Tank Size for Bangaii's

[Ocean Singer]

I'm gonna try breed some bangaii's, my birthday is in 2 days, so I'm gonna ask for a tank then :) what size tank do you think I should use for only the 2 of em? I was thinking 25-33, any coments? (I already have a 29g that I can use, I would like to use that the most, that way I can get something else for my b-day :))

[FishinInTheDark]

The minimum recommended size for Kaudern's cardinalfish is 30 gallons. You could get by with a pair in the 29, if you didn't let the water perameters slip at all. You wouldn't want to do that if you want the fry to survive, anyway.

[Doctor_Reef]

Ditto's !

[Ocean Singer]

I've decided to use a 55g :) I 'm gonna make it a bangai tank/refugium :)

Sounds great! Are you getting a pair or are you going to get several and allow 2 to pair up and get rid of the rest?

[Doctor_Reef]

Wow...that ought to give you plenty of room... and I have the same question as Imaexpat2?

[Ocean Singer]

yeah, I think I'm gonna do that, the people at my lfs are really cool, they'll let me do that, and then give my store credit for what I paid for the others, I'm thinking of putting in around 5-6 to begin with, is that a good number? also, I heard that you can make them school if you have 10+ of em, I'd need a 75g for that around yeah?

[Geoffrey3029]

Well I read in a fish breeding book the best odds of pairing up 2 fish is 8 in the tank. But in my opinion 6 should work fine