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Pajama Cardinalfish eggs

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melev
, 03-06-2012 at 08:00 AM (4076 Views)
I've had a group of five Pajama Cardinal fish in my reef now for about 9 months, I believe. They don't move about much, but at night they seem to be on the prowl. These are nocturnal fish, not unlike Bengaii Cardinalfish (wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banggai_cardinalfish ).

The difference between the males and the females is the shape of the jawline. The males have a dump-truck like jaw, and can carry babies in their mouth until they are ready to release. I've been watching mine for a while, and had a feeling they were carrying. Yesterday, I got the camera out and hoped to get some proof.





I've never tried to raise fish before, and don't even know how I would go about it with these fish in a 400g reef. However, I think it would be fun to try so if you have input and suggestions, I may be motivated to give it a shot. I've heard some hold the fish by the tail and shake it so the eggs fall out into a settling tank. I wonder if I could even catch the fish in the first place.

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  1. yankieman's Avatar
    I dont think shaking the eggs out would be a good idea simply because of the stress it would cause the fish, the only way IMO would be to somehow catch the fish and put them in a small tank till he drops the babies , then you will need rotefers to feed to start out with , and I think with bangie cards they use a spiney urchen for the babies to hide in but im not sure as to the pajama cards but since they are of the same family I would think their spawning to baby activities would be close to the same ,, if you try good luck !! it is always rewarding to raise a batch of babies to adult hood..
  2. Deanb's Avatar
    When i used to raise mouth brooding cichlids i would take the fish out of the water, CAREFULLY open the mouth with a safety pin, then place the fish in water and let the fry swim out.