Bad news for Banggai Cardinalfish

[Pan]

I never thought they were in danger either, I hate to say it but I've sort of always considered them kinda ugly marine fish . But I do prefer to buy Captive bred any fish of any sort when I can. Same as aqua cultured liverock and corals. Or at least from another reefer. One less person using new liverock is one less person..well using new liverock I would love to setup a liverock and select fish breeding company...god would i love it.

[spikehs]

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

So....vendors. Albert? How 'bout it?

agreed! I'd love to get a pair of captive raised banggai's..

[howdy20012002]

One of the big problems with these guys is that there is a huge loss ratio.
I would say about 80 percent of them die after capture.
Apparently, the big supplier just fill the ships with water and fish and move from SE asia and over to florida. Apparently the cardinals are contracting some type of disease on the ship which is pretty much killing them all.
My supplier in florida apparently did a huge report on it when he took his marine course in University. He is trying to start a breeding problem, but no luck so far.
I have had much better luck with my west coast supplier and survivability.
I still lose about 50 percent of them that I bring in.
I am slowing trying to get a breeder stock together and whenever I get the time, I am going to try to raise some.
I must give Chris from Aquarium enthusiants some credit cuz he at one point gave me about 15 of them before I starting bringing in fish on my own.
Unfortunately, I think 1 of those is still alive.
I have 2 pairs that are breeding regularly....just need time to actually figure out how to raise the babies.
I have been trying to find CB sources. However, no luck so far.
Hopefully, one day it will be me.
Neal

[Delphinus]

The one problem I've noticed with breeding pairs - since the male broods the young in his mouth - he goes long periods without eating. I think breeding pairs almost need to be separated so as to let the male regain some strength before broodstocking the next batch. Too often I heard of people breeding Banggai's that end up losing the male of the pair because he basically starves to death.

[Quagmire]

Niel,you seem to have so much on the go already where would you find time to raise Banggai fry Hats off if you can do it though.
Tony brings up a good point about the male becoming malnourished. If they are separated until the male is strong enough, I wonder if they will go through the courtship thing again,or pair back up right away?
I've been looking at breeding marine fish, and came across this topic during my research and felt it was important. I think if I could find a breeding pair or two, I would put together a couple setups. I have about 90% of the equipment sitting around collecting dust as it is.

[i have crabs]

ive managed to raise 2 batches so far even though ive only ended up with a couple left each time,mostly a problem with the setups i was using.all i did to raise them is feed them freshly hatched brine 3-5 times a day then i started mixing in frozen baby brine and when they where big enough misis.
another problem is they have to be between 6 months and a year old before they are big enough to sell.
i have 1 from the last batch in my biocube and hes 17-18 months old and barly bigger than some i see for sale in stores.
good news is my male has eggs right now so in another 3-4 weeks ill be doing it all over again if all goes well.
last time i tried to move him to another tank he spit the half developed eggs out and only 2 ended up living, so im gonna be real carefull this time and not freak him out.