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Old 01/01/2005, 07:32 PM
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FS: Bangaii Cardinals

Hi, anybody interested in captive bred bangaii cardinals? Here's the

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Old 01/01/2005, 09:24 PM
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Old 01/02/2005, 12:24 AM
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Thank you Jim.

Captive bred fish are a critical part of this hobby. Especially the Banggai Cardinals, which are magnificent little creatures.

Any idea how to sex them? I have one from Mona from a long time ago, and I wouldn't want conflict if I got another baby.
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Old 01/02/2005, 02:42 AM
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Jake, from what I've read, it's darn near impossible to sex them until the male has carried, then you can "mark" him as a male through his individual marking/s.

I was shocked that ~700,000 of this fish were bought in the 2000-2001 time period. That number has got to make a dent on the reef population and the food chain balance.

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Old 01/05/2005, 12:30 PM
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Jim,
How are things?

I may need a Pair in the future when is the next batch due?


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Old 01/05/2005, 02:52 PM
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Welll Jim hopefully with people like you there can be less of a dent to the reefs. I've always wanted 1 or 2 of those as well, how big do they get? And did you find new genes to breed with or are you still a few generations inbred?
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Old 01/05/2005, 11:27 PM
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Rene - I'm taking a break, going to visit the islands next month for 3 weeks. My breeding pair isn't pregnant right now, so if they decide to have babies while I'm out, it's survival of the fittest.

Last batch was in-tank, only 1 survived. (I'm keeping him!)

Mike, they grow to about silver dollar size; no, not the new dollar coin that resembles a quarter, old "casino" model

Unfortunately, I wasn't equipped to use Platapus' babies for breeding, so they went to JoeMack and Akacable. In a couple of months I should have tank space to try breeding another pair; this time it will not be siblings. The pair I have right now are from Undergrad of Davis.

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