A yummy twist to the cuttlebone!

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A yummy twist to the cuttlebone!

Post by NaRnAR » Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:03 pm

I bought some 100% blueberry juice and a pack of cuttlebones and made my own flavored cuttlebones. The hermies just love them! I have two that have been sitting on the chunk for almost two hours eating it. (I always have plain cuttlebone chunks in the tank, so its not like they are calcium deficient as they go thru those once a month).

How to make your own flavored cuttlebone:

Use 100% juice (I used blueberry and am going to use some cranberry)
1. Get a zip lock baggie and pour in about 1 1/2 cups of juice.
2. Place your cuttlebone(s) into the juice, swish it around a bit. You will notice that one side will dye and the other side will not. Try and get the side that is absorbing the juice face down into the juice...the other side will not absorb much juice at all even if its face down in the juice.
3. Let the cuttlebone sit in the juice for about 5 hours.
4. Take the cuttlebone out and set it on a paper towel, which is set on a piece of plastic wrap or a plate (if you dont put something under the paper towel it will dye the counter ;) )
5. Let the cuttlebone dry ~12 hours (that is how long mine took to dry)

I then broke mine in half and put half on the second level and half on the bottom level :)
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Post by starmaiden » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:38 pm

Great idea! I'm going to give that a try since mine never seem interested in the cuttlebone. :)


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Good Idea

Post by Guest » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:21 pm

I might give that a try too. Very creative.


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Post by Guest » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:35 pm

Sounds delicious! I have my cuttlebone soaking as I type. But all I have on hand is mango juice, I hope they like it.


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Post by MomToDixie » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:35 pm

Sounds yummy :D


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Post by Guest » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:11 am

That sounds like a yummy treat to me. I love Mango flavored snacks myself...and I'm sure the crabs are less picky than I am...and I am definitely not picky.


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Post by Guest » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:38 am

That's a great idea! It'd probably work for any juice, right? I have some apple juice in the fridge...

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Post by NaRnAR » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:05 am

Yea I would think it should work with any juice as the cuttlebone seems pretty porus...it absorbed the blueberry and cranberry juice all the way thru.

Did they like the mango???
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Post by Ashmash » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:36 am

Do you just keep your cuttle bone in a food dish or something? I think I'll try that with mine.
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Post by NaRnAR » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:15 pm

I just set it on the sand..they drag it around all over the place.
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Post by cranlsn » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:47 pm

Awesome idea! I'll have to try this with the next cuttle bone we get...our guys generally ignore the plain one! :)

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Post by Ashmash » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:13 pm

does the cuttle bone absorb all or the juice that you put in the bag?
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Post by NaRnAR » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:17 pm

No it only absorbs a small bit of the juice. You could probably get away with using 1/2 a cup of juice for 1 cuttlebone...just make sure the absorbing side is completely submerged.
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Post by Guest » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:13 pm

They LOVED the mango!!! Even my newist addition ULTRALORD is eating it up. I tried to put it in a special dish but they just drug it under the coco hut so it was kinda a waste.


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cool idea

Post by Guest » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:41 pm

I have to try that too i didnt even know you can put a cuttlebone in the tank... great idea.... so you can use any juice.. is there any one better then another... or one that may harm them ..

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