Banggai babies!

wes_slavens · Apr 28, 2017

Well like the title says I have new babies, my question is when they are big enough can I put all of them in my tank with their parents? Or will the bigger ones pick on them? Also if I have all of them in there will my pair stay a pair or will they stop breeding?

WWIII · Apr 28, 2017

Very cool! Did you buy the breeding pair or just get lucky that they mated up?

wes_slavens · Apr 28, 2017

WWIII said:
Very cool! Did you buy the breeding pair or just get lucky that they mated up?

I actually got lucky the lfs had 4 i bought 2 and my buddy bought 2 and both ended up being breeding pairs

saltyhog · Apr 28, 2017

That is so cool! I would think they need to be bigger but it's possible their parents won't tolerate them at all.

wes_slavens · Apr 28, 2017

saltyhog said:
That is so cool! I would think they need to be bigger but it's possible their parents won't tolerate them at all.

Yeah, sorry if I didn't elaborate. I planned on growing them out for a while before I put them in the same tank. The final destination would be a 150 gallon

wes_slavens · Apr 28, 2017

saltyhog said:
That is so cool! I would think they need to be bigger but it's possible their parents won't tolerate them at all.

One of them escaped the breeder box when they were born and the mom ate it unfortunately

WWIII · Apr 28, 2017

Yeah I'm not sure about mixing them with mama and papa at any time? My lfs owner has been breeding them for awhile, he still won't sell any of the babies, lol. He keeps mom and dad in their own tank with some corals and what not, seperate from the babies and other fish. I'm sure someone will chime in with better 1st hand experience. Congrats! That's awesome you both ended up with mating pairs!

wes_slavens · Apr 29, 2017

Do you any of you know how to upload a video. I was got one of them eating this morning but it just says the to big of a file

saltyhog · Apr 29, 2017

You can upload it to Youtube or another of the supported hosting sites. Then copy the URL. Then click the little film icon above (next to the icon with the mountains). Then paste the URL and hit embed. Then the video appears in the body of your post!

A Toadstool Leather · Apr 29, 2017

Its good that you managed to breed some. Unfortunatly the species is endangered in the wild.

eatbreakfast · Apr 30, 2017

Don't put them back in with the parents. A breeding pr of bangaiis are intolerant of other bangaiis.

A Toadstool Leather said:
Its good that you managed to breed some. Unfortunatly the species is endangered in the wild.

This isn't quite right.

Their numbers have declined greatly in the Bangaii atoll, but they are actually invasive and growing in numbers in Bali, where most of the ones in the hobby come from now.