HEY bang. . .

[rubberduck]

i have questions about breeding banggia cardnalfish(sp)
what are the required needs for yough, are they the same as yough clowns. also what are th requirments of a tank to suit them. i am planing to have 2 pairs and would they school even if they are both pairs.
thx

 

[bang guy]

Adult Banggai will not school in a captive environment in my experience. If you want two pair you need to keep them seperated and it's best if they can't see each other.
Baby Banggai do not have a larval stage. This is great because they can start eating larger food as soon as dad spits them out.
I feed a combination of frozen Cyclop-eeze and frozen prawn eggs. Oyster eggs should work as well.
On the rare occation that the Banggai are born too small to eat frozen food I use newly hatched Artemia (BBS). BBS are a fine first food but I find it better to not offer live food if I can help it. It adapts them to frozen food a lot faster if they never get live food.

 

[rubberduck]

realy will i have to sepparate them once they are born, what are some warning signs that there is breeding. will the parents eat threr young, is there any transaction of food, or do you feed frozen all the time, will they survive living in a main tank? any special hardware.
im thinking a second tank next to the main tank due to feeding avalibility of food,
thx travis

 

[rubberduck]

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[bang guy]

Originally Posted by RUBBERDUCK
realy will i have to sepparate them once they are born, what are some warning signs that there is breeding. will the parents eat threr young, is there any transaction of food, or do you feed frozen all the time, will they survive living in a main tank? any special hardware.
im thinking a second tank next to the main tank due to feeding avalibility of food,
thx travis
If you want the babies to survive you should seperate them from all predators including the parents.
The male will not eat for 3 - 4 weeks if he is holding eggs.
They will probably not survive in a display tank becuse anything can eat them. A 5 or 10 gallon is all they need for a few months.