Bangaii Cardinal

[DamonB]

I purchased a bangaii cardinal last Friday from love the reef and i haven't seen him eat yet. I've fed Mysis and flakes without a nibble, he just floats in the bottom corner of my tank staring out. Is this normal?

 

[Cpage101]

Mine are most active in the evening. I usually feed then as to they are alleged nocturnal feeders


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[FishHead]

i believe wild caught can take a bit longer to eat. mine took about 3 weeks.
btw: any bangaii iv'e ever kept never ate flakes.. just the meat. try some live brine may get it started.

 

[frank180reef]

Did it eat at the store?

 

[DamonB]

Did it eat at the store?

I did not see them feed it as they were pretty busy with it being black friday and i forgot to ask.

 

[GROSSR]

I had a pair of cardinals, and the male did not eat for 2 weeks. Female went to mysis immediately. I eventually got them on flake and pellets. I was freaking out after a week. Eventually the male began to eat. I didn't think a fish could go that long without eating. Now I manually feed them only 1 time a week. Been doing that for almost a year now.

rich

 

[Paul B]

Forget flakes as they are not a good food for anything. Mysis are much better but you should feed bangai's something more meaty like clams. They grow a little over 3" long unfortunately their lifespan is about 3 years which isn't much for a fish that size.

 

[charged45]

Mine go crazy over live blackworms.

 

[ADOWG]

do any of you guys have a breeding pair of bangaiis?

 

[IPWitan]

Yes. And some point the male puts the babies in his mouth. At that point, he doesn't eat for 3 weeks, so it seems. He would just swim thru the food and torture himself...