![]() ![]() These disguises help them deter or evade predators, mimic other species to catch prey, and communicate with other cuttlefish. By controlling the 10 million color cells within their skin, they can quickly change color, pattern, and texture-sometimes completing the illusion by making shapes with their tentacles to better blend into the background. Like other cephalopods, cuttlefish are masters of disguise. Filmmaker and biologist Shane Siers captured the cryptic creature in Puerto Galera, Philippines. But don’t be fooled by its beauty-this flashy cephalopod could be deadly. The flamboyant cuttlefish performs a hypnotic dance across the ocean floor. Unlike many human toddlers, they can even pass the marshmallow test : A 2021 study found cuttlefish can will eat less food earlier if they know they will be rewarded with shrimp, their favorite treat, if they wait. They can count and can remember what, where, and when they last ate a memory trait once believed to be unique to humans. IntelligenceĬuttlefish have a large brain-to-body size ratio-among the biggest of all invertebrates-which makes them incredibly intelligent. The cuttlefish’s beak, located at the base of its arms, is sharp enough to break hard crab shells. These predators feed on fish, crabs, prawns, smaller cuttlefish, and shrimp, using extendable tentacles to grab prey which they immobilize with a toxic bite. They can also move using jet propulsion: filling their body cavities with water then forcefully squirting it out to propel themselves backward. By adding different amounts of liquid or gas into tiny holes within this structure, these animals can change their buoyancy, making them float up or down. The mantle-the area behind the eyes which contains the cuttlefish’s internal organs-is surrounded by a fringe-like fin that flaps in a rippling motion for maneuvering.Ĭuttlefish control buoyancy using an internal shell called the cuttlebone. These cephalopods (which means “head foot”) have eight arms and two long tentacles attached directly to their head. While most live in shallow waters, some species can be found at depths of more than 3,000 feet. The more than 120 different species of cuttlefish are usually solitary animals and can be found in oceans all around the world. Despite being colorblind, cuttlefish also have highly sophisticated color-changing abilities. ![]() These fascinating creatures can count, exert self-control, and have numerous wily tactics to evade predators, including creating their own body double from a cloud of ink. there's plenty of chlorine in my city water.Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but intelligent invertebrates related to the octopus, squid, and nautilus. Some shrimp (crystal reds and others in the bee shrimp family) like a low KH but high GH, so I use a different mineral salt that only raises GH and not KH: Įdit: When I say "tap water" I mean tap water treated with Prime, not straight out of the tap. My only experience keeping crayfish is CPOs and I breed them to trade to my LFS for shrimp, but I wanted to share my experience using aragonite/oyster even though that wasn't exactly what you were asking for. When the water level drops due to evaporation I just top off with tap water. I also use the mineral salts in tap water instead of distilled/RO water like they recommend - I just test it with the API GH/KH test kits to make sure the new water matches the old water in each tank for water changes. So the GH doesn't need to be 100% perfect, it just needs to be stable. I found that most shrimp will happily adapt to a certain hardness if it's within their comfort zone but they hate drastic changes. I aim for 8-10 GH and try to keep it stable at that. ![]()
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