Bangaii Cardinal gave birth. WHAT DO I DO????

[Bob2bob]

I have two bangaii cardinals in my 75g display tank. They and everyone else seem good and fine.


tonight in my sump i found a baby bangaii cardinal....I have no idea what to do. Do i move him back into the display? How can i feed him? Can three bangaiis live in a tank??? will my other fish (tomini tang, yellow tang, one spot foxface, lawnmower blenny, 2 clownfish) bully him to death if i move him??

 

[tankstudy]

Most folks I know moved it to a refugium.

 

[Bob2bob]

 

[Bob2bob]

 

[Bob2bob]

Most folks I know moved it to a refugium.

Currently in my sump/refugium. How can i feed it? should i cut out most of my chaeto? does it eat the pods?

 

[ichthyogeek]

Awwwww, congratulations! Banggai cardinalfish babies will eat baby brine shrimp and other zooplankton around that size, so it'll eat whatever pods it can get its mouth on. To ensure a higher rate of survival, you could feed it live baby brine shrimp as well. I wouldn't bother cutting out most of the chaeto, unless it's actively restricting swimming space (i.e. less than 6 fish lengths of available space, etc.), or you regularly remove chaeto. There's a really educational sticky in the fish breeding subforum about breeding banggai cardinalfish and raising their fry!

From what I understand, unless they're big tanks banggai cardinalfish won't tolerate each other in more than pairs. Your other fish will most likely bully it to death/outcompete it for food/eat it if you move it back up to the sump.

 

[najer]

Congrats. :)