Bangi cardinals babies

[quicksilverz]

So i got home around 1030 and my tank had bangi cardinals all over i caught approximately 20 and found at least one dead in the over flow filter sock i keep checking and more show up its crazy. So i been fishing then out i will post pictures tomorrow. Fun night!

[Davie118]

Awesome! not expected?

[quicksilverz]

I knew they had them just can never get them before my other fish do. Got lucky tonight they are in the sump

[quicksilverz]

Thats easly 20 babies x 20 dollars for captive breed hardy ones not a bad night.

[Davie118]

Congrats!

[quicksilverz]

Thanks..... i excited now they will devastate my pods lol

[Troy Valentine]

Good job! A big part of the battle is won just by catching them. They are a lot of fun, and add another dimension to the hobby. Good luck!

[quicksilverz]

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[quicksilverz]

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[Dean]

Those must be rabbit cardinals Mike.

[quicksilverz]

Yeah every month crazy. They are better than gold lol

[Davie118]

Do you do anything special to breed them or do they just do their thing in your tank?

[quicksilverz]

I dont know how my other fish feel about it but yeah they do there thing in the display tank. And i set up my refugium to possibly house them so now yhey are there

[Dean]

No Barry White or anything?????

[quicksilverz]

Your on to something hes my favorite musician i never figured lol.

[Davie118]

I just did not know if you kept them in a separate tank for breeding. I guess since you said that its is hard to catch the babies before the other fish get them, I should have known that you had them in your display.

[Davie118]

what do you feed the babies?

[quicksilverz]

I will feed them babby brine shrimp

[Davie118]

Do you just order/buy the baby brine or breed brine shrimp?

[quicksilverz]

They sell them at most fish stores.its the only thing i found that they eat

[Troy Valentine]

If you mix your baby brine shrimp with some Reefroids or Decasulated brineshrimp they will start to wean off of the live food, and onto a much easier/healthier food source. Usually it will only take me a week or two for this to happen. Also, try hatching your brine shrimp in an Ozarka squirt bottle. This will make it very easy to add it to the tank and add more water to the bottle.

[mrslexy]

That is so awesome! Will you be selling them?

[quicksilverz]

Down the road a few months

[mrslexy]

That's really cool! I look forward to seeing updates! :)

[quicksilverz]

So far the babies are doing great and love my sump I am hoping to have a 90% success rate since I had 4 our of 20 last time live and I know what I am doing this time. I have just started to introduce baby brine shrimp and they are scarfing them down.

[Dean]

Do the brine shrimp alone provide enough nutrients?

[Davie118]

I would assume that enriching the brine shrimp would be best but i have never raised fry.

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[quicksilverz]

I mix the baby brine shrimp with reef roids or some other dry food to see if I can get them to eat other things. I am not sure if they are it does look like they are trying to eat it but not positive its all a trial and error process for me.

[leliataylor]

I mix the baby brine shrimp with reef roids or some other dry food to see if I can get them to eat other things. I am not sure if they are it does look like they are trying to eat it but not positive its all a trial and error process for me.

I have some artemia enrichment here and could give you some. It is designed to enhance fry development and is very easy to use. I need to go to SA this week and could drop some off or meet you somewhere, although if they are already starting to take other food at his point you really don't need it for this brood. It would be good to have on hand for your next round of little cardinals.

[quicksilverz]

I have no idea if they are or not and i am have been feeding the frozen baby brien shimp not live. But if someone can teach mebi will grow them.

[leliataylor]

Ok. Let me put all the info together and I will post it for you. I use to think it was PITA to decap, hatch, clean and enrich BBS. Now I do it when I am multi tasking, doing more important things like cleaning tanks, mixing salt, making water and cooking dinner. LOL

[Davie118]

You got me wanting to try breeding fish now. I had planned on breeding my clowns but they were the first to go with the parasite infestation.

[quicksilverz]

Sorry to hear that

[leliataylor]

Hatching Brine Shrimp



Decapsulating Cysts

Removes the outer shell
Aids in sterilization of the cycts
Provides a hatch that is almost clear of any shell material



Technique

Add 6 cups of fresh water to a hatching cone
http://florida-aqua-farms.com/shop/brine-shrimp-hatch-rite-3/

Add the amount of cysts you need to the cone and soak them for 10 minutes

Aerate for a additional 50 minutes

Add 1 cup of unscented bleach to the cone and aerate

When they turn orange drain them off into a sieve

Rinse the cone and place the eggs back in the cone

Add fresh water and a chlorine blocker like Prime

Aerate the eggs for 1-2 minutes and test for chlorine to ensure there is none

Drain off the water and place the eggs in a hypersaline solution in a food storage container

Refrigerate until you need to use them



Hatching

Fill the cone with fresh saltwater

Add the amount of cysts you want to hatch (will vary by the # of fry being fed

Aerate for 24 hours

Add appx. 10 Oz of hydrogen perioxide to the cone and aerate for 1 ½ -2 minutes

Turn off the aeration and let stand for about 3 minutes (this aids in separating the BBS from any that don't hatch

Place them in a clean container with aeration



Enrichment & Feeding

Place the amount of live BBS in a cup of fresh SW and enrich for 12 hours
A 24 hour enrichment is better, however you need to move them to a new enrichment vessel after 12 hours

Move the amount you want to feed out to another container and treat them again with h2o2 for 5 minutes

Rinse in fresh water and feed them to the fry

This is what I use for my seahorses
http://seahorsesource.com/?wpsc-product=dans-feed-artemia-enrichment-with-beta-glucan

[quicksilverz]

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[quicksilverz]

There is 22 or 23 growing like crazy all eat frozen food

[Davie118]

Lookin good! Bet you are happy right?

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[quicksilverz]

Extremely