There was some hanky panky in my tank today....

[Diana]

Cus my male bengaii cardinal is holding eggs in his mouth!

Its odd, I wasnt even sure if I picked a male and female out of the batch of them at J&L about a month ago. Well, I guess I did some good pickin, because the two were doin the dance today and the male has a nice mouthful. Coming from an african cichlid background Raf and I are quite experienced with mouthbrooders... however this time we will not have the luxury of being able to strip the eggs from the mouth and tumble them ourselves.

I am thinking of getting a small longspine urchin for the younguns to hide in, would this be okay for my 90 reef tank?

I dont have much hope for the young... I am well trained in baby-rearing-disappointment what with reidi seahorses and clownfish that have fry every two weeks.... and yet to have a single one survive.

I'll post pics soon!
-Diana + Raf