The Banggai Rescue Project was founded in 2012 as an international, multidisciplinary effort to work toward a healthy future for the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni. Endemic to the Banggai Islands of Indonesia, this unique species has an Endangered designation on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List.
Official Publication of the Banggai Rescue Project, available first at MACNA 2013. Click for larger image.
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Lead organizers include CORAL Magazine and Reef to Rainforest Media, LLC, with scientific leadership from the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory and partnership with the Indonesian Nature Foundation, Yayasan LINI.
Goals of the project are to protect the species in its natural habitat, to encourage the implementation of sustainable fishery management, and to take pressure off wild stocks by fostering the development of captive breeding programs.
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SAM CASTORINA says:
MessageJustin l hau says:
The fish name is apistogramma borelli (blue face)Eloise Pilbeam says:
Hi, I have three of these fish in my 200l tank. Im worried that they will grow too large for a community tank. some websites say they grow to about 6". Do you have any experience seeing full sized adults ?? How large would you expect one to get? EloiseJeff Fortino says:
Bicolor Foxface (Siganus uspi)Nicolene palmer says:
Hi ive managed to breed the spoted manderin i currantly have about 28 babys some at the stadge of 48 day and the next at around 31 days old there are two batches in a holding tank of 10L. i do water changes every day and with the tank blacked out and a dim light so it can attract the rotifers they are doing well but noticed that some have yellow spots on there fin is it a concern or should i be doing it in a diffrent way? The older ones have started eating live brine shrimp.Clarence Green says:
Looks like a bunny fish