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

Nano Brine Shrimp

Nano Brine are baby Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) that hatch in transit so they arrive to you at a highly nutritious live stage (24-48 hours post hatch).

www.algaebarn.com

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.


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[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.