Bangai Cardinalfish question?

[localfreak]

I want to add a pair of TR Bangaii Cardinalfish to my 120g that currently only holds a pair of clowns and various anenome and polyps. Any advice for these guys? Are they the same as clowns as far as determining sex? How do I know Ive got Bob and Jane instead of Larry and Jack? (No offense if your name is Larry or Jack!)

 

[RonD]

from the mini encyclopedia ..the marine aquarium

a square deeper jaw usually indicates a male incubating a new batch of eggs in his throat.

Other than that.. I cant tell ours apart.. best to just call them spot... fluffy.... Sparky etc to be on the safe side

 

[joestreich]

i'm not sure you can tell them apart from just looking at them through the glass. Cool fish though, I am probably going to get some in the near future.

 

[szwab]

your best bet is to get 3 of them. tank raised will generally be small and really hard to tell which is which.

 

[localfreak]

The prob. with 3 is that they will pick on each other from what I understand. Or they could become aggressive as a group. That's why I want to get a pair.

 

[RonD]

As luck would have it... daddy's prego he is the one on the bottom. If you look, you can see he has a mouth full of eggs and his lower jaw is quite different than the females... aside from seeing this from time to time, I cant tell them apart. The females color has changed as well while this is going on.. she takes on a bit of a bronze / goldish body color. She is on him none stop... pulls up along side him and shakes very quickly... I would guess he can feel the vibrations thru the water while she is doing this.

 

[Lpabsolute]

They are great fish. I started off with two and then took back the one i didn't like. Heard they do better in pairs. Here are a few pics of mine. Good Luck....

 

[Lpabsolute]