I'm looking to purchase a bangaii cardinal for my 75 gallon reef. Does anyone know if they can handle a decent water flow in the aquarium because I have a sure flow mod in there that produces current which might be a little to strong. I have seen these fish in the store and all they do is swim in one place so i'm worried if I have too much flow, then the fish might stress out and die. Anyone have any opinions on this or can give me other info about care for this fish. thanks.
Bangaii Cardinal
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Do you think they would mind if they were blown around a little by the current or if they had to swim a little harder to stay in place?
Cool, thanks everyone
Yeah, i'll probably get a pair. Would it matter if they were both male or female? Or should I try to get a male and female?
velvetelvis
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Definitely get a male and a female. Two males will fight to the death. Not sure about females, but I've only seen either m/f pairs or singles recommended for the same tank.
Looks like i'll have to order them of off liveaquaria.com or somthing because I really doubt my lfs will have the males and females seperated into different tanks and they probably would give me two males not knowing better.
Actually I just checked and they dont have the option on liveaquaria to pick sexes. Anyone know what I can do? Or where I can buy male and female?
velvetelvis
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You're in luck. Diver's Den has a pair from Sustainable Aquatics up right now.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/DIVERSDEN/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=84600
http://www.liveaquaria.com/DIVERSDEN/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=84600
aewsome, thanks
velvetelvis
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I'd get them ASAP though. Banggais tend to sell fast. 
velvetelvis
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They've sold...I hope you were the lucky winner, but if not, Inland Aquatics nearly always has CB pairs of Banggais available. They're expensive, but lovely, and always in good shape; I had one pair spawn less than a week after arriving in my tank!
LOL...this forum cracks me up everyday.
cubsFAN
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You can do a search on pairing. Some suggest to buy a group and then let them pair off and then get rid of the extras. I saw a pair that was formed in a group at the LFS. It would be best to get tank raised as this fishes numbers are dwindling. I could not find them tank raised and am sad I ended up getting them wild. Hopefully I can raise a few of my own.
ShilohPSU
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You can just pick out a male and female yourself from your LFS. Some people use the shape of the mouth to tell the difference between sexes, but i think the difference is way to slight for most people to notice. I use the second fin on top of the body. Here is a picture of my mated pair.
The female's 2nd fin (the one behind the dorsal fin) is almost twice as long as the male's. The male's fin is way shorter and it's a little wider. You can see the same differences in the juveniles too. I'm not sure if this is a widely excepted method, but I figured it out on my own from observing multiple generations. I Guess my Sociology Minor from Penn State really paid off! My pair had 5 batches of babies and would have kept going at it, but they stopped after I bought a baby hippo tang.
The baby is now almost full grown and is causing major problems in my tank. He first nipped at the female until she was beat up and killed her. A week later he beat up the male and killed him. So I lost both of them within the past 2 weeks
He also likes to bite the mantle of my crocea clam. He will be evicted very shortly. I thought he would grow up to be peaceful if I raised the hippo from a baby, but that is not the case. Out of all the babies that the cardinals had, I only kept one female for myself. I'll buy a male though and try to pair them up after I get rid of the hippo.
The female's 2nd fin (the one behind the dorsal fin) is almost twice as long as the male's. The male's fin is way shorter and it's a little wider. You can see the same differences in the juveniles too. I'm not sure if this is a widely excepted method, but I figured it out on my own from observing multiple generations. I Guess my Sociology Minor from Penn State really paid off! My pair had 5 batches of babies and would have kept going at it, but they stopped after I bought a baby hippo tang.
The baby is now almost full grown and is causing major problems in my tank. He first nipped at the female until she was beat up and killed her. A week later he beat up the male and killed him. So I lost both of them within the past 2 weeks
He also likes to bite the mantle of my crocea clam. He will be evicted very shortly. I thought he would grow up to be peaceful if I raised the hippo from a baby, but that is not the case. Out of all the babies that the cardinals had, I only kept one female for myself. I'll buy a male though and try to pair them up after I get rid of the hippo.
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