Rich Ross

Obey the fist

Watch the heartbeat of Banggai cardinalfish still in their eggs

Richard Ross captured some great close-up video footage of tiny Banggai cardinalfish still in their eggs. Normally the male holds the eggs in his mouth; however the male spit most of his eggs a couple days prior so these were stripped shortly thereafter.

https://vimeo.com/84739968

For more about breeding these fish check this out – https://packedhead.net/2008/breeding-the-banggai-cardinalfish/

Rich is co host of the irreverent Reef Beef Podcast, the podcast that is like hanging out in the conference hotel lounge on Saturday night after the show has closed for the day. See and listen on youtube or any podcast source.


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