Such thing as too much flow for Bangaii Cardinals

[rbursek]

I read somewhere that the males dorsal fin has a longer extension on it, one of the fish in the paired group has that, the other 2 do not.
Bob

 

[nasek718]

Here are two links for the sexing/ breeding of Bangaii

www.soest.hawaii.edu/seagrant/communication/pdf/Banggai Cardinalfish-Final.pdf -

http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/k_clarke_102499.html

Should clear up the whole my fin is bigger then her fin thing.

 

[papagimp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10411357#post10411357 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rbursek
I read somewhere that the males dorsal fin has a longer extension on it, one of the fish in the paired group has that, the other 2 do not.
Bob

Last breeding pair I had, the female had the longer fins. Again, that's not always going to help.

 

[rbursek]

Just read in the second site nasek782 suggested and in there they mention the male has the longer second fin.
Bob

 

[papagimp]

Yeah, I saw that too. I still don't think it's a very good method of sexing them. The male CAN have a longer fin, but not always. Now the small pair I have right now, maybe 7 months old or so, the fella I have dubbed as "male" does seem to have the longer fins, but his "mate" is a month younger and noticably smaller still. We'll see how they look as they mature.

 

[rbursek]

As my X would say "I am just going to say this one more time" that is why she is the X, LOL. I went thru 4 different batches of them before these survived, first group bought at a LFS, just got home and a woman I was dateing that work there called me that there system crashed, lost them and other fish, 2nd batch from DFS in Dec, lost them over a 4 week period 1by1, fustrated, Feb ordered 3 more from DFS, same thing, I had 2 huge long tenicle stars which are noctunal and nasty, got them in a clean up crew package, moved in May and got rid of the stars when I had to break down the tank, ordered 3 more Cardinals, last time if they do not make it, no more, doing great!!!!!! First batch sick, and since I never found the bodies or the other 2 purchases, I suspect the stars of doing them in, since the stars are gone and this batch are still here.
Bob