Monday, March 2, 2009

Banggai Batch No. 6?

I've lost count on how many times my Banggai Cardinal pair have released batches of babies. With the first batch, I was able to rear one fish. After that, they seemed to have been eaten by the mother or the Timor Wrasse (a suspect which is no longer present). Today, so far, five brave fish left their daddy to take a gulp of air for their air bladders. As they did so, they either got swept away and ended up in the sump, or I netted them. One was just getting comfortable around a Frogspawn coral where two Ocellaris Clowns reside. Two of them were injured because they got caught in the filter sock. And, one of them died instantly; I must have squashed it during the rescue attempt. There are several more babies still waiting to come out, but I hope they do it on my watch. Otherwise, they may easily become fish food for the larger fish in my reef tank.

Here's one of the babies that I've moved to the refugium. They seem a little more mature this time around.

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