hovmoller Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Managed to snap a photo of these little fellows last week snorkling. Sorry about pic quality. Anyone know what species they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 If the fuzzy blobs I'm looking at are the fuzzy blobs you're asking about... :slfg: They look more like cuttlefish than squid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Yep, Ira's right, local cuttlefish, they can change colours in an instant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hah.. that's what I first thought of... but after extensive googling I coul dnot find anything on NZ cuttlefish. Puttputt have you tried keeping these in your coldwater marine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Tried, but the baby i colleced didn't make the trip home. They keep tropical ones overseas, but really require there own tank. They are voracious predators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 from memory mature system with clean water with high oxygen content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 i saw a big group of them on the bottom while snorkeling on the right side of leisure island LA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 :rotf: been there done that a lot of work to keep them alive in a tank as has been said they eat everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinefish4life Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 i saw a big group of them on the bottom while snorkeling on the right side of leisure island LA the right side of leisure island is the great for snorkeling i saw a 1 metre kingfish in 1 metre deep water there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 they do look like cuttlefish. You might also find more information about them at Seafriends.org. Here is a link to a 2 part movie I posted a little while ago, they might be in there but I have forgotten. http://www.youtube.com/user/seafriends11/videos where did you see them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 They look like broad squid, Sepioteuthis australis to me. They look similar to cuttlefish and they taste delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 where did you see them? At Spirits Bay up north.. also saw a few 3m+ Bronce Whaler sharks from the beach.. after that snorkling became a bit more "interresting" They look like broad squid, Sepioteuthis australis to me. They look similar to cuttlefish and they taste delicious. I google this and yes I think you could be right there... they do indeed look like those.. and says that range is southern Aussie to northern NZ... Also says max life span is 280 days.. Just enough time for them to eat the tanks other residents and then die... bummer.. might not be a good candidate for a potential coldwater marine tank. (have the tank and playing with the idea atm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Here is a nice cuttlefish vid showing some eating habits - not for the faint hearted though I warn you! Are squid quite so voracious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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