in dt juvi fish grow out

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How do you guys accomplish this?

I would like to do this with bangai fry, but how do you stop the bbs from escaping? I have scene people using the guppy breeders on this site, and those mesh breeders, both of which will release bbs. do you just feed realy frequently to maintain density?

Anyone DIY these?

thanks guys.
 
You could build a mesh breeder net with 350 micron mesh from SmallParts.com

I don't mind that BBS escape my breeder nets. The littlest guys get their fill (I feed twice a day usually, sometimes I set up a simple drip) and the extras leak out to the larger juvi banggais. Nothing goes to waste in that scenario. My little guys haven't starved. The oldest "baby" is 8 months now. The newest are 1 month.
 
You could build a mesh breeder net with 350 micron mesh from SmallParts.com

I don't mind that BBS escape my breeder nets. The littlest guys get their fill (I feed twice a day usually, sometimes I set up a simple drip) and the extras leak out to the larger juvi banggais. Nothing goes to waste in that scenario. My little guys haven't starved. The oldest "baby" is 8 months now. The newest are 1 month.


so you dont need to have food present for the bangais at all times?

Is that because they are fish and not larvae, or just specific to bangais?
 
You got it right. I continuously feed ocellaris because they have to go through a metamorphosis. Banggais are more developed - by the time they use up their yolk sac they are functioning pretty well and have a huge mouth in comparison to their dinner, so hunting is easier. So no, I don't have food present at all times for banggai. Twice a day they get a good dose of newly hatched BBS.

My advice to you if you plan to keep raising the banggais, which you certainly should since you are so fortunate to have a pair that spawns: set up a very simple growout system. Get a 20 long with tank dividers. If you can plumb it to your existing DT sump or set up a good HOB filter/skimmer you will save yourself time on water changes. As the little guys grow they will need to be separated when they start to fight. In my experience keeping them in small breeder nets stunts their growth. My oldest one is small because of that. Plus a 350 micron mesh will need to be cleaned frequently and the water circulation/exchange could be rather poor inside the net.

Around my area (Twin Cities metro, MN) you can sell a CB banggai for $45 each and there will be a waiting line. You can sell them wholesale to a LFS who understands that Banggais don't ship well at all for $20-$25. So it may pay for itself to grow them out depending on your environs.
 
You got it right. I continuously feed ocellaris because they have to go through a metamorphosis. Banggais are more developed - by the time they use up their yolk sac they are functioning pretty well and have a huge mouth in comparison to their dinner, so hunting is easier. So no, I don't have food present at all times for banggai. Twice a day they get a good dose of newly hatched BBS.

My advice to you if you plan to keep raising the banggais, which you certainly should since you are so fortunate to have a pair that spawns: set up a very simple growout system. Get a 20 long with tank dividers. If you can plumb it to your existing DT sump or set up a good HOB filter/skimmer you will save yourself time on water changes. As the little guys grow they will need to be separated when they start to fight. In my experience keeping them in small breeder nets stunts their growth. My oldest one is small because of that. Plus a 350 micron mesh will need to be cleaned frequently and the water circulation/exchange could be rather poor inside the net.

Around my area (Twin Cities metro, MN) you can sell a CB banggai for $45 each and there will be a waiting line. You can sell them wholesale to a LFS who understands that Banggais don't ship well at all for $20-$25. So it may pay for itself to grow them out depending on your environs.


thanks for the lengthy response.

This gives me great ideas, I even have a hob refugium that would be perfect for this application.

will probably set up a 20 or ten with dividers though.

thanks again

tommy.

p.s. yeah, those hang i ntank things have terrible flow. mine always get a bacterial film on the top.

cheers.
 
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