Baby Bangaii

[steamman]

My Bangaii male released last night. I left the male in the tank for the release. It was a little bit of a pain but I caught 9 babies. He is still holding. I guess I will get a few more tomorrow.

 

[ndrwater]

Nice!!! Good luck!! Hope they all make it!!

 

[steamman]

Thank you.

 

[Ds04384]

That’s awesome, I want a pair so bad!

 

[steamman]

That’s awesome, I want a pair so bad!

I love the Bangaii Cardinal fish. This is the first time I have a pair. They are from two different sources too. So it is not inbreeding.

 

[Surfzone]

I just got a wc pair this weekend

 

[steamman]

I ended up with 20 babies. Not too bad for my (and the Cardinal pair) first time. Very hard to collect in a display tank. I am sure I missed some. I thought the babies would go straight for the fake urchin. That is not what happened. They went everywhere. I caught 3 in the urchin. On another note they are showing signs of aggression with each other already.

 

[Ds04384]

What are your plans for them

 

[vetteguy53081]

Lucky you. A school these are gorgeous under the right light spectrum !

 

[Monty Alexander]

My Bangaii male released some also but mine babies didn't make it, I saw them for a couple of days and then they were gone. Congratulations, I hope they make it.

 

[Monty Alexander]

My Bangaii male released some the other day too. I saw the babies for a couple of days and then they were gone. Congratulations and I hope they make it.

 

[TessGlo]

Thank you for sharing, this is very cool, hope we get to see some progress shots

 

[Monty Alexander]

here are some pictures

 

[steamman]

What are your plans for them

I gave half to a friend to raise. I was going to give him all of them because I didn't want the extra work of raising cultures. I have my half in a nursery inside the display tank. I just bought a Marina hang on breeder and modified it with a small power head. It works great except it doesn't fit the rim of my tank. I have to make an adapter for the rim to make it safe. The breeder is completely silent running.

 

[steamman]

Trying to ween the babies off live food. Tried Ocean Nutrition Instant Brine Shrimp. They won't touch it. I even starved them for a couple days. They just won't eat it. They are getting so big it is hard to keep up with their appetite. It is a little much. I need to get them of live food. Any ideas?