Is this Bangaii cardinal carrying eggs?
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Ardeus
I recommend starting here
http://breedersregistry.org/Articles/v4_i4_marini/marini.htm
As this was the first described breeding and raising of these fish, sure it's old, but it contains more than 98% of what you'll need to be successful.
I recommend starting here
http://breedersregistry.org/Articles/v4_i4_marini/marini.htm
As this was the first described breeding and raising of these fish, sure it's old, but it contains more than 98% of what you'll need to be successful.
Thanks, I already put it in my favorites.
I have a friend who recently started a reef tank just with soft corals and if the male takes the incubation full term, I will give him the little ones for him to raise.
His tank is 80 gallons and just has a mp10 vortech pump running at 50% strength with a foam guard. It has no fish or shrimps yet. He is very enthusiastic about it and has been doing PWC's almost everyday.
I have a friend who recently started a reef tank just with soft corals and if the male takes the incubation full term, I will give him the little ones for him to raise.
His tank is 80 gallons and just has a mp10 vortech pump running at 50% strength with a foam guard. It has no fish or shrimps yet. He is very enthusiastic about it and has been doing PWC's almost everyday.
edandsandy
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I have been trying to gather information about the rearing of banggai fry and baby brineshrimp, but I can't find a reason why you can't just throw brineshrimp eggs in the water where the fry are.
If the water where the fry are is in motion and with light, the brineshrimp eggs will hatch, right?
If the problem is the eggs' shells, using decapsulated eggs won't solve that problem?
If the water where the fry are is in motion and with light, the brineshrimp eggs will hatch, right?
If the problem is the eggs' shells, using decapsulated eggs won't solve that problem?
D-Nak
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It sounds feasible, but my concern is being able to monitor how much food the babies are getting, and their nutrient needs associated with it. Typically breeders try to provide as much nutrition as possible, so they enrich the foods they feed the larvae. This is done by gut loading. For example, many breeders feed their larvae rotifers that are fed a high quality microalgae that's full of DHA, EPA, and ARA. These nutrients are carried on to the larvae when they eat the rotifers. You can do this with BBS as well, but since they don't eat until after their second molt, newly hatched BBS won't have much in terms of nutrition.
I just think it makes more sense to hatch your own BBS, enrich them, then target feed them to your baby bangaiis. This way, the babies don't have to use energy to search for food. And searching for food in an 80 gallon tank could be difficult. It will also make for a very dirty tank in no time since not all of the BBS will be eaten.
I just think it makes more sense to hatch your own BBS, enrich them, then target feed them to your baby bangaiis. This way, the babies don't have to use energy to search for food. And searching for food in an 80 gallon tank could be difficult. It will also make for a very dirty tank in no time since not all of the BBS will be eaten.
I never tried raising clownfish because of the complexity and amount of work involved and also to the fact that I live in a small island and I could not possibly find a home to them.
Another reason is that the clownfish fry are very small and I never watched them leaving the rock.
I think that with the cardinals it will probably be a completely different story. I will end up seeing at least a few of them in the tank and I will not resist trying to save them.
Another reason is that the clownfish fry are very small and I never watched them leaving the rock.
I think that with the cardinals it will probably be a completely different story. I will end up seeing at least a few of them in the tank and I will not resist trying to save them.
If the male takes the incubation full term, I'm thinking about splitting the fry in two batches and try to raise one batch myself in a separate tank and give the other batch to my friend to raise in his 80 gallon tank.
To raise the brineshrimp I was thinking about using the dish hatchers. I guess I would need 2 units to keep things going?
To raise the brineshrimp I was thinking about using the dish hatchers. I guess I would need 2 units to keep things going?
beyond anything said above, you fish will happily eat the brine shrimp eggs before they get anywhere close to hatching, ane enriching is usually a good idea unless you are feeding them within 12(i think) hours or hatch.
There are some in tank hatcheries you could try, although reviews on them has been hit or miss. Note that some of the reviews are for freshwater, where the hatcheries almost always fail.
There are some in tank hatcheries you could try, although reviews on them has been hit or miss. Note that some of the reviews are for freshwater, where the hatcheries almost always fail.
