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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2005 11:05:48 GMT
today i got a horrendously expensive 'citrus cuttlefish' which provides calcium, iron and other trace minerals. oh good i thought, a cuttlefish that doesn't smell horrible.
but it has 0.05g of salt (maximum) do you think such a tiny amount could harm them? could there be anything in their wild diet which has salt in?
kind regards
mike
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Post by Leah on Sept 10, 2005 16:36:25 GMT
I wouldn't risk it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2005 16:40:01 GMT
oh come on its like one hundredth of a teaspoon - about 20 grains of salt. surely they must encounter salt in the wild somehow
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Post by Emma on Sept 10, 2005 17:40:26 GMT
Personally i cant see how 0.05g of salt will harm anything. sodium is an essential part of many biological processes anyway. Im sure sodium is also present in traces in the soil. I think this is somewhat different to pouring salt on them
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 10, 2005 17:52:56 GMT
Snails taste with ther foot so if they touch it and back away or retract then you know it's too much if they eat it then they like it
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2005 16:34:33 GMT
you could squeeze fruit juice/beer onto the cuttlefish to make it more tasty? or would it go mouldy?
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Post by Val on Sept 12, 2005 17:55:01 GMT
I don't think cuttlefish smells horrible?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 15:39:37 GMT
it does it smells like rotting sea stuff. i dunno its a wierd smell.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 13, 2005 15:45:04 GMT
are you sure yours are from a petshop lol
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Post by ceiron on Sept 13, 2005 15:51:51 GMT
you need to clean it then, duh!
boiling water and a good scrub.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 15:54:30 GMT
well im sorry i get smelly cuttlefish but i dunno where else to get it  hay does you people's cuttlefish go orange after a while? like different bits of it? oh well maybe i just have dodgy cuttlefish |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 13, 2005 15:56:35 GMT
mine does in my tiger tank cuz they only have moss substrate which seems to turn the cuttlefish orange or yellow or green lol
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Post by section8angel on Sept 13, 2005 15:59:58 GMT
Mine doesn't go orange no and it doesn't smell of sea things either, but it does have a weird smell to it.
Mine might eat it too fast for it to go orange though lol. I think it does actually go a bit yellowy.. I can't remember now. DOH!
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Post by copigeon on Sept 13, 2005 16:05:51 GMT
Mike does your cuttlebone sit in water at all? or does it sit on very wet substrate? Wet cuttlefish smells foul especially when warm, could try keeping it up out of the substrate? On a plant pot dish maybe?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 16:12:33 GMT
well i soak it in water...i thought they didnt like it dry. well it doesnt smell after i wash it i dont think...
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Post by ceiron on Sept 13, 2005 16:18:11 GMT
the reason it smells of the sea is ebcause its unwashed, so wash it, as i said.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 13, 2005 16:22:26 GMT
I don't wet it mine prefere it that way and it doesn't smell at all
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 16:30:51 GMT
i do wash it, and scrub the imperfect bits off. so is cuttlefish better dry or wet? so many things about snail care i dont know |
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Post by section8angel on Sept 13, 2005 16:34:13 GMT
I think it's meant to be dry or it will go "off" quicker and smell like you said.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 16:35:45 GMT
sorry i didnt explain. it smells when i buy it first, when its at the pet shop. then after i wash it it doesnt smell.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 13, 2005 16:35:59 GMT
i would say dry too
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Post by section8angel on Sept 13, 2005 16:37:13 GMT
Hmm that's strange. I get mine from the pet shop as we need it for our budgies too but it never smells bad.
I still always try and keep mine dry anyway.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 13, 2005 16:39:13 GMT
well you could wash it lightly and then not wet it again after that
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 16:41:05 GMT
but i have to wash it lots because they get coir all over it....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2005 17:01:01 GMT
theyd probly slime over it even if i put it in a dish. they never eat anything with coir on it theyre too fussy
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