agsansoo

Some of you might remember me from my maroon clownfish breeding thread. This time I will attempt to breed and raise Banggai Cardinalfish. I currently have two pairs of Banggai Cardinalfish in a 65 gallon reef tank. On July 16th I spotted the largest male with babies in his mouth. Last night was the night of the fry release. For those that don't know already, Banggai's are mouth brooders.

Eggs in mouth:


Fry in mouth ready for release:

agsansoo

5 Baby Banggai's:

matt6765

Oh wow amazing

I am defiantly going to subscribe to this thread!!!!!!

aquarist48

How wonderful Andy!

Ken

CHoffman

That is sooo cool. Good job Andy. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.

agsansoo

This is only the first batch. I hope to raise a few more batches. The fry a tiny copies of the adult Banggai's.

matt6765

What do you feed the fry?

agsansoo

BBS (baby brine shrimp) frozen cyclopeeze. I'm going to try Otohime also.

matt6765

What are cyclopeeze and Otohime.

Martinismommy

Wow! Congratulations! You really have a knack at breeding the salties....

agsansoo

Cyclopeeze : http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=12147


Otohime : http://www.reed-store.com/?category=53&subcategory=39

agsansoo

Thanks MM.

We need your breeding skills over here in the saltwater section of FishLore ! Come join the fun.

matt6765

Oh wow thats really cool

agsansoo

More Photos:

matt6765

Oh wow they look bigger

agsansoo

They are about 1/4" long. If that's bigger. LOL

cerianthus

Excellent! Although kept some, never had the pleasure. Congrats! As you probably know, these Bengaii are disappearing in their natural habitat due to over harvesting. Hopefully thru efforts made by hbbyist like you, we dont have to harvest anymore.
They are so CUTE!!!!!!.
Although have read in mag of successful breeding, didnt have the CLICK in my gut until I saw your babys. Very tempting. I am already thinking of setting up 45G.

Good luck with this batch and lot more to come.

agsansoo

Thanks cerianthus, wasn't really ready for these guys. My live BBS won't hatch until tomorrow. Hopefully I can keep them alive. I've tried frozen cyclopeeze, frozen BBS, instant BBS and otohime. They are not liking any of those.