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Originally Posted by tang daddy
To breed bangaii fry you can hatch and feed baby brine, as the member said you can try catching the adult male or just catch the hatchlings when released and have them in a 5 or 10g breeding tank with an airstone and heater, do not use powerheads. Naturally in the ocean they hide in-between spines of urchins. My friend built a fake urchin with putty and a few toothpicks they hide in it.
Be carefull when they are small they should not be taken out of water and are very sensitive to salinity, when he caught two babies for me to raise as soon as they came out of water into the container which was less than 2 second out of water they were floating due to air starvation. We put an airline in and they started slowly swimming again after a minute, that was a scary time....... It would be a good idea to have an airstone to aerate the holding tank. You feed live baby brine and should do regular water-changes because the brine foul water quick. You can purchase larger amounts of brine shrimp online it will cost you more if you buy locally. you should be hatching 1/2 teaspoon every other day and usually takes 24-36 hrs to hatch, the hatched brine can last 2 feedings or 2 days.
You can diy a brine shrimp hatchery or buy 2 of monocus here, I am grabbing a few from him myself. He was nice enough to order a bunch up.
The reason why you have 2 is to keep hatching brine, you will need a strong airpump and a manifold so you can have 2 hatchery and your tank running at the same time.
It takes effort to raise bangaii but all the work pays off when you see the cute buggers...
Text me if you have any other questions....
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Thanks for all the info Chris.
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Originally Posted by toytech
congrats on the new arravials , bangaii are so cool . Lets see some pics.
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The male is still carrying the fry. I'll try to take some pics when he releases them.
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Originally Posted by syncro
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Thanks for sharing that link. I wonder how much longer the male is going to carry the fry in its mouth. The poor guy has not eaten since May 9th. The eggs hatched at the end of May and I thought that he would only carry the fry for 10 more days but they are still in his mouth. This guy must be starving!