Raising and breeding the banggai cardinalfish

[Kalib]

Came across this article on the web and would like to share it with those interested in raising and breeding the banggai cardinalfish.

http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca.us/Art...rini/marini.htm

[lona]

Just out of curiosity...does anyone know how to ###### the pyjama cardinal? Would it be similar to the Banggai or are there other attributes?

[FuEl]

Theorectically you should be able to ###### a male from a female by its larger head for brooding babies (or the other way round? not sure..)..but I guess it would be very difficult to do so..

Best if you purchase them in a group and hope for the best. A good number would be 5. That should increase the chances alot that you have at least a pair.

[lona]

hmm...will try to see if I can distinguish it that way...but they look really really similar ley..

my tank too small to have 5 inside lar...haha...I just bought two only...if and when I finally figure out how to ###### them, I might trade one if I find I have two of the same gender.

I was at the shop the other day looking at the show tank which had 5(I think) pyjamas in there...tried looking at the dorsal fin (for banggais the male has a longer dorsal fin), but all of them had roughly similar lengths of dorsal fins so I guess that may not be a reliable way.

[jc85]

Another breeding project, http://www.lovett.org/~ddalke/marine_proje...k_78/Index.html