Banggai fry.........

[Carrera75]

Exciting news! This morning when I woke up I inspected the tank to see if the fry had been released by the male but I didn't see any in the display. I looked at the back chamber and there were 2 tiny Banggais. No idea how these 2 little guys got there, but I decided to force the male to release the rest of the fry. There is 8 tiny banggais in total. I am afraid the male released more but they were eaten by the other fish.


Here are some pics of the fry, 8 in total and I have no idea what to do with them....lol. right now they are in a big net but I don't think that they should stay there long term. I tried to feed them Cyclopeeze and Rotifers but I am not sure that they ate anything.

[Borderjumper]

When I had mine I took one of the plastic containers that some of the lfs use to package coral and drilled tiny holes all around it for water flow and set it in my sump.The baby's stayed there until they were bigger and then I sectioned off a piece of my sump just for them,, I can't help you with the food issue.. Mine would only eat live baby brine..I was never ale to get them to eat anything.

[Carrera75]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

When I had mine I took one of the plastic containers that some of the lfs use to package coral and drilled tiny holes all around it for water flow and set it in my sump.The baby's stayed there until they were bigger and then I sectioned off a piece of my sump just for them,, I can't help you with the food issue.. Mine would only eat live baby brine..I was never ale to get them to eat anything.

Hey Shelley,

My tank does not have a sump, so I am not sure where I'll put them. I think the flow in the display tank is too much for them. I might do what you did and use a plastic container, drilling some holes for flow and hopefully that works.

I bought the baby brine shrimp eggs but I am lazy and don';t want to set up a hatchery. I would be open to give them away to somebody with more experienced and with the right set up and time to raise them.

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Carrera75

Hey Shelley,

My tank does not have a sump, so I am not sure where I'll put them. I think the flow in the display tank is too much for them. I might do what you did and use a plastic container, drilling some holes for flow and hopefully that works.

I bought the baby brine shrimp eggs but I am lazy and don';t want to set up a hatchery. I would be open to give them away to somebody with more experienced and with the right set up and time to raise them.

If you clip the cup into your display they will be fine for weeks..the issue at hand is they have to eat soon.. I found the hurky jerky motion of the baby brine triggered their feeding response. Hopefully someone local and take them and get them eating.

[Din Gior]

Originally Posted by Carrera75

Exciting news! This morning when I woke up I inspected the tank to see if the fry had been released by the male but I didn't see any in the display. I looked at the back chamber and there were 2 tiny Banggais. No idea how these 2 little guys got there, but I decided to force the male to release the rest of the fry. There is 8 tiny banggais in total. I am afraid the male released more but they were eaten by the other fish.


Here are some pics of the fry, 8 in total and I have no idea what to do with them....lol. right now they are in a big net but I don't think that they should stay there long term. I tried to feed them Cyclopeeze and Rotifers but I am not sure that they ate anything.

That's cool. I would recommend to hatch brine shrimps.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Great news. Good luck raising those cutie pies.

[CandyCane]

Couldnt you feed them frozen cyclopeez. Not sure how to spell that. Or do the fry only go for live food?