Well, kind of. I have successfully breed my Bangaii cardinals, as of the 10th. I have a cardinal that has been holding eggs now for 3 days.
Getting off track a bit, but the funny part about it is on the 10th my wife gave birth to our first child. He was born at 6:35pm as a healthy 9.02lb baby boy measuring in at 21.5" long. Mommy and baby are both home and doing great.
Ok, now that I got the proud fatherly bragging out of the way lets get back on track.
I was told by a few people that what I was attempting would not be possible, but I guess I made the impossible possible. I started in Jan with a new tank build thanks to petco $1.00 per gallon sale. I purchased a 40b and a 20l. The 20l is the sump for my 40 breeder. I was told by many that I would not be able to keep the water quality high enough to keep the fish happy and well fed. I currently feed the fish at least 3 times a day or when ever I walk past them. As of today the tank is cycled with 5 mated/breeding pairs of fish (one of which holding eggs) in less then 4 months. I have been able to keep all my numbers at 0.00 except for my nitrate which is less then 10.
The tank set up is vary easy, I have the 40b on top which is split into 4 equally spaced dividers giving me 5 compartments. The 40b is also drilled using the class holes over flow kit which was much easier then expected. The 40b then drains into the 20l, which is split into 4 sections. 1st is where I have my filter pad, 2nd is filled with live rock (about 60lbs) and a little live sand, 3rd has a protein skimmer and 4th is for the return pump. Its a tight sump but so far I have been able to keep pretty good water quality.
As for my stock. I have two pairs bangaii cardinals, that I paired my self, I have one pair of pearl eyed ORA clarkiis, one pair of true percs and finally one pair of black/white clowns. I did not expect to have any of the clowns breed at this point because they tent to take a little longer to get comfortable and on top of that my clarkiis are still vary young. But I am vary excited about my cardinals because they prove that it can be done and secondly that my water quality is good enough to make the fish happy and thriving.
Now for the bad news. If everything goes well and the father is able to hold the eggs full term I don't think they will make it. Me and my wife will be flying to Florida at the end of the month so show off our new baby to the rest of the family that couldn't make it out to TX. So with that being said I'm sure they will make a great snack to the other cardinals or the clowns.
I will keep this thread updated as time goes on, but as stated earlier I don't expect any of these guys to make it to market size.
Getting off track a bit, but the funny part about it is on the 10th my wife gave birth to our first child. He was born at 6:35pm as a healthy 9.02lb baby boy measuring in at 21.5" long. Mommy and baby are both home and doing great.
Ok, now that I got the proud fatherly bragging out of the way lets get back on track.
I was told by a few people that what I was attempting would not be possible, but I guess I made the impossible possible. I started in Jan with a new tank build thanks to petco $1.00 per gallon sale. I purchased a 40b and a 20l. The 20l is the sump for my 40 breeder. I was told by many that I would not be able to keep the water quality high enough to keep the fish happy and well fed. I currently feed the fish at least 3 times a day or when ever I walk past them. As of today the tank is cycled with 5 mated/breeding pairs of fish (one of which holding eggs) in less then 4 months. I have been able to keep all my numbers at 0.00 except for my nitrate which is less then 10.
The tank set up is vary easy, I have the 40b on top which is split into 4 equally spaced dividers giving me 5 compartments. The 40b is also drilled using the class holes over flow kit which was much easier then expected. The 40b then drains into the 20l, which is split into 4 sections. 1st is where I have my filter pad, 2nd is filled with live rock (about 60lbs) and a little live sand, 3rd has a protein skimmer and 4th is for the return pump. Its a tight sump but so far I have been able to keep pretty good water quality.
As for my stock. I have two pairs bangaii cardinals, that I paired my self, I have one pair of pearl eyed ORA clarkiis, one pair of true percs and finally one pair of black/white clowns. I did not expect to have any of the clowns breed at this point because they tent to take a little longer to get comfortable and on top of that my clarkiis are still vary young. But I am vary excited about my cardinals because they prove that it can be done and secondly that my water quality is good enough to make the fish happy and thriving.
Now for the bad news. If everything goes well and the father is able to hold the eggs full term I don't think they will make it. Me and my wife will be flying to Florida at the end of the month so show off our new baby to the rest of the family that couldn't make it out to TX. So with that being said I'm sure they will make a great snack to the other cardinals or the clowns.
I will keep this thread updated as time goes on, but as stated earlier I don't expect any of these guys to make it to market size.
