Having trouble keeping new born cuttlefish alive!

[CaptFish]

Are you keeping cuttlefish?

no, I do octopuses

 

[Mike Bauer]

no, I do octopuses

Do you think that maybe an octopus can tolerate copper or other metals better than a cuttlefish? From what I have seen cuttlefish are the most intolerant creature I have every come across. I lost my 1 one in 2003 because I used my tap water from home and it was the copper plumbing that was the issue then. I did want to risk loosing my one and only octopus back then to add water from home to see if she could take it. She laid eggs and died after about 3 months. I am really trying hard to get these cuttles to live and breed.

 

[CaptFish]

Do you think that maybe an octopus can tolerate copper or other metals better than a cuttlefish?

No, it has the same effect on both of them.

 

[Mike Bauer]

Interesting! But I will not try it to see at this point. Fear is never boring!

 

[Mike Bauer]

So much for the sole survivor, he wedged himself between the net and the rail and perished. I have the 5 eggs in the clear plastic breeder and will avoid the breeder net for now. One egg just hatched, 4 eggs to go.

 

[Mike Bauer]

Cuttlefish like to be born at night. another was born tonight, 2 down 3 to go. Holding my breath at this point.

mysid are doing very well.

 

[Kerrick]

Yup, all of mine hatched at night. Infact they are really only active at dusk/night. I hear this changes somewhat as they get older.

 

[Mike Bauer]

Got an another one 3 hatched 2 to go.
almost all of the other would only eat at night.

 

[Mike Bauer]

Still at 3 babies 2 larger and one smaller. I witnessed one eating today. seem like one egg tuned into a dud. 1 egg left and I can see the baby in the egg but something else seem to be in the egg with it and it is a small baby but moving around.

 

[SueAndHerZoo]

Still at 3 babies 2 larger and one smaller. I witnessed one eating today. seem like one egg tuned into a dud. 1 egg left and I can see the baby in the egg but something else seem to be in the egg with it and it is a small baby but moving around.

Twins?

 

[Mike Bauer]

One of the larger was floating this morning.
1 egg , one larger (eating), 1 smaller not eating. Correction 1 dead smaller one floating?

 

[Mike Bauer]

The egg shrank without hatching. Not sure what is going on unless the shrimp are a hole in the egg and deflated it. I an really getting depressed with this entire outcome. Keeping the egg in the net just in case. This really suck!