couple shots of my Chamber Nautles

[ecobalance]

This helped me decide what to do with my new tank.Temperate,low light,kick butt skimmer,and my sump in a tote plumbed to my waste water from Ro\di,witch is hooked to a well and should keep my tank plenty cool.It's just running down the sink anyway,so why not set my sump in a tote,that has a constant supply of cold water running through it.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

What do you feed it and how often?

 

[edwing206]

He's awesome!

 

[loohunter]

he is so cool how long have you had him?

 

[danno14]

keep us informed!

 

[ecobalance]

New pet

Well,only day three and it eats just about anything.Lowered temp from 78 to 74,and it seems to be doing well.Actually seems to reconize when i come in the shop and swims up to the front for a quick bite to eat.Likes mysis,and a home made food that is algae based.

 

[Snowboarda42]

I just read about them, they're cool. Kinda like a squid in a snail shell that swims.

Where did you get him at and was he expensive?

 

[ecobalance]

little better shot of my new frend

I got a tri-pod for christmas,and it seem's to help with the quality of my pics.

 

[steven11]

How is this guy doing?

 

[britany_shelton]

Awesome. He looks huge till you see the picture of the full tank, either that or the tank is gigantic.

 

[120gallons]

Here's some more good info on them.

Hope you can keep the tank cool. They come from deep waters.

http://www.sheddaquarium.org/SEa/fact_sheets.cfm?id=94

 

[britany_shelton]

I actually was looking for a chiller for a Puget Sound tank I have been wanting to set up for a long time.

 

[britany_shelton]

Thanks for the info though. Seems to be a pretty special species I hope everything works great for you. Maybe even get to make some baby Nautilus'.

 

[ecobalance]

Doing great

As far as i can tell it's doing awesome.Eats about as much as a full size dog.If you have never looked straight at a Natules as it eats,from 1 inch away than you have never seen bazare to the extream.I think Ill keep it.I took some prety cool pic's today,but havn't re-sized them yet.

 

[Damsel13]

Does it have eyes?

 

[edwing206]

Yep, but it's born blind if I remember correctly. They are deep water dwellers and have no need for seeing........I think.

 

[ecobalance]

here's those new pic's i promised

Got a real close look at it and there's a beak in there.Should of figured being a sephalapod.Yea i know i need to go back to school and learn to spell.Right after i do a quick water change:lol:

 

[edwing206]

The last one is cool!

 

[theJ]

oh my, a nautilus. Is this in your shop? I -have- to come see it!!!!!

 

[ecobalance]

Yea it's at the shop

Isn't just par for the corse that the day before i got it,i sold that perfectly good lobster tank.Holding steady at 72 and it seems to not mind ,as long as i keep handing it sugar cube sized chunks of pricine mysis and a little Ocean Blend.All costomers get a big kiss from it with purchace of 1 dollar or more.