Blue Eyed Cardinal holding fry or eggs??

[shackscs]

I was just finishing up redoing the tank to accomodate some new Zoas and decided to snap a few pics. I got one pic off of a zoa colony when I noticed one of my BEC had an extended throat. I snapped away and even shot some video.

Now I know a lot about breeding freshwater mouthbreeders so the visual is quite positive. I did not feed the fish yesterday or today and when I did feed after seeing the pictures, she??? came out but did not eat. The other fish did.

Anyone with experience breeding these care to chime in? I do have a large CPR in tank refugium that I can move her to (assuming I can get her out) if need be.

Take a look at these pictures and tell me what you think. There is a link to the video following the pictures also. It is 2:30AM so I apologize for the pics not being clearer.

http://www.shackscs.com/reef/BC2.avi

 

[FMarini]

great photos--the male is clearly carrying. There are only 3 known apogons which mouthbrood and have direct development.
Unfortunately these cardinals are not one of them, your male is carrying eggs. He should release the planktonic fry sometime around day 7-10 temp dependent