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03/11/2009, 03:33 PM | #1 |
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Possible Breeding Banggai Cardinals
From reading a couple articles and a thread or 2, I believe that one of my captive-bred Banggai Cardinals is a male and is holding eggs in his mouth. I first saw him with an engorged mouth 3 days ago and I think I saw white eggs in his mouth. He hasn't eaten for the past 3 days but looks very healthy and the other Banggai is in good health, eating and sometimes shakes right behind/next to what I presume to be the male.
I wasn't able to find out exactly what the gestation period is for these guys or what I should do. I never planned on getting them to have babies...I wasn't even sure if they were of different sex. So, do you guys think my guy is a male and therefore the other is a female? Is there other info I need to hand out? My other worry at first was that he has a disease just because his mouth is really big and hes not eating, but I read those are signs of him having eggs in his mouth. Especially since he's swimming very healthily |
03/12/2009, 11:21 AM | #2 |
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bump....
i saw what looked like an egg come out of his mouth last night...so I am almost certain that he's got eggs in his mouth...just still don't know anything about what to do with pregnant banggais |
03/12/2009, 07:14 PM | #3 |
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Candee--
does his mouth look bulldog-ish? if so then hes carryng eggs, which BTW are pink i see you state you did a search and found some articles. I am copying/pasting this response from noted author Anthony Calfo becuase it fits here http://www.reefs.org/library/article/f_marini.html> here are a few more to read My Notes and observations on Raising and Breeding the Banggai Cardinalfish (1996) http://www.breedersregistry.org/Arti...ini/marini.htm Frank Marini, "Captive care and Breeding of the Banggai cardinal (1997) http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog...ni_020799.html Keith Clarke, "The Joys of Tank Raised Banggai Cardinalfish (1997) http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog...ke_102499.html
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03/13/2009, 12:31 PM | #4 |
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I've been raising Bangaii Cardinals for alittle over a year now. It sounds like you are well on the way to having some to raise as well. I usually let my males carry the eggs for about 21-23 days, at which point I net the male and when I do the male will usually spit out the babies in to the net. I transfer the male and the babies to a nursery tank made up with the water from the brood tank. I leave the male in the tank a couple of hours, then removed him. Typically, I will end up with between 15 and 25 babies. I then move the male to a seperate tank to give him some time to rest and eat before putting him back in with the female. The babies will be fully formed and I fed rotifers for a few days then newly hatched brine shrimp. They grow fairly quickly and are usually about the size of quarter in 5-6 months. Hope that helps!
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03/14/2009, 06:06 AM | #5 |
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Centropyge:
Great description of how you breed your banggai's. It's helped me out and saved me from having to post a question on how to breed them. Thanks! |
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