I'm considering an outdoor Banggai breeding project during the summer months. This is still in the planning stages and I welcome any advice. Matt W. provided me with this link, I'd read it before but lost track of it:
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/seagrant/communication/pdf/Banggai%20Cardinalfish-Final.pdf Thanks Matt!
I'll be using a "pond" like this one:
http://www.maccourt.com/products/ponds/lp7818.html In an attempt to keep costs, and effort, to a minimum I will not be installing the "pond" in the ground, it will be on one of my decks where it will get ample lighting.
I will also be implementing some sort of umbrella system to deal with major rainstorm/salinity issues. The soest link above seems to agree with my thoughts that salinity changes aren't a large factor in Banggai behavior, but I will still have to deal with it .
Eggcrate/mesh will handle, hopefully, raccoon/predator problems from above.
Due to the limited time frame (summers in MI are short), I will need to have actively breeding pairs available ASAP. I only have 1 pair at the moment.
I would appreciate input from anyone, so if you have any thoughts, let me know :-)