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So, turns out my Banggai Cardinal fish have been doing the courtship dance for a couple of days now. Yesterday I left the lights on as much as I could. Upon going to bed, since they were still doing their thing, I decided to only leave the blue LEDs on for a little while longer. I got up around 3 am to check on the fishies and found the female had something hanging for her behind. I believe it's eggs, but I'm not sure they should still be hanging and I wonder if something went wrong during the mating process.

Does anyone with Banggai breeding experience have any input on this?

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Haven' seen it but have read about it...sometimes he doesn' get them all in his mouth...they should drop off naturally in time...bigger question is .....is he carrying a mouthful??
 
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Haven' seen it but have read about it...sometimes he doesn' get them all in his mouth...they should drop off naturally in time...bigger question is .....is he carrying a mouthful??

That's the sad part. He's not carrying anything in his mouth. Was the first thing I checked. I will try to look again, but his mouth looks normal. I am disappointed because this is my first pair of Banggai cardinals and was excited to have them breed.
 

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They don' always get it right the first time....they just need some practice...:)
 

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