How often do bangaii breed

[jfl14609]

I was just curious how often bangaii breed. I pulled a baby out of my tank about a month and a half ago then today just pulled about 20more out. At this rate I will have 100 by x-mas haha

 

[steamman]

Do you raise them to adults?

 

[jfl14609]

so far I am haha the last one was the first one I ever had and the one I saw is still swimming in the other tank

 

[NirvanaFan]

The male releases them at about 21 days after spawning (according to Wittenrich in The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes)

 

[steamman]

Good luck with them. I can't seem to get a pair myself.

 

[jfl14609]

i got lucky i bought three of them as very small babies (much smaller than I normally would have bought) then watched them grow for a few months then once they paired of I pulled the third one out and gave it to a friend

 

[NirvanaFan]

how are you raising them? Rotifers, copepods, baby brine? I've thought about getting a pair to add to my collection.

How large were the parents when you bought them? How long ago was that? How large are they now?

 

[jfl14609]

when i bought them I would say they were 3/4 of a inch I got them hmm almost a year and a half ago just before the OC opened now they are about2.5 in or so. to be honest I have had great luck with feeding cyclopeze. not to mention they are in a very high nutrient tank so I am sure there are plenty of rotifers and pods there. as its mainly for my sea apple and I feed phyto allot

 

[NirvanaFan]

so what do you feed the fry when they are released?

 

[jfl14609]

when they are released i net them and put them into the other tank then cyclopeze and obviously whatever is in the tank these guys are pretty big not like clowns

 

[NirvanaFan]

Nice. So you don't mess with rotifers and baby brine?

 

[jfl14609]

i am 100% sure there are rotifers in that tank as I said I feed phyto heavy in that tank for the sea apple but I dont see a need to breed anything specific. But this is only my second time and the first one was during a tank swap and I was only able to grab one out but it lived so i am 1 for 1 we will see how these guys go. i just fed the tank some mysis with cyclopeze and they actually attacked it like sharks

 

[NirvanaFan]

That is pretty cool. Let me know when you get ready to sell these. I would definitely be interested in a few.

 

[jfl14609]

it will be a while the older one I have is still about the size of a pencil eraser but he looks huge next to the little guys

 

[arredondojason]

I just had my first spawn so i am siphoning them out of my 240G tank to my frag tank and am feeding cyclopese and they seem to be doing fine.

 

[NirvanaFan]

How are they doing now jfl14609? Still have them all?

 

[jfl14609]

Not sure if I can say all of them they are in another tank I have with liverock and stuff but there are still the majority in there

 

[solRNY]

I pulled a baby out of my tank about a month and a half ago then today just pulled about 20more out. At this rate I will have 100 by x-mas haha

sweeet!! always like how the babies groups together, any pics?

 

[jfl14609]

No pics sorry way too small for my skills with the camera

 

[NirvanaFan]

If you had to guess, how many do you think you have?