious LOL

 

[Euprymna]

cool mate! you must be as excited as I was! cute lil guys aren't they?
how many days did did it take before the first hatched?

 

[Architeuthoceras]

what is a BB?????

The little copper beads that go in a Red Rider Air-Rifle, or "BB" gun
about 1/16" or 1mm diameter.

BB is the shot size

You'll shoot your eye out!!!!!!!

 

[Nancy]

Guess BB guns (rifles) are specifically American - all the kids I grew up around had them. I shared the gun with my brother. And all the comic books had ads for Red Ryder BB guns.

Nancy

 

[cephalopoder]

This is extremely exciting! They are really strong swimmers from birth.
They took 26 days to hatch at 72F. Hatching occured after complete darkness. The first clutch never hatched so these are from the second clutch. I am not sure what happend but we did some different things and that seemed to help. Hopefully the other clutches will hatch just as well.
I have some pics but they are sooooo small the pictures are not very good. I do have a cool film of a adult eyprymna snagging a high speed shrimp filmed under red lights. I also have lots of egg pictures. The clutches are coverd with sand by momma squid to give them a bit of camo. I will try to post more pics and a movie on my web site soon. I haven't had much time to up date it or work on it lately but will try and get to it soon.
chris

 

[Nancy]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for sharing the details of this project! Hope this clutch does really well. Will look forward to pics of the little guys.

From your website, it looks like you're going into the breeding business in a big way.

Nancy

 

[chrono_war01]

Thanks for the info, keep us posted!

 

[Euprymna]

So how's your little hatchlings doin???

 

[cephalopoder]

So far so good, hatching going on every day. The first ones are are growing and have doubled in size. They have lots of different foods and seem to be content.