Last time with banggai cardinalfish. Help?

ichthyogeek · 12/22/2015, 05:19 PM

So it's my last time getting banggai cardinalfish. If I can't get this pair to live, then I'm 90% certain I'm going to swear off these fish. I bought this pair off of Diver's Den, so hopefully, they're somewhat healthy, but I'm worried because they're tiny. They look like they just hatched tbh. I've got calanus copepods, and will hatch brine shrimp over the next few days, but I'm really really really hoping that they'll take to the pellets I feed (NLS small fish formula/marine formula and Omega One mini pellets). No quarantine, they're going straight into the 55 display to reduce stress and so if they really do just eat live, then they'll be able to eat the baby mysids and copepods in the tank until they get big enough to eat whatever other frozen I can use. Any advice would be very greatfully appreciated. Medium experience in saltwater aquaria, except that I can just never get this species to live for very long....

heathlindner25 · 12/22/2015, 06:09 PM

" somewhat healthy and tiny" not really what I like to see when buying fish, one of the reasons I won't buy online. If it were me I would try turning off my flow and feeding oyster feast or something similar

3dees · 12/23/2015, 11:43 AM

a pair is not the best idea, unless they are a bonded pair. they will fight. why not just get one. my single bangaii has been in my tank for over two years. they are fine being alone. mine still refuses all pellets and flake. the only non frozen food it will eat is freeze dried blackworms, which he will pig out on.

12/22/2015, 05:19 PM	#1
ichthyogeek Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Arkansas Posts: 742	Last time with banggai cardinalfish. Help? So it's my last time getting banggai cardinalfish. If I can't get this pair to live, then I'm 90% certain I'm going to swear off these fish. I bought this pair off of Diver's Den, so hopefully, they're somewhat healthy, but I'm worried because they're tiny. They look like they just hatched tbh. I've got calanus copepods, and will hatch brine shrimp over the next few days, but I'm really really really hoping that they'll take to the pellets I feed (NLS small fish formula/marine formula and Omega One mini pellets). No quarantine, they're going straight into the 55 display to reduce stress and so if they really do just eat live, then they'll be able to eat the baby mysids and copepods in the tank until they get big enough to eat whatever other frozen I can use. Any advice would be very greatfully appreciated. Medium experience in saltwater aquaria, except that I can just never get this species to live for very long....

12/22/2015, 06:09 PM	#2
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	" somewhat healthy and tiny" not really what I like to see when buying fish, one of the reasons I won't buy online. If it were me I would try turning off my flow and feeding oyster feast or something similar

12/23/2015, 11:43 AM	#3
3dees Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 793	a pair is not the best idea, unless they are a bonded pair. they will fight. why not just get one. my single bangaii has been in my tank for over two years. they are fine being alone. mine still refuses all pellets and flake. the only non frozen food it will eat is freeze dried blackworms, which he will pig out on.