Breeding Journal, Species: Pterapogon kauderni (Banggai Cardinal) Take 2

General
Species: Pterapogon kauderni
Social Structure: pair
Size of Individuals: Approx. 3 inches     
Age of Individuals: unknown
Date added to Tank: 4/28/2010

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 29G Cube
Substrate Details: sand
Filtration Details: bioballs and live rock
Water Changes: 5 gal monthly
Water Temperature: 80F
Lighting: PC lighting
Lighting Cycle: varies not on timer
Other Tank Inhabitants: 3 threadfin cardinals, 3 juvenile occelaris clowns

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: various frozen, spirulina, pellet, bloodworms, etc.
Feeding Schedule: 3x per day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 4/28/2010 per store employee (see below)
Spawn Time of Day: unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 7/21/2010
Courtship Details: Didn't see courtship
Egg Size: approx. 1mm
Egg Color: pinkish
Egg Count: unknown

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I was out delivering flyers for the conference today and found a pair of banggai with the male holding.  I asked the employee if they for sales and he said yes.  He told me that they just noticed the male holding this morning.  So I went ahead and purchased the fish.  Unfortunately the male dropped the eggs when he was put in the bag.

When I got home, I quickly threw together a makeshift egg tumbler out of a pop bottle, some airline tubing, and an airstone.  I placed the make shift egg tumbler into the BRT where my juvenile clowns are living.  I don't have very high hopes about getting these to hatch but we will see how it goes.  Here are some pics

Eggs (Day 1)



Makeshift eggs tumbler



I will post some pics of the fish tomorrow after they settle into their new home.

I finally was able to sit down for a couple of minutes and do some research.  Kind of bad timing since I had my daughter by myself tonight.  Based on that we now have Egg Tumbler on the Fly 2.0.  Basically the same as the first but I inverted the pop bottle.

Here is a pic.  You can the eggs better in this pic too.

Nothing is better than necessity for invention!

Good luck

Good luck on the eggs.

The pair seemed to have settled in a little better to their new home.  I haven't seen them eat but they seem less stressed.  I have added some plastic plants that I had from my old freshwater tank.  They seem to like to hang out in them.  Here are a couple of pics of the pair

Egg update:  The new tumbler is working a lot better.  There has been a lot better egg movement.  The eggs have broken apart from the mass and are tumbling individually.  Other than that, they seem to be doing ok

Sorry if I didn't update this but the egg tumbler was a failure.  I ended up moving these guys a couple of weeks ago to a 29G cube that I had setup in my living room.  I went and looked today and the male is carrying eggs.  I was able verify it since he didn't eat tonight and I saw him chewing the eggs on a couple of occasions.  Here is a ok video (Sorry for some of the algae, I didn't clean since I didn't want to spook him). 

Bad News ... He ate the eggs.  So that's a 2 day hold.  I guess that's a start.  Here some pics I took the other night that I didn't have a chance to upload.