Banggai

[jeff williams]

Needs some input I had two banggais in qt which was a 10 gallon they went through two weeks of copper and about two weeks prazipro. Pretty much right from the start the one banggai was dominant and kept the other banggai hiding durning the prazipro treatment it suppressed there appetite and bye the end of treatment and 4 weeks of stress the one banggai I don't think is going to make it. So here's my question if I want more than one banggai in my tank how should I go about it ? Should I qt two more banggai's with hopes of them pairing or should I just do 1 and hope when I add it to the DT the other one don't attack it?

 

[ebushrow]

If you do a google search, there are photos to be able to tell male and female apart....that's the best way to have more than one in my experience.

 

[jeff williams]

If you do a google search, there are photos to be able to tell male and female apart....that's the best way to have more than one in my experience.

Ya I tried do that but unfortunately when you mail order you get what they send I might have to buy locally and try to sex them

 

[eatbreakfast]

I find it's very difficult to sex them with the naked eye in sale tank. I find it's easier to spot a pr in a dealer tank that is behaving like a pr. Staying close together, keeping other bangaiis a little farther away, and more centrally located in the group.

 

[Silver14SS]

I ordered a bonded pair from Live Aquaria Diver's Den, you could try checking there.

 

[4FordFamily]

If there is aggression now, there's a good chance they kill each other in the main tank. This happens a lot, sometimes even in true pairs, in time.

 

[Empress]

What's the smallest number of Banggai's that can be kept together in a group (and not kill each other)? Let's say in a 100 gallons moderately stocked?

 

[eatbreakfast]

What's the smallest number of Banggai's that can be kept together in a group (and not kill each other)? Let's say in a 100 gallons moderately stocked?

1, or if a bonded pr, 2. Otherwise 2 will pr up and eventually kill the others.

 

[Empress]

I wouldn't really call 1 fish or 2 fish a group. What about 3 or 5? Would that work?

 

[eatbreakfast]

I wouldn't really call 1 fish or 2 fish a group. What about 3 or 5? Would that work?

2 will pr up and kill the others, so no, 3-5 will not work.

 

[jeff williams]

I wouldn't really call 1 fish or 2 fish a group. What about 3 or 5? Would that work?

I have heard of people adding 5+ fish like Cromis to lesson the aggression or spread it out so 1 fish isn't always the target but I don't know if this would work with banggais. Eatbreakfast mentioned above it won't

 

[jeff williams]

So yesterday I pulled the loner out and transferred it to my DT and it didn't make it died about 5 or so hrs later. I think it was just to exhausted and stressed but had I left it in the qt it would have died for sure in there so I took a gamble and tried the transfer hoping it would come around. Strange thing also this morning the other banggai in qt started eating more aggressive like it to was under stress with the other banggai in the tank

 

[4FordFamily]

I have heard of people adding 5+ fish like Cromis to lesson the aggression or spread it out so 1 fish isn't always the target but I don't know if this would work with banggais. Eatbreakfast mentioned above it won't

Unfortunately, it doesn't usually work with chromis, either. They often do the same thing only instead of being left with two you'll be left with one eventually.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Unfortunately, it doesn't usually work with chromis, either. They often do the same thing only instead of being left with two you'll be left with one eventually.

I haven't had that experience with chromis.

 

[ebushrow]

I ordered a bonded pair from Live Aquaria Diver's Den, you could try checking there.

This is what I was thinking too!

 

[4FordFamily]

I haven't had that experience with chromis.

It doesn't happen to everyone, but in small numbers or in large tanks and smaller relative numbers it happens. Others can keep 4-5 without an issue for years, some can't keep a school of 7 they slowly dwindle to 1.

:shrug: