Bangii Eggs

[spk]

I think that my Bangiis are going to be more than two very shortly. Well 20 - 28 days or so.

Here are both Bangiis. Not a very good picture but the best of the bunch.
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/mrMrsBangiiK.JPG

A close shot of the pair.
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/mrMrsBangiiK2.JPG

They have never strayed very far from each other in the couple of weeks that I have had them.

Here is the male, with what I hope is an extend jaw. I only spotted this late last night after the whites went out, so woll take more pictures tonight. Hence the black and white photo.
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/MrBangiiK.JPG

Any suggestions and help is greatly appreciated.

Steve

[Kev s]

Was there any signs of "carrying" by the female? Did she have a distended belly?

Good luck with them!!

Kev

[DAVE H]

hi, if the male has eggs he wont eat untill they are old enough to release this is asure sign he has a mouth full of eggs.if you have him a reef not many of the young may survive,i had the same trouble with mine but managed to net him before he released the fry,then grew the fry on in 20 litre buckets with just a heater & sponge filter hope this helps & good luck
dave :thumbsup:

[spk]

Thanks for your replies.

Arctic, unfortunately, I was away when a lot of this happened so I am not sure if the female was distended.

Dave, the male is not eating and has not done so for some time now. I can see him moving the egg ball around in his mouth so it sould prove interesting.

Hopefully, I will be getting 2 longspined urchins in the next week, just in time for the release. This should happen around the 4/6th December, so watch this space.

Thanks again

Steve

[danny]

Good luch with yours he looks like he has a mouthful :thumbsup: , my male has swallowed his on all 6 attemtps so far. He usually lasts for about 5 days andthen opts for the easy meal :wacko:

[DAVE H]

hi,i never used urchins i made my own large blob of milliput and lots of plastic tooth picks worked a treat & they dont upset your rock work :lol:

dave

[SuperBlades]

Originally posted by DAVE H@Nov 27 2005, 11:00
hi,i never used urchins i made my own large blob of milliput and lots of plastic tooth picks worked a treat & they dont upset your rock work :lol:

dave
Great idea. Will give it a go :thumbsup:

Nice work...

[spk]

Dave H,

Any chance of some photos, I am not sure which way to go yet. The live route or the milli route?

Where did you place it in your tank?

Steve

[DAVE H]

Originally posted by spk@Nov 28 2005, 09:30
Dave H,

Any chance of some photos, I am not sure which way to go yet. The live route or the milli route?

Where did you place it in your tank?

Steve
hi,i managed to catch the male before he released the fry in my reef tank,but the batches after that, the pair had been moved to a seperate tank i found that as soon as the female was ready to release her eggs again all the fry were eaten by the male.so this is where i used the artifical urchin all the fry would dart into it so i could net the fry & the milliput urchin together then remove them to 20 litre buckets to grow on.

[spk]

Thats cool thanks for the info.

Steve

[spk]

Well Folks,

It has been a while since I last updated.

The good news is that I ahve now got 6 babies swimming in the Sump. Was away at the time that they hatched so never saw them swimming in the Urchin :(

Here is a picture of the six at 6 days old.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/SKCardinalBabies6days.jpg

Here is a picture of three of them at 8 days. I still have all six, they were just not close in a group to take the picture.


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/slcardinalbabies8days.jpg

And then finally a single baby close up.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/skcardinalbaby8days.jpg

They live in the sump and are fed on Baby Brine Shrimp 4 times a day, but I feel that they are eating what there is available in the sump too.

Steve

[Pip]

Absolutely wonderful pics :D thanx for sharing
Pip

[spk]

Ok lots have happened since the last post.

All six from the previous batch have survived and doing very well.

Today the male released anther 8 little ones. Yes he was carrying 4 days after releasing the last lot.

Here are the new babies.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Baby%20batch%202.jpg

Steve

[Marc Foord]

nice one steve. great pics too.

once they get started, you'll find they'll often breed pretty much back to back as such

[markey]

spk

are you planing to sell on your littles ones when they get to decent size if so let me know :thanx: :thumbsup: