chimera Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9503272/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 need to upgrade tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Kick ass. Giant Squid rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 The NZ expert, the guy whos obsessed with squid(Steve O Shea) who comments at the bottom of that article is practicing his squid rearing (they are incredibly difficult to keep) to prepare for another archyteuthis infant that he hopes this time will be able to grow to full size. He has a live web cam you can control and look around the squid tank(not archyteuthis but deep sea ones I think) they are pretty small but they grow real fast http://www.thesciencesite.info/squidcam.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 yeah i remember seeing that dude on the news a little while back - or on the holmes show i think? he had a big squid on a table outside his garage! yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 on the holmes show yes finally, i found one of the three guys that watched holmes, two more to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 wow i thought there was only 2 people that watched that show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 yeah you and your mate Moyra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 she might be my mate but shes your misses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 funny :roll: james i dont think that it was on holmes cause i saw it to, he had the dead squid in the containers and slapped them on the table to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Well i saw it as well. Holmes should have stayed on air with a following of about 6 people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregb Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Imagine the size of the calamari rings you would get out of it, like truck tyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 ya always know its a slow day when posts go from squids to the holmes show, some mates missus, and giant calamari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 I found the first snail in my tank last night *glee!* yup.. slow news day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 I have pics of the giant squid that AUT guys sent to Germany to get plasticized ... it smelled soooooo bad This was at AUT a while ago on display.. http://blowfish.co.nz/squid these are more freaky ones from Marine Biology guy at AUT http://blowfish.co.nz/deepsea * these wont work until saturday night - webserver issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 He was on 60 minutes for the thing I saw about him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 There is a Giant Squid on display at the National Aquarium in Napier Dead Of Course) Steve O'Shea gave a talk there a while back about the squid According to Steve,The most frustrating thing you can do is try to raise the squid, apparently they would not survive in a square sided container, die within seconds of being placed in one, put them in a round container and they would last quite some time, cant remember exactly how long but it sure beat a couple of seconds. Very interesting guy with heaps of passion for his job BTW, I saw that Holmes show as well :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikan Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 You are right Bruce about the squid not surviving in square tanks its amazing to watch them drop like flys . They do well in large deep O bins. The biggest problem with rearing squid or any cephlapod is food. They need copepods and there is a lack of information about a successful methodology. Steve has and had a number of attempts at rearing from eggs unsuccessfully along with others. Great guy, passionate environmentalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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