Cuttlefish egg hitch hiker

friedoysterskin · 07/27/2008, 09:15 PM

Got a couple as a hitch hiker, how do i know if they are still viable? How do i tell if they have already hatched?

Animal Mother · 07/27/2008, 10:06 PM

If they're viable you will eventually see tiny cuttlefish inside them.

danfrith · 08/05/2008, 05:13 AM

Just wondering, how do you know they are cuttlefish?

crvz · 08/05/2008, 08:41 AM

You have any pictures? Where did they come from?

friedoysterskin · 08/05/2008, 04:36 PM

at first i thought it was algae but when i touched them, they were squishy. Also knowing what cuttlefish eggs look like beforehand didn't hurt. They came attached under a piece of zoas.

emissary43 · 09/25/2008, 04:26 AM

picture/description? Are they clear and oval connected at a point because I just got a few zoo colonies and one had a group of 4 under it. Thought it might be a pest but I let it be without dip in the quarantine tank just to see, forgot till I red this I will have to go check them that was like 2 weeks ago.

07/27/2008, 09:15 PM	#1
friedoysterskin Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chino Hills Posts: 97	Cuttlefish egg hitch hiker Got a couple as a hitch hiker, how do i know if they are still viable? How do i tell if they have already hatched?

07/27/2008, 10:06 PM	#2
Animal Mother Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 452	If they're viable you will eventually see tiny cuttlefish inside them. __________________ "You might not believe it but under fire Animal Mother is one of the finest human beings in the world. All he needs is someone to throw hand grenades at him for the rest of his life." - Full Metal Jacket Current Tank Info: 60 gallon cube, w/ 30 gallon sump, octopus-proof lid. Dry for now.

08/05/2008, 08:41 AM	#4
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	You have any pictures? Where did they come from? __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

09/25/2008, 04:26 AM	#6
emissary43 Avid Trader Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose Posts: 230	picture/description? Are they clear and oval connected at a point because I just got a few zoo colonies and one had a group of 4 under it. Thought it might be a pest but I let it be without dip in the quarantine tank just to see, forgot till I red this I will have to go check them that was like 2 weeks ago. __________________ Fish on the brain. Current Tank Info: 1600gal system, 4 displays, 220gal sump, 90gal refugium/mangrove tank, 100gal open water settling chamber, 220gal open swim anthias/fish tank, 3x Flowstar 4200, T5/MH

08/05/2008, 05:13 AM	#3
danfrith Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: st. louis, missouri Posts: 1,470	Just wondering, how do you know they are cuttlefish?

08/05/2008, 04:36 PM	#5
friedoysterskin Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chino Hills Posts: 97	at first i thought it was algae but when i touched them, they were squishy. Also knowing what cuttlefish eggs look like beforehand didn't hurt. They came attached under a piece of zoas.