Overview
The Banggai Cardinalfish is an excellent aquarium species, strikingly handsome and easy to keep, even for beginners. In smaller aquariums, it is best kept singly, as males will fight each other to the death if closely confined.
Mating pairs may become aggressive to tankmates, especially in smaller community settings. In a spacious community aquarium or a species tank, they are eyecatching and ideal reef fishes.
Family: Apogonidae
Other common name(s):
Highfin Cardinal
Native range:
Sulawesi
Indonesia
Habitat: Open sandy bottom with seagrass beds, in bays or near reef. Associates with Long-spined Sea Urchins (Diadema setosum).
Maximum length: 7.5 cm (3 in)
Minimum aquarium size: 57 L (15 gal)
Water: Marine 24.4 °C (298 K, 76 °F) - 26.6 °C (300 K, 80 °F)
General swimming level: Mid-level
The Banggai Cardinalfish is an excellent aquarium species, strikingly handsome and easy to keep, even for beginners. In smaller aquariums, it is best kept singly, as males will fight each other to the death if closely confined.
Mating pairs may become aggressive to tankmates, especially in smaller community settings. In a spacious community aquarium or a species tank, they are eyecatching and ideal reef fishes.
Family: Apogonidae
Other common name(s):
Highfin Cardinal
Native range:
Sulawesi
Indonesia
Habitat: Open sandy bottom with seagrass beds, in bays or near reef. Associates with Long-spined Sea Urchins (Diadema setosum).
Maximum length: 7.5 cm (3 in)
Minimum aquarium size: 57 L (15 gal)
Water: Marine 24.4 °C (298 K, 76 °F) - 26.6 °C (300 K, 80 °F)
General swimming level: Mid-level
Feeding
Carnivore. Offer meaty foods, including chopped seafood, adult brine shrimp, mysis shrimp and frozen preparations for carnivores. Live foods will help condition and help stimulate breeding behaviors.
[edit] Aquarium Compatibility
Easy to keep. Serious squabbles may occur in groups of Banggai Cardinals if housed in smaller tanks. A school may require a large tank (100 gal. or more).
[edit] Breeding/Propagation
Mouthbrooder. Male carries eggs in his oral cavity and does not eat for a period of several weeks. Fry emerge fully pigmented and ready to eat baby brine shrimp (Artemia nauplii). Parents will eat young if they are not separated quickly.
See this article by Dr. Frank Marini for an account of early success breeding the Banggai Cardinal: Banggai Breeding I.
See also Matthew Wittenrich's Breeder's Guide to Marine Fishes (Microcosm/TFH 2007) for a full account of how to breed this and other cardinalfishes.
[edit] Notes
May be overfished in its remote wild range. Author Denise Tackett reports that a fish collector in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, has released this species and it seems to be thriving and spreading.
Buy captive-bred specimens if available.
Reference: 101 Best Saltwater Fishes Image credit: AJN Text credit: SWM
Originally introduced to the aquarium hobby by Dr. Gerald Allen, who "rediscovered" the species in a remote area of Indonesia in 1995 with underwater photographer Roger Steene.
Facts about Banggai CardinalfishRDF feed
Common name
Banggai Cardinalfish +, and Highfin Cardinal +
Family
Apogonidae +
Genus
Pterapogon +
Image credit
AJN +
Maximum length
3 in +
Minimum aquarium size
15 gal +
Native range
Sulawesi +, and Indonesia +
Reference
101 Best Saltwater Fishes +
Specific name
kauderni +
Swimming level
Mid-level +
Text credit
SWM +
Water max temp
300 K (27 °C, 80 °F) +
Water min temp
298 K (24 °C, 76 °F) +
Water type
Marine +
Retrieved from "http://en.microcosmaquariumexplorer.com/wiki/Banggai_Cardinalfish"
Category: Species
Carnivore. Offer meaty foods, including chopped seafood, adult brine shrimp, mysis shrimp and frozen preparations for carnivores. Live foods will help condition and help stimulate breeding behaviors.
[edit] Aquarium Compatibility
Easy to keep. Serious squabbles may occur in groups of Banggai Cardinals if housed in smaller tanks. A school may require a large tank (100 gal. or more).
[edit] Breeding/Propagation
Mouthbrooder. Male carries eggs in his oral cavity and does not eat for a period of several weeks. Fry emerge fully pigmented and ready to eat baby brine shrimp (Artemia nauplii). Parents will eat young if they are not separated quickly.
See this article by Dr. Frank Marini for an account of early success breeding the Banggai Cardinal: Banggai Breeding I.
See also Matthew Wittenrich's Breeder's Guide to Marine Fishes (Microcosm/TFH 2007) for a full account of how to breed this and other cardinalfishes.
[edit] Notes
May be overfished in its remote wild range. Author Denise Tackett reports that a fish collector in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, has released this species and it seems to be thriving and spreading.
Buy captive-bred specimens if available.
Reference: 101 Best Saltwater Fishes Image credit: AJN Text credit: SWM
Originally introduced to the aquarium hobby by Dr. Gerald Allen, who "rediscovered" the species in a remote area of Indonesia in 1995 with underwater photographer Roger Steene.
Facts about Banggai CardinalfishRDF feed
Common name
Banggai Cardinalfish +, and Highfin Cardinal +
Family
Apogonidae +
Genus
Pterapogon +
Image credit
AJN +
Maximum length
3 in +
Minimum aquarium size
15 gal +
Native range
Sulawesi +, and Indonesia +
Reference
101 Best Saltwater Fishes +
Specific name
kauderni +
Swimming level
Mid-level +
Text credit
SWM +
Water max temp
300 K (27 °C, 80 °F) +
Water min temp
298 K (24 °C, 76 °F) +
Water type
Marine +
Retrieved from "http://en.microcosmaquariumexplorer.com/wiki/Banggai_Cardinalfish"
Category: Species
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