Chad Vossen
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I don't see to many people talking about raising banggai on pellets. Thought I'd make this post to share my experience. Why feed only pellets? No shock syndrome from feeding baby brine shrimp!
I've raised only 1 batch of banggai with this method so far. I rarely get my hands on a batch of banggai to raise these days.
sexing banggai can be found in this post, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21726767&postcount=9. Very successful for me, sometimes I've helped LFS pair off their banggai to be sold as pairs.
I keep my banggai in a 4"x4"x 6" tall box with a screen on one side. The box is kept in the refugium, and rigid airline on one side with a steady flow of air bubbles. Those banggai need to work to say in one spot! I feed TDO A, or B1 (which ever is the size of BBS) usuing a automatic feeder. The idea is that the pellets are moving fast in the current and the babies have no time to watch it for movement. They eat it and go for more. Out of 30 babies in my last batch, only 3 refused to eat the TDO, and died. I increased pellet size as they grew, and when they got to big for the little box, they were released into a larger 18 gallon tank. They reached large adult size in 6 months when fed pellets 4x daily. I never fed them frozen until I had moved them to the larger tank, and only as a treat.
I was able to pair them off easily at 6 months and sold them at my clubs frag swap. I got $60/pair in the presales, and had several people at the swap stop me and ask if I had more. All the pairs I sold that day aggressively ate pellets.
My biggest regret was not keeping a few pairs for myself...
In theory, If you have several pairs producing regularly, there should be little to no effort on our part to raise them. NO hatching BBS daily and enriching!!! My very first batch of banggai years ago was a nightmare from all the BBS and frozen food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATWBBLaKd0
This post is the result of a sudden inspiration to share my experience with banggai. I likely left out something, and may add to this thread later.
I've raised only 1 batch of banggai with this method so far. I rarely get my hands on a batch of banggai to raise these days.
sexing banggai can be found in this post, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21726767&postcount=9. Very successful for me, sometimes I've helped LFS pair off their banggai to be sold as pairs.
I keep my banggai in a 4"x4"x 6" tall box with a screen on one side. The box is kept in the refugium, and rigid airline on one side with a steady flow of air bubbles. Those banggai need to work to say in one spot! I feed TDO A, or B1 (which ever is the size of BBS) usuing a automatic feeder. The idea is that the pellets are moving fast in the current and the babies have no time to watch it for movement. They eat it and go for more. Out of 30 babies in my last batch, only 3 refused to eat the TDO, and died. I increased pellet size as they grew, and when they got to big for the little box, they were released into a larger 18 gallon tank. They reached large adult size in 6 months when fed pellets 4x daily. I never fed them frozen until I had moved them to the larger tank, and only as a treat.
I was able to pair them off easily at 6 months and sold them at my clubs frag swap. I got $60/pair in the presales, and had several people at the swap stop me and ask if I had more. All the pairs I sold that day aggressively ate pellets.
My biggest regret was not keeping a few pairs for myself...
In theory, If you have several pairs producing regularly, there should be little to no effort on our part to raise them. NO hatching BBS daily and enriching!!! My very first batch of banggai years ago was a nightmare from all the BBS and frozen food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATWBBLaKd0
This post is the result of a sudden inspiration to share my experience with banggai. I likely left out something, and may add to this thread later.
