Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish)

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:37:25 GMT

The latest clutch was pretty small. Only got 4 but here they are 7 days post release:

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:21:04 GMT

Yes, they are mouthbrooders. Banggai males incubate the eggs for about 21 days, during which time they fast.

Making sure the male is adequately feed before this period is essential. Imagine not eating for 21 days and having a mouthful of eggs... It is possible to leave the eggs/juveniles with the male up until the time of release. Depending on the type of tank environment you'll have varying degrees of survival. If there is not adequate hiding places for the young juveniles they can often become food for the hungry father.

It is for this reason that I remove the male around the 21 day mark and coax him to spit the juveniles out. The male is then returned to the original tank and the juveniles are fed newly hatched brine shrimp.

It is also important to start feeding the male heavily after releasing the juvenile fry as the female can often be ready to spawn again in a few days. He needs to bulk up quickly.

This is off the top of my head and I may need to edit it tomorrow.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (jmrybak)

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:14:17 GMT

Wow, i didnt know cardinalfish where mouth brooders. Do you take them from the fathers mouth b/c hes eating them or is there something else? those orchids look amazing too!

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:42:42 GMT

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:37:23 GMT

Just had a release of 20-22 baby Banggers.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:52:35 GMT

Bad news. The lone survivor that made it past 60 days doesn't seem to be doing well.

He's been in with a bunch of clown juveniles for several weeks and doing just fine. A few days ago he started hanging out near the bottom and not eating. Yesterday I isolated him in a breeder net and he's still not eating and hanging at the bottom. I don't know what went wrong, all of the other juveniles in the system are doing great.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:22:27 GMT

Here are some new pics, 23 days post release. I'll be moving them next week.

I've lost two so I have 19 left. Learning from my mistakes last time I should do better with this group.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (kileysmama)

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:31:41 GMT

Awwwwww. Good going, human daddy!

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:34:38 GMT

I definitely have 21 now.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:44:46 GMT

I just found two that were hanging out at the other end of the tank. I gently suggested that they join the group. I'll take more pics tomorrow to confirm that there are actually 21 now.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:12:20 GMT

I noticed the male not eating on 01-04-10 and I decided to pull him this evening.

Well, it didn't go as smoothly as the first time. I just about had him in the net, yes I got the male on the first try this time, and he jumped over the baffle, argh! Next time I design a sump I'll make the baffles more than an inch apart.

I the process of trying to get him out he started spitting the babies out. I think I got them all and ended up with 19 this time.

Learning from my past mistakes I'm hoping to have a much better survival rate this time.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (fishboy13)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:16:26 GMT

Cool I can't wait to see him.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:06:30 GMT

Here is the sole survivor:

I'm not sure why I had such a tough time with these guys. I started with 12, down to 3 when I moved them to grow out. The larger one (survivor) was pestering the smaller ones so they had to be moved... didn't like being moved.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:05:57 GMT

Tomorrow is day 60!

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:19:56 GMT

They're doing fine. Starting to eat cyclopeeze and dry foods.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Aquatic Aquaman)

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:40:36 GMT

How are these guys doing? Hopefully they are still living.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:43:24 GMT

My three Banggai, and two P. fridmani, just transfered to grow out. 26 days post release:

Pics from the side didn't turn out well, cam wanted to focus on the netting.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:15:33 GMT

Here they are six days post release:

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Fishtal)

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:18:18 GMT

Originally Posted by Rook

Good Work Tal. So, how did you pry open the female's mouth?

Thanks. Yeah, the female probably wondered what I was looking for. I just used my finger. The male spit them out as soon as I got the net in the water.

Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) (Rook)

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:04:30 GMT

Good Work Tal. So, how did you pry open the female's mouth?