New baby Cardinal fish
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Topic: New baby Cardinal fish
Posted By: scubaparrot
Subject: New baby Cardinal fish
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 10:08am
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I got a surprise while cleaning my tank this morning. I discovered 2 baby cardinal fish. I have a pair of adults but had no idea they were breeding. I have no idea whether they will survive. The only other tank mates are a diamond gobie, a clownfish, and garden eels. Does anyone have any advice to give to help these guys. Thanks. |
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Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 11:06pm
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Pretty cool when you leave home for a biz trip and you find your your cardinals have babies. Anyone have any input on keeping them alive? ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |
Posted By: sabeypets
Date Posted: May 16 2013 at 12:20am
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You can raise them on newly hatched Brine Shrimp. ------------- Shaun American Fork "Would you leave a dead cat in your kitchen till tommorow?" Builderofdreams |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: May 16 2013 at 7:50am
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Newly hatched brine shrimp, then later on cyclopeeze
Can you move them to their own tank? If not, I would get one of those 'net breeders' they sell for freshwater livebearing fish and hang that in your tank and put the cardinal babies inside the net breeder
The reason for this is that the food needs to be somewhat available for the cardinal fry to get at
Trying to feed them in a large tank setting either means pouring a ton of baby brine in your main tank (and risking fouling the water) or having the babies in a smaller water volume.
I've raised these before. Here's a link to an old Seastar article I did on it:
http://www.utahreefs.com/Sea_Star_Apr_2008.pdf" rel="nofollow - http://www.utahreefs.com/Sea_Star_Apr_2008.pdf
------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: scubaparrot
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 12:34pm
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Thanks for the info. I have another question. I found 3 babies. I think he spit them out prematurely when I scared him cleaning the tank because I am pretty sure he has more still in his mouth. I read other posts where the people said they could clearly see the babies when he opened his mouth close to release time. My male barely opens his mouth and I can barely see the babies. My question is...were you able to clearly see the babies in his mouth before release or did you have to look hard to see if they were still in there? I'm trying to figure out how close to release of the others we might me. Thanks |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 1:07pm
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I could not always see the babies in there. Does his mouth still look like he has something in it?
------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: scubaparrot
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 4:42pm
| His mouth is still protruding and if I look hard I can see 1 or 2 babies inside. I read that the first hatchings can be fewer in number so it might just be a small batch. The female still acts protective and the make doesn't eat. He doesn't seem to do the yawning behavior some people wrote about. |
Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: May 19 2013 at 12:18pm
Made a fake urchin for the cardinal fish and put it in the tank last night. Babies are getting bigger in his mouth, I'm starting to see eyes looking out consistently now. This morning there was a baby cardinal in the urchin. He still has more in his mouth. First babies were definitely premature. This baby is much larger and more developed, he actually looks like a miniature cardinal where the first 3 did not. I believe the baby is eating a bit but it's hard to tell. ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |
Posted By: 08TRDOFFROAD
Date Posted: June 24 2013 at 8:15am
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Very Cool! I would be interested in purchasing a trio from you down the road if you have success rearing them to sub adulthood! |