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- Apr 12, 2012
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Hi all, about a month ago, i happen to chance upon some flamboyant cuttlefish at my lfs! I was so excited that i converted my exististing tank to a species tank for it within a week. Bought myself a chiller, check the parameters and all is good to go. So i went down to the lfs and gotten myself 4 of this amazing cutties ( 4 remainings out if the 9 that arrived ). I notice 3 cuttle eggs floating about in the tank which the owner of the lfs gladly throw them in without any charge. I place the eggs in a breeding net in my flam tank and left it alone. Its been a month since i gotten them, all 4 cuttles are doing very well and feeding like crazy... BUT... nothing is happening to the 3 eggs. It looks exactly to same as the day i got them. Its alittle opaque and theres a litte clear ball in the middle of each egg. No movements or activity within the eggs. To my understanding, eggs are sometimes not fertile... So im thinking of removing them as alittle diatom are actually growing on them...
Ok, here comes the questions:
1. Should i trash the eggs or wait awhile? How long should i wait?
2. I have been feeding my cuttles exclusively ghost shrimp and i believe thats not the best diet to provide. However, thats all i can get in my lfss and thr cuttles refuse frozen mysis, krills and chopped market prawns. And i have no means to get crabs or lobsters from my lfs cos they are too expensive to sustain. The only thing i did was to put in 5 little fishes (red dot cardinals) from time to time hoping they will catch and eats them. I have never witness the feeding but the fises are vanishing at a rate of 5 a week, so i assume they got eaten.
What will be the long term effects of ghost shrimp exclusive diet?
What else should i feed them with?
What other fish can i provide them? My lfs stocks tons of blue green chromis amd occasionaly the red dot cardinals but are more expensive...
Sorry bout the long post. Will post some pics tonight when i get hm. Please advise, thanks alot!!
Ok, here comes the questions:
1. Should i trash the eggs or wait awhile? How long should i wait?
2. I have been feeding my cuttles exclusively ghost shrimp and i believe thats not the best diet to provide. However, thats all i can get in my lfss and thr cuttles refuse frozen mysis, krills and chopped market prawns. And i have no means to get crabs or lobsters from my lfs cos they are too expensive to sustain. The only thing i did was to put in 5 little fishes (red dot cardinals) from time to time hoping they will catch and eats them. I have never witness the feeding but the fises are vanishing at a rate of 5 a week, so i assume they got eaten.
What will be the long term effects of ghost shrimp exclusive diet?
What else should i feed them with?
What other fish can i provide them? My lfs stocks tons of blue green chromis amd occasionaly the red dot cardinals but are more expensive...
Sorry bout the long post. Will post some pics tonight when i get hm. Please advise, thanks alot!!