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Shane H 
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 Posted: May 10 2006 at 10:45pm |
Mark,
The post mentioned "stripping the nest" and using a tumbler to incubate the eggs (rather than the father). The owners were having a higher success rate doing this than allowing the male to hold them through to release.
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Posted: May 11 2006 at 1:50pm |
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That video was great. I figured that the babies were born as larvae and then went through the metamorphic phase while still in the father's mouth. I guess this method would eliminate the possibility of the father accidentally swallowing any of them. With freshwater angelfish, the parents can accidentally swallow the babies when they get scared.
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Posted: May 18 2006 at 9:05am |
I can still see 10 babies. I'm feeding them live GSL BS Nauplii from the live bucket collected last week.
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Posted: May 18 2006 at 9:53am |
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Great job Mark! I would love to buy a couple from ya when they are old enough to handle the transition.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 5:28pm |
It's been three weeks and 11 baby Bangaii survive. They have more than doubled in size. 
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 5:58pm |
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Mark, put me down for one of them too. That's awesome that they're doing so well.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 8:36pm |
It's fun to watch them eat. For about two weeks they ate BS Nauplii from GSL BS collecting trips. When those ran out I switched to Rotifers grown in a 3L pop bottle. I pour 1/4 of the bottle 2Xday and refill with phyto after the second feeding. They are large enough to eat CyclopEeze, but prefer the live Rotifers and whatever else they can nab in the 29 gal macroalgae packed/ miscellaneous/ rubble LR tank that I moved them to about 10 days ago. They are about as easy as Guppies.
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Posted: May 30 2006 at 10:37am |
I found this morning that one of the last batch in my tank made it. He has also at least doubled in size. It looks like he is living in my frogspawn under the polyps amoung the skeleton arms.
I feed my tank heavily with Golden Pearls. I've made a mix of about 6 different sizes. This as well as Freeze dried copepods and decapsulated BS eggs so these guys have plenty to eat if they can make it without being eaten themselves.
I don't have the kind of number Mark has, but for just letting nature take it's course I don't feel I'm doing to bad.
Daddy's got a mouthful of eggs again as well. Do your's start over right after he releases the eggs Mark? I thought they needed some time to rest and get a real meal for a while before doing this again.
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 12:00am |
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Depends on the pair.
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 12:16am |
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Those are cute! Congrats on your great job. People need to come check them out. I was there last week.
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 11:26am |
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My 1 little guy is hanging out above my Frogspawn today and I've been able to get a really good look at him. I have to agree with thatheip. Baby Bangaii's are extreamly cute. Marks school of them must be very cute. Something like cute to the 11th power.
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Posted: June 24 2006 at 4:50pm |
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They are now 4x larger and still cute, but only to the eigth power now. Wish I had a camera so I could share them with y'all.
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Posted: June 24 2006 at 10:56pm |
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Since they are only to the 8th power...are you willing to sell them yet? :)
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Posted: June 25 2006 at 11:43am |
They are eating frozen food now and a few are getting large enough to make it in a Nano.
Is $10 each too much to ask?
Also have an adult Bangaii for sale to a good home.
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Posted: June 25 2006 at 12:01pm |
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Could I get 2? One for each of my nanos.
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Posted: June 25 2006 at 12:08pm |
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Mark,
Congrats on the little guys... I really have been wanting one of these for a while.. do you have any left?
Thanks,
Stacey
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Fish are friends, not food… lasagna, on the other hand…
90 gallon reef w/lots of pretty stuff!
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Posted: June 26 2006 at 9:12am |
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If you're not sure they'll make it in something bigger than a nano, then I better hold off until they grow some more.
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Posted: June 27 2006 at 12:33am |
Well, it's been about 7 weeks, and they seem to be growing well, but the eight little ones are still only ~1/2 inch long from tip to tip. At night they could slip through overflow teeth quicker than you could say Bangaii yi yiiiiiii............  
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Posted: June 27 2006 at 8:16am |
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Yeah, I'll hold off until they are bigger.
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Posted: June 27 2006 at 9:31am |
I just saw them on the weekend and they are the most adorable lil' things! You just want to pinch their cheeks! 
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