Banggai Cardinals Spawned

I don't know how to raise the fry, but I would definitely PM Bang Guy about it.

Very cool!  Good luck!

Oh, he's definitely carrying fry in there! So cool. I've caught my PJ's a few times with fry in their mouth but nothing ever comes of it.

That's pretty cool. Good luck!

That's just awesome A&B!!! about the only thing I've ever successfully bred is Aiptasia :(

Good O!

That is very cool AL!!

Are you going to try to raise them? When they get large enough,

I will PM my ship to address

Very cool. Trade ya. lol

Do you have any urchins?? you can make a fake one, the babies will hide in it until you can catch them, or once your male gets close, catch him and put him into a small tank. I know Bang raised them and I think meowzer raised a batch.

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been good, and she turned grey lol  I still have 17 babies plus the 5 in my tank.

I am getting ready to tear my tank apart. I am sick of algea and flat worms. Time for an overhaul. lol

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Originally Posted by Al&Burke 

Any time my friend, I would be happy to send you a couple.  How is that FW tank going?
 

 

We are still in the talking/research phase.

-for those who don't know, I am giving my 10g QT to the wife to do with as she pleases. One of my trusted LFS is installing a QT system in the back of the shop. They will have 3 sections: 1 observation, 1 hypo and 1 copper, all in various tank sizes. These folks know what they are doing.

The wife can do whatever she pleases with the tank, as long as it isn't the "Little Mermaid" theme she keeps threatening. She can do anything she wants as long is it doesn't include the plastic treasure chest with the bubbler she keeps (I hope) joking about having. She is free to do whatever as long as it is a planted tank. She is in complete control as long as she doesn't use that crappy blue pseudo sand stuff. She can do whatever she chooses as long as it is completely natural.

Yep, she is in complete control...

Hi Al, congratulations on the fry!!! I have raised a couple of batches myself. PM me if you have any questions.

Hi Al, yeah I have been very busy with work and family. Does the male cardinal eat now? If so, then he probably eat the fry. Usually you can see the wrinkle under the males chin. If he is not eating and still has that wrinkle under his chin, then he is still probably holding the eggs. Once your pair mate, they will keep mating for now on. The key is to keep them very well fed. If you dont feed the male every day he wont be able to last the holding cycle and he will get very hungry and eat the eggs/fry. I would put them in there own tank if you can and let them do there thing. The adult cardinals will eat the baby fry after some time but not at first. When you can see the fry hatched in the males mouth (fins and heads sticking out) you can then scoop the male out of the water. as soon as he leaves the water, he will spit out all the baby fry. Thats how you can get the best success on raising most of the fry. I could never catch my in my reef, so I would have to check the urchin, corners and filter socks for the babies. It would be smart to put in a sea urchin. The baby fry are programed to go to it. You can always try and make one, but I found they always went to the real and not my fake urchin :-(  You can PM me if you like, I can give you my phone # and help you in anyway I can. I still have some of the babies in my main tank now. they are almost as big as the parents :-)

Thats great!!!! then he probably still have the eggs in his mouth. He will hold the fry for about 30 days. He will hang around the urchin so when the fry venture out, they wont have far to go. I will get a picture of the babies now in my tank and post them tomorrow. You can see pictures of the babies in the sea urchin under my baby cardinal thread. Like I said, if you want to call me some time, I can explain on how to get the fry eating after they leave the male.