Baby cardinals

[Stephen]

This weekend I stiped my male cardinal of fry

How did you strip the fry out of the male? Mine held them for about ~15 days and then swallowed them! He has done this twice that I know of.

[Pernelf]

He more than likely spit them out. I didn't get any fry out of my male til about the 4 spawning.

I corraled the male into a net and when I started to lift it out of the water, he spit all the fry out. Now mind you, I never acutually got to take the net out of the water, he spit them out before that.

I think next spawn I'll have to tape that, it was really cool to see.

[JimD]

Pernelf,
Very cool! my hats off to you. This and other successfull and not so successful breeding events and experiences would make an excellent topic for a MAAST meeting! Ive been trying to get my jawfish to get their eggs to fry for two years, Id love first hand information from people in the "know".

[Tim Marvin]

I'll buy them all off you if you can grow them large enough to eat regular foods.