what do baby Idiosepius sp. eat ?

[weiwei]

Hello guys! I'm from Taiwan.
Recently I catch some Idiosepius sp. and they produced some eggs. Few days ago, these eggs hatched.
The larvae is so tiny (about 1mm longs, as big as a sesame seed) that I don't know how to rearing them. I have living mysis, brine shrimp nauplius, but I have not see baby Idiosepius sp. feed on them.
So , I'm wondering do anybody knows how to rearing these little guys? thanks.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hello guys! I'm from Taiwan.
Recently I catch some Idiosepius sp. and they produced some eggs. Few days ago, these eggs hatched.
The larvae is so tiny (about 1mm longs, as big as a sesame seed) that I don't know how to rearing them. I have living mysis, brine shrimp nauplius, but I have not see baby Idiosepius sp. feed on them.
So , I'm wondering do anybody knows how to rearing these little guys? thanks.

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

I've not raised that exact species, but I have raised regular Sepia cuttlefish using size sorted Mysid shrimp. We raise our own mysis, so we can sort them for size with a net and then feed the smaller ones to the larval cuttlefish. I've never had live brine shrimp work, I think the swimming motion is wrong and they don't see them as food.

I wonder if copepods would be a better starter food given that these are so small?

Jay