Should I attempt to breed my cuttefish?

[L S]

Hi there!

I have Trusty for more than 4 months. He/she is a S. Latimanus I think and is about 10-12cm long in ML now. Lately I've been thinking if I should try to find him/her a mate, you know..for reasons like its such a beautiful creature but such short live span n hoping that his/her legacy would live on n stuffs like that....

Couples of worries i have

Trusty still too juvenile to mate?
Can't sex them. Get a few n let maths work it out?
May not get the same size. Too big or too small n they will gobble each other up.
Trusty turns out to be male. Fight and injure and die.

Really, the last thing I want is to loose Trusty.

Any opinion would be most welcome

Cheers,
LS

 

[Colin]

All of you points are valid and i have to say that with my experiences the way they turned out i would order 10 small latimanus and grow them up in a huge tank/pond and let nature take its course...

at 12cm long they are too small to sex

i'd be very concerned about adding any new cuttles to meet Trusty

C

 

[L S]

Thanks Colin,

Guess I'll leave thing be then. Trusty has a seahorse as companion, so I hope it wouldn't be too bored. They always hang around together.

Cheers,
LS

 

[o.vulgaris]

you really shouldn't try to experiment, it would be best to not try it out, but if you do want to go ahead with it have a look here:
http://www.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/cuttle4.html