06-03-2014, 05:40 AM
Well, first, you likely will not find any live squid for several months in the Northeast. Usually April/May are the earliest times to get them and it's been extra cold this year, so it may be even later. The offshore boats may be able to find squid earlier, but I doubt you would be able to get live squid from them. As for keeping them in an aquarium, I would be surprised if you could keep them alive. A lot of the bottom-of-the-food-chain animals live for very short periods of time. In addition, you typically would need a very large tank (like New England Aquarium sized) to keep enough of a balanced ecosystem to keep them alive. Now, if you wanted to have a live squid that you keep for a couple days to a week in an aquarium at the entrance to an upscale fish market, that might work. I would just forget it though.