Bangaii cardinal carrying eggs

[IIDRYWATERII]

Hi saw the male and female dancing followed by the eggs been ejected and male holding them in his mouth….. Not done this before so just looking for advice….. don’t have a spare tank but closer to the time going to put him in a breaded within my tank…..
Think I’ve read he hold them for a month, is that correct? Also what’s the best to feed them if any survive?
Thanks

 

[SlugSnorter]

Hi saw the male and female dancing followed by the eggs been ejected and male holding them in his mouth….. Not done this before so just looking for advice….. don’t have a spare tank but closer to the time going to put him in a breaded within my tank…..
Think I’ve read he hold them for a month, is that correct? Also what’s the best to feed them if any survive?
Thanks

You are going to have to hatch baby brine shrimp for them, have a breeder net or tank with sponge powered air filter or something that wont risk shredding them.

 

[IIDRYWATERII]

You are going to have to hatch baby brine shrimp for them, have a breeder net or tank with sponge powered air filter or something that wont risk shredding them.

Got a breaded net, I’ll look into hatch brine shrimp but just seen a site I can order them off aswell

 

[SlugSnorter]

Got a breaded net, I’ll look into hatch brine shrimp but just seen a site I can order them off aswell

https://www.algaebarn.com/shop/live-foods/brine-shrimp/nano/
brine shrimp for sale if you dont wanna grow em

 

[IIDRYWATERII]

Nice thanks

 

[IIDRYWATERII]

The hatcheries im seeing don’t have any heating on them, I thought you needed one…..
Example below

 

[SlugSnorter]

Nice thanks

also once all fry out and the male turns back to normal get him out or he'll eat them

 

[SlugSnorter]

The hatcheries im seeing don’t have any heating on them, I thought you needed one…..
Example below

usually needs a heater or heater lamp, above 74 f is best.

 

[SlugSnorter]

dont need anything special, a small bucket (3 gal maybe, fill to 2), with a sponge filter (1), Small heater (2) and airstone (3) will be a great setup

plus it will be usable for raising pods, brine shrimp or phyto and can be reused without issue.


(1) Amazon product ASIN B071HVZVMP
(2) Amazon product ASIN B07QSS6DV2
(3) Amazon product ASIN B071XPDLBH

 

[IIDRYWATERII]

How long do they feed of baby brine for ?

 

[SlugSnorter]

How long do they feed off baby brine for ?

once they get a bit larger, "test the waters" with small amounts of other food and see if they will eat it

 

[SaltBabies]

I've done cardinals.
I put the babies in a 1 gallon container with green water no heater (but my room temp was about 70 degrees and they were in front of the light I use to grow green water so a little heat from there.

I fed newly hatched baby brine. They are on that til they get a little bigger and you wean them.

You might could do dead food from the start but to me that is harder than hatching brine. Because the dead food makes a lot of waste and you have to worry about ammonia. If you put them in a bowl with green water and brine then you just check the ammonia daily and change as needed. I changed like every 2 weeks. Water changes change chemistry so you have to be careful when they are young about changing the water chemistry too fast.

The green water helps keep the brine nutritious. I also mixed in a few copepods for nutrition. If you don't have decent nutrition they can suffer from sudden fright syndrome.

 

[sabeypets]

How long do they feed of baby brine for ?

I start day 1 feeding them "TDO B" from Reef Nutrition. BBS are a poor food choice that can and will cause issues.