Bangaii Breeding Journal

mseepman · #1 03-31-2008, 03:53 PM

Very cool thread...I'm not sure I'm cut out for breeding like this though because I can't imagine being able to hold onto any of my fish while prying their mouths open...I have enough trouble holding onto my 10lb baby and prying her mouth open...lol.

Myka · #2 04-01-2008, 12:42 AM

He's getting used to the routine. He's easier to catch, and after I just pry a little bit he gives up and spits them out for me. Poor lil guy...

JOEL · #3 04-22-2008, 10:37 PM

Hi Myka

I posted this a while back and I think I made the right choice.
How can you tell if you have a male and female I just got two today and from what I
could see at the lfs there was three in one tank one on one side and two together I tried
to push them together but the one was chased away about four times. do you think I may have a par I hope so.

Well I think I have a pair and it looks like the male may have eggs (cool)
His mouth looks big and he's not eating.
If you have any advice for me It would be greatly appreciated

Joel

Myka · #4 04-23-2008, 03:07 AM

My best advice is to read this journal.

If you have specific questions that aren't answered in the journal, feel free to ask. If your plans are to raise them, where/how to you plan to house them?

Myka · #5 04-30-2008, 03:41 AM

Ok, so the Bangers are getting good at this breeding thing, although it sure took them a LONG time between batches this time. It's 5 1/2 weeks since I stripped the male last, and the time before that it was only 1 1/2 weeks between stripping. I wonder what they'll even out to... The female was looking huge, and this morning Mr Banger is ridiculously full of eggs!!! I don't think he could possibly hold one more in there.

On the other hand, the babies who are now 5 1/2 weeks old are doing well. I'm fairly certain there are 23 of them in there today. I'm having troubles getting them onto dry food. They're pretty keen on the BBS, and if I try to starve them into eating dry food they start dying. Not sure what to do about that...I'm going to try just feeding BBS twice per day, and feeding dry the rest of the day. The next batch I'm going to get onto dry sooner in hopes they'll get used to it easier. They're starting to get pretty crowded in the breeder "trap" thingy, so I'm going to have to figure out something to do with them soon because Mr Banger is going to be needing to be stripped in 25 days, so I'll need the breeder trap for them. Maybe I'll set up my 40g...

Myka · #6 05-02-2008, 02:12 PM

So yesterday morning I was thinking Mr Banger's mouth wasn't as full, but his belly was bigger than usual. Lastnight his mouth didn't look "pregnant" at all, and his belly was really full. So I fed them lastnight to see if the Mr Banger would eat. He did. Which means he aborted or swallowed that last batch of eggs. I'm going with the latter by the size of his belly!

I had dramatically cut back how much I was feeding due to massive hair algae growth in the tank due to it being UBER overstocked with all the Banger fry. So, I think Mr Banger was just too underfed, and found the eggs to be a little too tempting! Lesson learned...keep the Bangers well fed. *grumble*

Myka · #7 05-11-2008, 08:50 PM

The baby Bangers are dropping off like flies! I'm down to 18 now. I think it's partially due to trying to get them onto dry food, which I gave up, and partially due to the major overcrowding in the little floating breeder thingy. SO...the baby Bangers get a new home!!! I'm right in the middle of plumbing up my 40g breeder for them. I really wanted to set it up as a FW planted tank, but the Bangers need it more right now.

Pics to follow.