Bangaii Cardinalfish releasing babies

[seth]

I recently noticed an odd behavior in my cardinalfish hiding under my hammer coral and not eating during feeding times.
Today i noticed what looked like little silver balls in the cardinals mouth.
Did some reasearch and found that they are carry the eggs in there mouth unil they are hatched and slighty grown. Note i am not trying to breed my cardinalfish on purpose this just happened.
When i returned home from work i noticed what looked to be whiskers sticking out of the cardinalfish mouth i watched for awhile with the camera on my phone at the ready for a good picture..
This is some of what i got.. 1 baby so far will update photos and progress for those interested. I have my cardinal seperated from tank mates to ensure a chance of survival the fry i plan to grow out in my refugium where i grow my pods.

 

[RandoReefer]

Benghazi Cardinalfish releasing babies

Yay!! I'm dying for a breeding pair for my frag tank!

Congrats!!

 

[Ben jammin]

That's very cool. Congrats.

 

[Diesel]

............................................. Thanks for the edit for ever did that, to much not so positive memories.

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Not Benghazi....................but Banggai Cardinalfish.

:squigglemouth:

 

[fishroomlady]

very cool! keep sharing!

 

[seth]

update

So i ended up with fifteen babies they seem to be doing well away from the larger fish have them in my fuge area where they seem to be doing fine eating the pods and such down there..

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

awesome pics... what do you plan on doing with the babies?