Cuttlefish?

[DiverGirl82]

So I was just looking around online and I saw an online fish dealer that has cuttlefish, which are only the coolest things ever. Oh the temptation! But they're expert only and aggressive and I'm a newbie with small easily digestible fish. But I'm curious if anyone has one and if so please please please post pics/video.

 

[cameronh]

Let us dear friends, not forget our dear friends the cuttlefish! Sorry, good line from pirates of the Caribbean:D

 

[ReefMadScientist]

One species that belongs in the ocean. They rarely live past 6 months in a tank.

 

[Dtackett]

ive only seen one guy that had a cuttlefish and ive only seen him post on facebook once, not sure if it didn't survive or I just don't see the posts. would love to have something that cool but its something I would never put in a hobby tank.

 

[billwill]

They have a very short natural lifespan, a little over a year. That's in the ocean. They're super cool, but like said above they are best left in the ocean.

 

[Dtackett]

I do have a question though... maybe someone here can answer it... cuttlefish have copper based blood, if a cuttlefish dies in a reef tank or manages to get cut, would the copper in its blood be enough to nuke all inverts?

 

[DiverGirl82]

I'll just have to be satisfied with watching documentaries about them. Which there's at least one pretty good one on YouTube. I would love to see one on a dive some day.