There is a baby Bangaii in my Anemone Basket!

[tkeracer619]

I was checking out some baskets I put in a few weeks ago to keep a few new anemones safe and saw a baby Bangaii. I've been watching it for the last 10 or so minutes and it seems to swim back and forth between the two baskets without effort.

Should I let him be and just make sure he gets the proper food or should I try to isolate him?

What should I be feeding?

 

[shifty51008]

wow, congrats on the new baby. if you have the extra space, I would try to isolate him and feed BBS, he may accept ground up flake/pellet food also but you would have to try first.

 

[crissie]

Ha! That's awesome!

Personally I'd leave him there but give him some food.

 

[tkeracer619]

2 months old and he's got one heck of a fat belly.

2 months old and he's got one heck of a fat belly.

I figured he ended up fish food and was kicking myself for not isolating him in a net. I had given up all hope but that isn't the case. Looks pretty darn healthy at 2 months old!

It's been hiding in the anemones. :bounce3:

 

[Anemone12]

LOL. I love this. I'm supprised it didn't swim in one of the nems. And I wonder what it's eating?

 

[tkeracer619]

Yup, I love it! It hangs out in it just like the adults do. Right on the edge of disaster. I wonder if adding clowns to this tank would doom this of happening again...

My fish are mostly grazers and pickers. My display is 360g, my sump 120, a 50g nem prop tank, and a 360g settling tank with a bunch of live rock in it. So for ~900g of water there is several hundred lbs of rock (as of last week ~1000lbs), 2 large angels, 2 small angels, a foxface, and the Bangaiis. If you look through the water in the settling tank into bright sunlight you can see tens of thousands of pods swimming in the water column. My guess is this is the food source.

 

[dalilgriffith]

I would try to raise it. They are hard to come by a lot. They don't go for much, but a local hobbyist would be able to raise it no problem with bbs.

 

[tkeracer619]

Yeah, once I can confirm its eating prepared foods I will sell it locally. Clearly it is feeding on something in my tank and I would hate to get rid of it too soon and have it parish.

I can always move it to another part of my system but for now it seems to be doing well on its own.

 

[dalilgriffith]

Just dump a bunch of bbs in the tank. They will eat them like crazy.

 

[tkeracer619]

It's an hour and a half per week round trip for me to get bbs but I suppose I could make the journey.

 

[NewOne81]

Why not just grow your own bbs, its a piece of cake! Just order the eggs and check out the videos on the web on how to build the hatchery. Its cheap and easy and then you can have fresh bbs ready in 24hrs. No need for that crazy drive. Congrats on the bangaii!

 

[tkeracer619]

I will definitely check that out!

 

[Anemone12]

Any updates on the little guy?

 

[tkeracer619]

I have seen him a few times since then but it usually hides where I cannot see it. It has a fat belly still

 

[ebond009]

that is so cool. your doing something right man! if you ever find it post some pics again.thanks

 

[AcroporAddict]

I had a pair of adult Banghaiis in my 100 mixed reef, and I found three babies in my sump a couple years ago. Don't have a clue how they got past my filter socks. I raised them from tiny size on crushed up Ocean Nutrition marine flake up to where they could take larger bits, and two years later all three are adults and still living in the 100 gallon.

 

[Reefmaster1996]

Nice

 

[clownman33]

that is so cool!

 

[Texacobra]

Any updates?

 

[adddo]

Really cool, happened to me a cpl of years ago, found a relatively big bangaipup in the overflowchamber of my 150.. i guess there were lots of food there.