Tintenfisch;106798 said:Jean, Kelly Tarlton's has had the occasional P. cordiformis (though mostly it's O. gibbsi these days) and they are invariably fed dead food, with the occasional exception of a few tiny shore crabs for some hunting fun. Granted, the last one didn't last very long (I only met her once ) but she was already quite large when the guys brought her in.
Interestingly, I only ever got nibbled by O. gibbsi, never one of the P. cordiformis. And as you can imagine, I had my hands in the tank quite a lot...
Do they actually eat it? Cos ours will only play with it when offered dead food and then they'll drop it and ignore it! Give 'em a crab tho' and POUNCE!!! Ours must be really fussy cos they won't have a bar of shore crabs either....paddle and cancer crabs (in a pinch, camo crabs ) if you please!
I've never been bitten by the P. cordiformis but the O. warringa is another matter entirely.....little *#%$*@%s !
J