Banggai courtship

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Originally Posted by porter_painter

just leave them alone

nature will take it's course when and if it feels like it.

fwiw my breeding pair spend very little time swimming as a pair, but have produced countless offspring.

also, if (and it's a big if) they breed, leave the babies alone as well. don't be netting them or trying to move them until they're at least an inch or you'll just end up killing most of them

I net my baby bangaii cardinals one by one as soon as they leave their dad's mouth and transfer them to a nursery tank.

Casualty rates have been VERY low so far. I netted a total of 23 babies on two different occasions in this way and lost only 2 so far.

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