Not sure what to think of this.

Avelino Alicea · Mar 28, 2018

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?

reef lover · Mar 28, 2018

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??

Avelino Alicea · Mar 28, 2018

reef lover said:
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.