Finally after a long time I had success. Had so many batches of eggs where the male swallowed the eggs. I got 7 little ones now, 3 of which have a swim bladder issue unfortunately and I do no believe they will make it. It is a small batch but I am still happy to finally get some.
Banggai cardinal breeding success
- Thread starter Gahamilton
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I will upload another photo soon they have gotten much larger
They have gotten bigger, the ones that had the swim balder issue are still sinking is the best way to put it. They just bounce around at the surface mostly but they still eat well. None of them are in the photo. Hopefully the parents have more eggs soon so I can maybe get a larger batch than just a few. They still only eat baby brine shrimp they have not been enticed to eat frozen yet.
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Unfortunate update, I moved then to the 10 gallon about a week ago and they started dropping like flies. I am not really sure as to why but I think it may have something to do with how sensitive they are. I was loosing about 1 a day. They were all still eating well but were just slowly dropping off. In the future I will keep them in the breeder box on the main display for much longer. I just bought another box so I have more room. Any suggestions I am welcome to. Next thing is the parents have not yet breed again, I am 99% sure the reason is low nitrates and phosphate I have been battling that for a long time. I have been doasing the tank but still not enough. I also upped my feeding. But I did for the first time have a measurable amount of nitrates. Any suggestions for stability above 0? I use salifert test kits and specifically the phosphate I have a hard time reading. Anyone have any suggestions for better reading. I have never seen color but when I do it looks on the chart like everything is below .2 all look roughly the same. Open to any suggestions so I may have better luck next time. My corals were doing ok at 0 nitrates and phosphate but I got a skimmer for Christmas and stupidly I put it on the tank and turned it on. Once I noticed after a week that my corals were doing terrible. I stopped the skimmer. 2 weeks later now thing just look worse still. Any suggestions? Am I not seeing something?
I have good/bad news. My second pair of breeders in the sump were successful, well kind of. They released the eggs extremely premature so they are just one big yoak sach than can’t swim and I could not find very many. It is better than swallowing them so I will take it as a win. Plus I think after they absorb the yoak sach they will be fine. I was able to get 6
