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- Website: Banggai-Rescue.com
Pledge $10 or more
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Your name will be listed on the official project website as a supporter, and you will receive email notifications of updates to the official expedition and book blog. You will also receive a handwritten postcard from the expedition team while they are in Indonesia.
Estimated delivery: May 2012Pledge $25 or more
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Along with the above rewards, your name will be included in the book as a supporter. You will also receive a pack of six Banggai cardinalfish notecards created by the team's scientific illustrator.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $50 or more
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In addition to the above rewards, you will receive a copy of the e-book version of the book and a signed copy of CORAL Magazine featuring an article about the expedition.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $75 or more
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In addition to all the rewards listed above, you will also receive your choice of either 1) a matted, limited edition print by expedition scientific illustrator Karen Talbot, or 2) a matted, limited edition photographic print taken by Ret Talbot on the expedition.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $100 or more
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You will receive the rewards listed above, but instead of an ebook, you will receive a softcover copy of the book at the $100 pledge level.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $250 or more
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You will receive all the rewards associated with the $100 pledge level, but instead of a softcover book, you will receive a signed and personally dedicated hardcover copy of the book. In addition, you will receive both a matted, limited edition print by expedition scientific illustrator Karen Talbot AND a matted, limited edition photographic print taken on the expedition by Ret Talbot.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $500 or more
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At this level, in addition to all the rewards associated with the $250 level, you will receive a framed, limited edition giclee print of a Banggai Cardinalfish by the expedition's scientific illustrator, Karen Talbot. Your name will also appear in a special dedication in the front of the book.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $1,000 or more
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You will receive all of the $500 pledge level rewards, but your framed, limited edition giclee will be remarqued with a hand-drawn pencil sketch, making it a more personalized and valuable collector's item. In addition, expedition scientific illustrator Karen Talbot will draw a sketch of a Banggai Cardinalfish in the front of your hardcover edition of the book.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $2,500 or more
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At this level, you will receive an original Karen Talbot Art painting of a Banggai cardinalfish created for this project instead of a remarqued limited edition giclee. You will receive all the rest of the $1000 pledge level rewards.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $5,000 or more
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In addition to all of the rewards associated with the $2500 pledge level, one of the book's co-authors will travel anywhere in the continental United States to do a presentation about the expedition and book to a group of your friends or to an organization of your choosing. You will also receive two softcover copies of the book.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $10,000 or more
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At the highest pledge level, you will receive all the rewards described at the $5000 pledge level, but instead of just one of the co-authors coming to you, both Matt Pedersen and Ret Talbot will travel to you (anywhere in the continental United States) to give a group of your friends or an organization of your choosing a comprehensive presentation about the project!
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
Creator Richard Hilgers, The Cultured Reef on June 18, 2012
Sexing Banggai Cardinals before mating is impossible as far as I know. Upon mating the male engulfs the egg mass and holds them through embryo development, past wiggler stage, until the fully developed young are just too much for the him to contain, approximately 30 days. I’ve never had any luck with Banggais eating flake food. They prefer a meaty food. I use specific brands, PE Mysis (a freshwater Mysis shrimp) and Hikhari brand frozen brine shrimp. I buy the 16oz flat packs and melt booth packages, mix them together, add a couple of squirts of Vita Chem liquid vitamins and a bit of tank water. I package it into small plastic jars and freeze.
An update on my breeding pair... the male is now holding the third set of eggs. The first two were consumed or otherwise disposed of. I think because of continuously being frightened by my peering into the aquarium. I covered the pains of glass with card board and this time we are nine days into the incubation period and he is still holding. It’s difficult to see if the eggs have hatched but I suspect they have. Of course I’ve separated the female to her own aquarium. I’ll know more in a few days as the fry grow and begin to show at the edges of the male’s mouth. Stay tuned.
Creator Ross Wimmersberger on June 18, 2012
As a former breeder of the Banggai in captivity (75g reef), I would love to start up again in my new reef. I have 2 fish but have never been great at sexing them, do you have any advice or pictures to help out? When first introduced they wanted nothing to do with eachother but now they are usually pretty close. They are still pretty young too, the bod of them is still only about a nickle..Would also like flake food recommendations on what you have found they like?
Creator Richard Hilgers, The Cultured Reef on April 6, 2012
Thanks Matt,
I witnessed him eject the eggs out roll them and promptly suck them back in. Really cool stuff. One of the “secrets” to being successful long term with Banggai Cardinals is to separate the male and female right away. After the fry are free of the male, he needs to be conditioned for about two weeks BEFORE re-introducing them together. The male does not eat during incubation (30 days) so is not in any condition to HOLD eggs again. He needs rest and recuperation. If they are left together, or introduced too soon, the female is ready and the male, out of instinct and obligation, will breed almost immediately from the coaxing, flirtatious behavior of the female. It is my belief that beginner breeders fail to observe this and suffer failure and discouragement because of it. All fish breeding require dedication to the tasks at hand. I’m setting up a 20 gallon to receive the male in a day or two. It will be hooked up in-line with my whole system so no need for cycling or acclimation. When the fry are released for good, I’ll catch him and condition him up for another breeding.
Creator Matt Pedersen on April 5, 2012
Congrats Rich - keep me posted on how they go for you :) I'm hoping you're one of the lucky ones who finds this species a piece-of-cake, and not a challenge to master.
Creator Richard Hilgers, The Cultured Reef on April 5, 2012
Wooohoo! Woke up this am to a male Banggai holding eggs.
Creator Matt Pedersen on April 2, 2012
Just wanted to post a note of thanks for everyone who has committed to backing our project thus far.
Also wanted to post a note of clarification - several people have wished me luck on "my trip to Banggai" - while flattered, I am not part of the science team. For a myriad of reasons, we've not yet been able to publicly disclose the identities of the science team at this time. Yes, there are more than 4 people involved in this project, and out of the publicly named team members to date, only Ret Talbot will be headed to Banggai (with the PhDs)!
Creator Ian Springer on March 30, 2012
That will work well enough. Printed and posted one at my LFS and at the break room at work.
Creator Matt Pedersen on March 28, 2012
Ian, right off the bat, I know we have a on-page press release on our Media Support page - http://www.banggai-rescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Banggai-Rescue-Media-Release.pdf - this may not be exactly what you're looking for however. I'll see if I can get something more appropriate as a promotional flyer mocked up soon.
Creator Ian Springer on March 28, 2012
Could you have whoever your resident graphics person make a downloadable pdf file perchance? My LFS is willing to let me put up a flyer or two in support of the project.
As my Cardinal juveniles are a bit too young to use this would also help source some more mature captive bred livestock, assuming the flyer mentions this. You could also raffle off/give away the prototype poster design file if there's any interest in it.
Keep up the good work too!
Creator Matt Pedersen on March 18, 2012
Ian, of course I would consider captive bred fish for broodstock in the small scale breeding portion of this project.
There are some pitfalls however - the first is age of the available stock. If it is young, several months from sexual maturity at this time, it simply won't work in the project's proposed timeline. The other concerns include using sibling fish to start a breeding program (you start off inbreeding on the very first generation), as well as whether the breeder in question is capable of safely shipping fish from point A to point B. I'll send you a message with my email to discuss this further, thanks! - Matt Pedersen
Creator Ian Springer on March 17, 2012
Would you consider using some amateur aquarium owners for breeding stock? I have a friend who breeds Cardinals surprisingly successfully in a 150 gallon reef aquarium. He's where my stock came from as a matter of fact. I have only had one successful spawning in my tank unfortunately, too many predators in mine.