Banggai Cardinal Breeding

Matnmich · Dec 8, 2018

Our Banggai Cardinals have successfully mated and now we need help. We have them in our showcase tank which is a 75 gallon tank. We have purchased a small bio cube to move the male to but need to know how and when to move him. We have tried to move him in previous spawning which caused him to spit the eggs. Additionally, we are about four days in and have plans to travel at the end of the month and with us not being home when he releases the fry if we get that far, how can we make sure the fry will live without us feeding them daily? Is there something we can put in the tank to keep them alive for the week we are gone? Thanks everyone, this is new and exciting for us and we want to do it right.

Flippers4pups · Dec 8, 2018

Here's a good read on them:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAgegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw24eEkZCYSYf2xw8isJ8n41

Rjukan · Dec 8, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!

Well that's an exciting first post! Congrats! I don't have any experience with salt water mouth brooders, but I do with African cichlids. I'm not going to lie, it's going to be a real challenge to get him out without stressing him to the point of spitting the eggs or fry out. You might get lucky if you catch him quickly, but they are very fast fish.

Your travel plans really complicate things too even if you do get them out before you go. The fry are going to need several feedings over the course of the day for the first few weeks of not longer. Imo I would let nature take its course for this round, and get them in the smaller tank for the next time they breed.

Again congrats on the breeding pair, and have a great trip! Try not to stress about it.

Dr. Dendrostein · Dec 8, 2018

Matnmich said:
Our Banggai Cardinals have successfully mated and now we need help. We have them in our showcase tank which is a 75 gallon tank. We have purchased a small bio cube to move the male to but need to know how and when to move him. We have tried to move him in previous spawning which caused him to spit the eggs. Additionally, we are about four days in and have plans to travel at the end of the month and with us not being home when he releases the fry if we get that far, how can we make sure the fry will live without us feeding them daily? Is there something we can put in the tank to keep them alive for the week we are gone? Thanks everyone, this is new and exciting for us and we want to do it right.

Welcome comrades

chewy tabacca · Jan 15, 2019

I have had 15 broods, not 1 survivor. Partially because my male is terrible at holding for the full term and I have to strip them from him. I have tried about 10 different methods and still unsuccessful. Right now I have 2 survivors (15 days). Any questions I can help with let me know. More so I can let you know I have done and failed at

kkiel02 · Jan 15, 2019

Mine survived in the overflow and the sump. I didn’t do anything extra. Once they got big enough I’d fish them out and either reintroduce them or sell/trade them.