baby bangai

[sitandwatch]

Very cool

[reef bound]

I do actually have an urchin in the fuge, not a diadema, but a hitch-hiker with spines about 1 1/2" long, and it's so funny that just after I read justinl 's post I checked on him and he was over beside the urchin. I'm off the the LFS to check what they have for me.
(I kinda want to take my big boy out and shake him till he spits the others out, but I know that's bad--lol). I know I'm not gonna get anything done today because I'll be going to check out the sump every five minutes to see if there's more. I love this hobby!

[reef bound]

.....and then there were TWO.

[TheRealBigAL]

Wow congrats. This hobby is so cool

[fishoholic]

Very cool. Good luck with them I hope they make it.

[Doo]

Very cool!

my male was holding about a month ago and all the sudden the eggs were gone (3 days later). I figured they were just new at it. I was watching them shake and dance last night and I hope he will be holding again soon. Not to hijack the post, but why would you not strip the male - I did it a million times with africans - are SW fish any different?

[justinl]

Originally Posted by Doo

Not to hijack the post, but why would you not strip the male - I did it a million times with africans - are SW fish any different?

I don't see the point in doing this really... I suppose you could but I would be terrified of harming the adult while it flops around... they're not very big and it would be easy to break somthing. I would also be very reluctant to use a sedative in my tank/on the fish. IMO, it's probably best to just let the spawn in tank. If no predators are in the display, let the babies stay. You're bound to lose some over the overflow (a certain death I'm sure) but since they stay with urchins, some are likely to survive... probably. Another solution might be to just transfer the holding male into a breeding containment (sump, fuge, separate breeding dedicated system etc) if predators are present.

[Diana]

Originally Posted by Doo

Not to hijack the post, but why would you not strip the male - I did it a million times with africans - are SW fish any different?

Yeah I used to do this with africans a lot too.... but you would have to tumble the eggs if you stripped too early. Bangaii cardinals are so little and delicate I would not be inclined try it....

My bangaii's have been having babies for almost 2 years now, and they all get eaten up fast in my reef. The other day I was sitting on the couch and out of the corner of my eye I saw a little white dot scoot across the tank and yellow tang ate it up in no time. Poor lill babies! And I do have a longspine in there for them. I guess he wasnt around!

-Diana