Bengaii cardinals

[bunkerboy]

Greeting... Been a long time supporter of Foster and Smith... i might as well have my paycheck foward there Ha Ha. Anyways, i have started a breeding program in the basement at home. I have (5) 30 gallon tanks, each divided into three sections for broodstock to one common sump, and then (3) 65 gallon tanks for growout. I want to breed Bengaii cardinals, but have been having trouble keeping these wild caught cardinals alive. I purchased 13 from one local fish store, and within one week, they were all dead. They had no interest in eating... i even have live adult brine shrimp in rubbermaid containers, but to no avail. Another local fish store i have had more success with, but still i am having a 25% mortality. How is the success rate of the Bengaii's that you sell here, and do you see an increased survival rate for the captive bred? I would love to know, i am tired of killing these fish. BTW, the tanks are all fully cycled, salinity 1.022, temp 80F, lights on for 14 hours, etc, etc. Thanks. Bunker

 

[dfs/la2]

Bunkerboy,

Thank you for your inquiry. The Kaudern’s/Banggai Cardinalfish we offer have a great success rate as they are fully inspected before shipping to ensure they are disease free. However, with any species, tank bred specimens are considered to be more hardy than wild caught. Please contact us with any other questions or concerns.

Chris C.
Live Aquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith

 

[Fishfirst]

banggai cardinals are a lot hardier captive bred. I've had quite a bit of trouble getting wild ones to eat a year ago. Plus b. cardinals have been recently put on CITES red list... making it more imparetive that we buy captive bred fish. If you do decide to go with more wild banggai's feeding an hour after the lights are out an hour will increase your chances as these are also nocturnal fish and they may eat at night vs the day better for you. Deworm any new fish as this will increase your odds as well.