Banggai Cardinal Fish - 1 or 2 in a tank?

[Delphinus]

Not been my experience that a single fish by herself was shy and insecure. In fact, both fish I had (both were female) tended to be the more outgoing personalities in the tank at the time, coming to the front when seeing you there (looking for a meal handout, LOL). At least after a while, maybe at first they were more docile but in time they really came around.

I'm not 100% sure these fish died from being eggbound. What I can tell you though is they died in the exact same manner and it was quite sudden and unexpected. They were looking fine, with no reason to expect anything amiss, to within a couple hours of their death. The last few hours were spent bloated, difficulty swimming. The bloat part is clearly indicative of something - but whether it means eggbound, digestive/intestinal, or perhaps some kind of aggressive parasitic or microbial infection, is something I don't have enough knowledge to truly identify. Just very weird to me though, that both fish, and this happened years apart, died in the exact same manner. It could just be spectacular coincidence.

[Carmen]

Looks like one is the best then??? And hopefuly Tony you just had 2 bad spectacular coincidences??
I think it's such a strikingly marked fish that I have wanted since starting in salt so I will take a chance on one.

[karazy]

you could try getting one male.
from looking at these stories it looks like that would be best IMO

[naesco]

Good for you choosing CAPTIVE BRED banggai
Eric Borneman has organized a boycott of wild ones.

Wild ones have survivability problems, come in diseased and are threatened in the wild.

[Slick Fork]

Where in Calgary are you finding Captive Breds?

[Carmen]

Red Coral brought in 4 this week. So three left! Atleast there was yesterday!
Carmen

[Jay180reef]

Apparently Big Als has brought in captive bred Bangaiis in the past...I'm heading over tonight to see if they have any left.

[Ryan_Lap]

Dont the captive bred bangaiis cost more? That being said how do you tell the difference between captive and wild? Are stores just saying they are captive bred to make you feel good about your purchase? Im just curious. Sounds kind of sketchy to me...

[Jay180reef]

I was at Big Als yesterday and they only have tank bred clowns at the moment. I also noted the tank bred clowns were quite small and about the same size, so that (might) be a good indicator they were actually tank bred.