Who wants some cuttle fish!?!?!

[bribo12]

Just saw these bad boys on divers den for $400! Captive bred cuttles!!
Drs. Foster and Smith Diver's Den® - Sepia bandensis

 

[jwh0818]

Yup them are awesome for sure!

 

[Gregcoyote]

They are a psychedelic light show, that's for sure.

 

[Rare]

Awesome bait.....

 

[huma-huma]

nope wouldnt touch them. they are delicate and short-lived. dont think they are quite perfected enough yet for the general hobby

 

[Gregcoyote]

I agree, they are highly intelligent and very fast. Not a good candidate for captivity IMO.

 

[bribo12]

And have an excellent camouflage system!

 

[Gregcoyote]

I've been on night dives with them. They aren't very big and will jet away if you get close, but one night I found one about 6" long that stayed put for a while and put on a show. The patterns he ran through and the colors were off the chart.

 

[Rare]

The patterns he ran through and the colors were off the chart.

During some of our fishing trip in Key west on the bridge bioluminescent plankton light up the water. Very awesome when you are in a pitch black bridge and the water is glowing all over. Further up north & in the keys they have trips on the kayak when the water is glowing.

 

[huma-huma]

the other thing to remember with cuttles is that they have a truely adaptive skin to them. not only can they change colors, not only can they make patterns, but they can create dynamic moving patterns across their bodies AND change the texture of their skin. people think the mimic octopus is the king of deception, i feel the cuttle owns that title

 

[huma-huma]

World's Deadliest - Hypnosis Attack - YouTube

 

[Gregcoyote]

Who wants some cuddle fish!?!?!

The octopus is the king of camouflage, right up there with the stone fish, but the cuttlefish is like a electronic billboard. Vegas should have such technology and colors.

http://youtu.be/PmDTtkZlMwM

 

[Spechty37]

WOW!!!!!!!!! I want one lol

 

[jwh0818]

Here ya go. I funny one

 

[Ohsnapitscharity]

I've never wanted a saltwater tank....until now.

 

[mr_X]

They only live a year or so. 400 bucks is absurd however, since I see them on stock lists for 8 bucks regularly.

 

[Gregcoyote]

They only live a year or so. 400 bucks is absurd however, since I see them on stock lists for 8 bucks regularly.

Captive bred, but $400 is still crazy high.

 

[threnjen]

video

That was amazing! thanks!

 

[huma-huma]

np i absolutely love the Cuttles....just know enough to respect that they arent quite hobby friendly at this point.

 

[bribo12]

Woo! Just realized my spelling got fixed so I done look like an idiot anymore haha. I agree with you huma, at $200 a cuttle, that's not a cephalopod I want to risk dying in my system. Very beautiful invert but they should be left to zoos/aquariums or the wild