baby Bangahi Cardinals born this morning

[TritonsGarden]

 

[MikeB]

Congrats

 

[Saltysteele]

Sweet! my first batch is about 2 weeks now? i think?

how many did you end up with, and is your first?

 

[TritonsGarden]

I am thinking we will have more than just the 2 shown.... he still has a mouthful.... I am hoping for at least a dozen.

 

[epicenter]

I can never get these to survive longer than a week in my tank.

 

[TritonsGarden]

just keep trying??? I guess... we are feeding newly hatched Artemia (brine shrimp) and seem to be doing fine? but failure is still possible the first week is very important...

 

[TyreeUM]

if you enrich your artemia you should have good luck with them

 

[Saltysteele]

i didn't have anywhere to put mine (wasn't expecting them), so i placed them in my sump. i'll be doing that next time, too! tons of pods, and they're eating the tar out of em :haha:

besides that, they also were nibbling on crushed (powdered, really; hard to get to sink) Omega flakes at a couple days old. i don't really feed them that often, though. they mostly are eating pods.

i love my fuge! :haha:

now i've just got to get some material to place over the return pump to keep them from getting sucked in. turned out the lights the 2nd night, and 2 were gone the next morning. lights have been on since, and the remaining 4 have been doing great!

 

[TritonsGarden]

he is still spitting them out I've got 3 now andI am watching him he still has several more in ther... Yeah!!!!

 

[Saltysteele]

sweet! keep us updated! i've read they can have over 20.

is this the first for your fish? is this your first batch?

 

[TritonsGarden]

This is his first batch. He held the last batch for 4 days. There are 7 now and I think he is done. Will leave him in the breeder net till morning.

Jack

 

[jimmybling31]

those are pretty cool. you interested in getting rid of a couple of those in a couple months? lol.

 

[TritonsGarden]

Kathy tried to tell me he wasn't done and I wouldn't listen. I was wrong.... as usual. He finished with 35. Here is a pic of 34.
We found one more loose that escaped the net. We named him Lucky. Now we just can't figure out which one is him.

Jack

 

[Saltysteele]

that's awesome, Jack!! :haha:

 

[ecotoxlady]

That is an incredible picture!! Do you keep urchins in your aquarium with these fish? I have read that the baby bangaii will hide among the urchin spines in the wild but I wasn't sure whether this behavior carries over in aquaria.

 

[john hill]

you can make a urchin for them they are one fish that i will put in my new tank

 

[alix2.0]

they are soo cute! that picture is awesome. good luck with them!

 

[TritonsGarden]

Thanks everyone. We are very excited. Here is a video of lunch time. They are now in a fry tank munching down on BBS and enjoying "Ichy" the urchin.

http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb20/jnktaylor/?action=view&current=PC210009.flv

Jack

 

[alix2.0]

are those zip ties? very cool.

 

[john hill]

nice that should work verry well