Banggai fry.........

[Carrera75]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

When I had mine I took one of the plastic containers that some of the lfs use to package coral and drilled tiny holes all around it for water flow and set it in my sump.The baby's stayed there until they were bigger and then I sectioned off a piece of my sump just for them,, I can't help you with the food issue.. Mine would only eat live baby brine..I was never ale to get them to eat anything.

Hey Shelley,

My tank does not have a sump, so I am not sure where I'll put them. I think the flow in the display tank is too much for them. I might do what you did and use a plastic container, drilling some holes for flow and hopefully that works.

I bought the baby brine shrimp eggs but I am lazy and don';t want to set up a hatchery. I would be open to give them away to somebody with more experienced and with the right set up and time to raise them.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Great news. Good luck raising those cutie pies.

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Carrera75

Hey Shelley,

My tank does not have a sump, so I am not sure where I'll put them. I think the flow in the display tank is too much for them. I might do what you did and use a plastic container, drilling some holes for flow and hopefully that works.

I bought the baby brine shrimp eggs but I am lazy and don';t want to set up a hatchery. I would be open to give them away to somebody with more experienced and with the right set up and time to raise them.

If you clip the cup into your display they will be fine for weeks..the issue at hand is they have to eat soon.. I found the hurky jerky motion of the baby brine triggered their feeding response. Hopefully someone local and take them and get them eating.

[Carrera75]

I fed them rotifiers and cyclopeeze and I think they went for it.

[Coralgurl]

Soooo cute, hope all goes well with them!

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Carrera75

I fed them rotifiers and cyclopeeze and I think they went for it.

Nice you will see their little bellys get big if they are eating!

[Carrera75]

I wonder why here are only 8 little guys. The info I found on the net says that there is usually over 20 little guys. I have a feeling that the Male released the fry slowly and the other fish in the tank ate them :-(

[CandyCane]

Couldnt you feed them frozen cyclopeez. Not sure how to spell that. Or do the fry only go for live food?

[Carrera75]

Here is a quick update on the Banggai fry. All 8 little ones that I originally caught are still very much alive and getting fatter and bigger pretty fast. They only eat live brine shrimp once or twice a day, and am open that they will eventually start taking other types of food.

The Banggai pair didn't waste anytime and the male is carrying eggs AGAIN already.

[Borderjumper]

Good job! They sure are cute!