Many thanks, I seem to be doing the right thing, ie. there are lots
of shrimps in with it. I haven't seen it eat yet but it is getting
more mobile and has more colour so I hope things will work out
eventually.

Dick

--- In wetthumb@..., "Andy Horton" <Glaucus@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Dick,
>
> See
>
> http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Sepiola.html
>
> Feeding
>
> Sepiola all fed avidly on immature shrimp of between 10 and 30 mm
which were
> provided in small numbers (10-12) at twice-daily intervals.
(However they
> did not appear to take prawn of the same size range.)
>
> See also feeding of Capros aper:
>
> http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Capros.htm
>
> Feeds on live daphnia and frozen brine shrimp, but needs
encouragement to
> feed and this is a worry at first. Finicky feeder, usually taking
food only
> of its preferred size, e.g. my small 55 mm fish will prefer frozen
Artemia
> to frozen mysis. After a bit (2 weeks), the fish will now take
frozen mysis
> as readily as Artemia (brine shrimp).
>
>
> I have kept this small cuttle, but I cannot remember for how long.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Andy Horton.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dickjones999" <dickjones999@...>
> To: <wetthumb@...>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:37 PM
> Subject: [wetthumb] Sepiola?
>
>
> The other day as I was returning with my shrimping net (a modified
pond
> net) I saw a moving object in a rock pool. Imagine my surprise and
> delight when I looked in the net and found I had caught a lesser
> cuttlefish. I have it in my tank but it is still sulking after two
> days and spends the time buried in the sand. There are lots of
small
> shrimps in there with it but I was wondering what dose it normally
> eat? Does anybody know? I'd like to tempt it with its favourite
> food. Does it eat small crabs like its larger relative?
>
> Dick
>