Banggai cardinal one day post release

Streetdoc77 · Sep 12, 2019

Looked at the refugium today and surprise surprise!

sfin52 · Sep 12, 2019

Are you feeding them any thing in the refugium?

Streetdoc77 · Sep 12, 2019

I just hatched some baby brine shrimp about to feed , it’s a 75 gallon refugium full of bugs and the fry looks like it’s feeding from the water column

samcob · Sep 12, 2019

Congratulations for your new babies, I love banggai cardinals.

sfin52 · Sep 12, 2019

@samcob welcome to reef2reef. Nice to have you aboard

@Streetdoc77 I see you you have loads of macroalgae. Insights and tips for lighting and what not. Starting to turn a 55fowlr into a macroalgae tank.

Peace River · Sep 12, 2019

Congratulations on the new fish! How many fry do you have? Do you have a plan for feeding after BBS?

samcob · Sep 12, 2019

sfin52 said:
@samcob welcome to reef2reef. Nice to have you aboard

Thanks @sfin52, I've been reading here for a while. Maybe one of these days I decide to show my tank. Greetings from Colombia.

Streetdoc77 · Sep 12, 2019

@samcob Welcome to Reef2Reef !!!!

Streetdoc77 · Sep 12, 2019

sfin52 said:
@samcob welcome to reef2reef. Nice to have you aboard

@Streetdoc77 I see you you have loads of macroalgae. Insights and tips for lighting and what not. Starting to turn a 55fowlr into a macroalgae tank.

I have a 8 bulb t5 over the refugium i think it ran me like $120 bucks ! Its a hydro planet fixture came with bulbs and there 6500k works nice ! I started with 3 pints of caulurpa prolifira 8 months ago its attached to my 125 gallon.

Streetdoc77 · Sep 12, 2019

Peace River said:
Congratulations on the new fish! How many fry do you have? Do you have a plan for feeding after BBS?

Thanks ! I'm actually quite surprised ! I have spotted 3 so far ... I really have no idea what to feed after bbs ..... Any insight would be greatly appreciated !

Peace River · Sep 12, 2019

Streetdoc77 said:
Thanks ! I'm actually quite surprised ! I have spotted 3 so far ... I really have no idea what to feed after bbs ..... Any insight would be greatly appreciated !

I recommend the fry foods from @Reef Nutrition. Their TDO Chroma Boost food starts with a small powder and they offer varying sizes all the way up through small pellets.

Streetdoc77 · Sep 12, 2019

Peace River said:
I recommend the fry foods from @Reef Nutrition. Their TDO Chroma Boost food starts with a small powder and they offer varying sizes all the way up through small pellets.

AWESOME! I will check those out now ! I need to keep those micro feeds around and get these little guys trained on pellets!

reef lover · Sep 13, 2019

Congrats!! Wish mine would stop eating them!

Streetdoc77 · Sep 13, 2019

reef lover said:
Congrats!! Wish mine would stop eating them!

Thanks ! My fuge is huge with so many nooks and crannies I’m hoping a few make it through .

Reef Nutrition · Sep 13, 2019

Streetdoc77 said:
AWESOME! I will check those out now ! I need to keep those micro feeds around and get these little guys trained on pellets!

We've had a few Banggai breeders start feeding TDO as a first food, as opposed to newly hatched Artemia, with success! The key was to keep the food in suspension. Here is the link to our TDO: https://reefnutrition.com/product_tdo_chroma_boost.php

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

Chad

Streetdoc77 · Sep 13, 2019

Reef Nutrition said:
We've had a few Banggai breeders start feeding TDO as a first food, as opposed to newly hatched Artemia, with success! The key was to keep the food in suspension. Here is the link to our TDO: https://reefnutrition.com/product_tdo_chroma_boost.php

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

Chad

Awesome !!!! Thank you for sharing the link Chad ! This is the first brood I have seen ... I'm sure there will be many more to come .If I crank up the tunes wav box up a little that should definitely do the trick keeping food in suspension , I will order some and give it a shot . what size TDO granule size would you recommend ?

Reef Nutrition · Sep 13, 2019

Streetdoc77 said:
Awesome !!!! Thank you for sharing the link Chad ! This is the first brood I have seen ... I'm sure there will be many more to come .If I crank up the tunes wav box up a little that should definitely do the trick keeping food in suspension , I will order some and give it a shot . what size TDO granule size would you recommend ?

Feel free to buy it from an online vendor like SaltwaterAquarium.com or Bulk Reef Supply. We don't offer free shipping, but they do.

I would love to hear how this goes. You can also feed the TDO to all your fish and corals. Many people will feed the smaller sizes to their SPS and LPS corals.

Have a great weekend,
Chad

Streetdoc77 · Sep 13, 2019

Thanks ! I appreciate the advice and will order some . Thanks again Chad

Streetdoc77 · Sep 16, 2019

I ordered the @Reef Nutrition TDO this weekend . This morning I spotted four heathy fat fry in the bottom front of the tank schooling together ! There four to five days out now , the hands off approach seems to be working just fine so far .