Breeding Journal, Species: Pterapogon kauderni (Banggai Cardinal)

I got mine to eat coursely ground up flake food last night. I'm hoping to have my Otohime B1 by the end of the week and that will be my gateway to getting these guys to take pellets by the time they are salable.

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Well I've posted this in a couple other places but I should also have it as a matter of record in my journal as well.

 
I've moved to feeding them mostly Oto B1 and TDO C1 now. I'm still giving them frozen Cyclopeeze eonce every couple days but it's not a major part of their diet.  Oto is being fed 3-4 times daily and I usually give both the B1 and C1 at the same time.

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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So the Magic Banggai strike again:
 
Last night while feeding the babies just before lights out I look over to the display tank and to my surprise there is a baby Banggai in my display tank! It's about the size of the other babies which means it could be one that was released when I was trying to net the male. Or it may have been one of the small ones from the batch before that I had thought disappeared.

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Now that I get a god look at the little guy this morning. He is significantly larger than the babies in growout. I'm betting he is one of the last batch that had disappeared. Either that or the Easter Bunny is bringing fish now

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Here are some pics.. Sorry about the fuzzy foreground. He wasn't making it easy to get a pic.

 

 

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Well I'm continuing to feed pretty much only prepared foods. Still feeding the Otohime C1, but also some spectrum pellets, Cyclopeeze pellets, Hikari Marine-S, etc. Every couple days they get some frozen Cyclopeeze as well.
My feeding has slacked a little and I've realized that lately I'm only feeding once or twice a day. Life getting in the way again I think
 
So here are my official 60 DPS pictures:

 

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Nice shot Chad and congrats on getting to 60DPS!

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"Making captive breeding easier."

Well the last of my babies went to the store today..It turned out that I had 22 in the tank. So it is very possible that I never lost a single fish during this process.
 

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Yay! Go Chad!

--Andy, the bucket man.
"Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886

I miss them now though.. I need to get some more Broodstock going so I can get me some more babies!

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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