Baby Copper Cardinal Fish

[Bongo Shrimp]

Here they are! This video is when they had just hatched. According to Matt Pedersen, this may be the first ever documented hatching of copper cards in captivity. Right now they are in a larva tank aka 5g bucket with larval rotifers for food and an air line for some water movement.. There are about 50-70 alive right now.


Be sure to watch in 1080HD!

YouTube- Copper Cardinal Fish Larvae

~1 minute old:


~1 day old:

[Tom@HaslettMI]

That is too cool. Glad to hear that they made the 24 hour mark. Impressive.

[Bongo Shrimp]

Thanks! Let's grow em up!

[Manoj's Reef]

Thats so cool and impressive.!!!!

[Bongo Shrimp]

Thanks! I really didn't think I'd get this far. [scratches head]

[Sir Patrick]

Congrats man!!! Keep up doin what your doin!! Sounds like its workin!!

[kgood1]

Fish babies are cool!

[Bongo Shrimp]

I will! I'm kinda in the dark since no one knows what to do for them. I'm a pioneer!

[demonclownfish]

DIBS! super cool man i hope they work out for you. actually seem quite a bit more fragile then baby banggai's.

[Bongo Shrimp]

Yeah, you can tell just by looking at them. Much smaller and helpless. Baby banggais could basically hatch and grow up in the display tank without doing anything. Not these guys, instant food for all.