View Full Version : Bangii babies in the overflow!!!!!!!!HELP!!!!!
jason sartain 02-26-2009, 8:15 AM I now have 10-12 bangii babies in my overflow and don't know what to do!!!!
How can I get these guys out with out hurting them?
Net?
Cup or bowl?
I want to try to raise them if I can so I don't want to harm them.
Notice the 1" PVC beside them,that tells you how tiny they are!!!!
twistoflime 02-26-2009, 8:19 AM I would say that cup would be your best bet. Good luck!
Diane
Barbara 02-26-2009, 8:48 AM Well, whenever I have a fish in the overflow, I yank the durso out. The siphon effect usually sucks them right down the drain. Put your drain pipe in a 5G bucket to catch the water and fish. Since those babies are so small, I don't know how they'd fare coming through the drain like that, but it's how I get my stubborn wrasses out and it works every time. I've never had a fatality.
Jason, PM sent.... I have used a 1/2" hose and siphoned them out of my tank in the past and they were fine. Put some water in the container before you start the siphon to catch them. Oh, and try not to swallow any.
Z
jason sartain 02-26-2009, 9:03 AM Thanks BOBZ,I was doing that when you called me!They all made it just fine and I have 11 Babbie's in there new 5gal home.
jason sartain 02-26-2009, 9:05 AM Good idea but my main return pipe is 2" PVC plumbed into my sump.I siphoned them out and they look good.Well, whenever I have a fish in the overflow, I yank the durso out. The siphon effect usually sucks them right down the drain. Put your drain pipe in a 5G bucket to catch the water and fish. Since those babies are so small, I don't know how they'd fare coming through the drain like that, but it's how I get my stubborn wrasses out and it works every time. I've never had a fatality.
Linda Lee 02-26-2009, 10:12 AM Congrats!!!
Please keep us posted on how the young'uns do.
Derek_S 02-26-2009, 10:24 AM I was about to say maybe they could just stay in the overflow? They'd be safe and sound, and you could feed them in there. Like a built in breeder tank!
jason sartain 02-26-2009, 10:28 AM I thought about that but I always get peppermint shrimp out of there and I didn't know if they would eat them or not.Also All the baby brine I will have to feed them would just go down the stand pipes I think.I was about to say maybe they could just stay in the overflow? They'd be safe and sound, and you could feed them in there. Like a built in breeder tank!
jason sartain 02-26-2009, 10:30 AM Will do,I'll start another thread later and post pics with them in there new home with there surrogate unrcin.Congrats!!!
Please keep us posted on how the young'uns do.
Derek_S 02-26-2009, 10:46 AM I thought about that but I always get peppermint shrimp out of there and I didn't know if they would eat them or not.Also All the baby brine I will have to feed them would just go down the stand pipes I think.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Do you hatch your BB? I have found frozen BB at a LFS, and the anthias show some interest in it. Not as much as I'd like...
I think the newly born cardinals need to trigger the hunt/prey instint to start feeding so live works best in my limited experience.
Linda Lee 02-26-2009, 11:03 AM I was about to say maybe they could just stay in the overflow? They'd be safe and sound, and you could feed them in there. Like a built in breeder tank!
There would always be the chance though that they could travel further than the overflow. My newborn moved from the display into the overflow then down into the skimmer chamber (which, thankfully, happened to be turned off), then over the baffles and into 'fuge. Luckily, I happened to spot him before he went over the next baffles and into the return chamber, or he may have gotten chewed up by the return pump.
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