jamest0o0;114405 said:
I was thinking of getting a drilled tank off glasscages.com and setting up my own sump and refugium... lol can I ask why cuttles are better : D? They seem to be harder to come by and harder to care for?
As fish kid said, it's just my opinion, I think they are cooler looking, you see them more, octos are more un of the mill, in other words, everyone knows what an octo is, and has seen one, most people that aren't aquariests don't know what cuttles are. In my opinion, cuttles would be easier to care for because they don't do that whole cooping themseves up with their eggs thing, and from what I've seen, are easier to ween onto frozen food. You also dont have to worry about them escaping. Also, pretty much any tank that is big enough to hold one cuttle can hold two, so they also have interactoins among themselves. You could probably have more interaction with an octo though. Again, it's just personal prefrance. Worry about setting up your tank first, the requirements for both animals are pretty much the same. While the tank is cycling, you can do some more research and decide which one to keep. The other great thing about cephs is......well I guess it's not a great thing is it, but, their life span is pretty short, usually no more than a year, so you could keep cuttles for a year, then an octo the next year.