Dario dario, scarlet badis, badis bengalensis

[Go-Big]

Does anyone have or had these fish? Im looking to add these to a community tank. Any help tips?6357

[Big G]

They are all territorial, so you won't have many to a tank with out lots of nooks and cranneys for them to hide/habituate!

They are also very very fussy about water parameters, and may not acclimatise well, even if the water quality is perfect. They just don't do too well. Once acclimatised though, they should be good?

Cheers
G!

[freerider]

I have seen 3 juvis at a LPS in a litle town outside malmesbury they where marked badis badis at R65 each.

[Go-Big]

Correct. These are also marked incorrect as badis badis. R35. Only males, the females are dull in comparison so they are seldom imported.

[Vis]

I have 4 at the moment in my betta tank. They are tiny so territory not a real issue. The flare at each other but never see fighting.

Single biggest problem is feeding. With lot of effort I trained them to eat frozen bloodworm.
They do not touch prepared food.

[Go-Big]

Got something off the net and see thay are fuzzy eaters. I might let these pass. Got 6 nice galaxy rasboras today and also saw a Peckoltia i would like.

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Thanks Vis for that confirmation.

[Vis]

Our LPS have them marked Scarlet Gem R16

[Gert Combrink]

Dario Dario Dario, is the correct name. Although they are called Dario dario, scarlet badis, badis bengalensis, one should not confuse them with the other Badis badis.
I have about 8 of them, and I desperately need some females! Females are rare and dull.
They are predators and prefer live food, like BBS and Daphnia.
Anyone know where I can find some females?

[AquaS]

These guys are tiny even when fully grown. The males have stunning colours, but like Gert said finding females is a problem. The males can be very territorial and dominate each other in many ways, sometimes in ways you cannot really fisically see. This causes stress to the males with a "lower rank" which make them loose colour, often stop eating and eventually die.

Even though they are tiny fish do not put a lot of males together in a small tank. This will cause stress among them. They need good water quality. Like other people also mentioned they are very fussy eaters. They prefer live food and the type of food needs to be small enough for them to eat. So if you cannot supply them with live food daily, do not consider these fish. This also causes a problem when you want to go on holiday and somebody else needs to feed your fish, so keep this in mind as well.

@ Go Big Well done for first doing your homework before buying these fish.

[Go-Big]

Yes AquaS, i have decided not to take them, and putting them is a species tank would be futile since no females are available. Just hope that whom ever buys them also first do there home work.

Thank for al the input guys and helping me to make a informed decision.

[danielb]

I have 2 males in a community tank with several other fish including a betta, 2 small gouramis & 5 pencilfish and they seem to be doing fine. They love frozen brine shrimp if you don't want to feed them live food. If anyone knows where to get females I would like to know... :)

[rjk]

Anybody heard of females yet? would also really like some. Got 2 males in community tank. they seem to eat some organism that lives in my moss. Had them for a while now with no problems to surface. Just a lack of females. Is there no one that has bred with them or is breeding? There can't be no females...?

[Naomi]

Hi Go-Big I've got 6 males, and they are super little fish! Not to difficult if you keep them in the right conditions, mine unfortunatly only eat live (brine and dapnia) .... but I'm sure if I put more time into it one can get them to take frozen.
O yes, females please..... if they do exist :cool:
So if you seriously want to keep them they do better in a species only tank, or with other non-competitive fish, as they are really small and can be out competed for food. Oh, and I keep them in soft low ph water.

[Vis]

Hi

I taught mine to eat prepared food. I have a small patch of moss and I let some very fine food fall into this. I often see them eating in this little patch.