RainboWBacoN420
Fish Crazy
So my LFS job finally got a shipment of Scarlet Badis (Dario Dario) last Friday, and I took the opportunity to pick up two of them yesterday! I tried getting a male and a few females but I could only find one female out of about ten males.
I've spent so long and traveled to so many places to find these guys. But they're so tiny and doing pretty well in their new 15 gallon home. They live with a few cherry shrimp, they seem to peacefully co-exist with each other. The male though, seems a bit territorial at the moment, he's claimed the driftwood as his property and chases the female away to hide in the foliage of the cryptocoryne bushes.
These guys are classified as micro or nano fish, because they stay super small in size, anywhere from 12-20 mm.
A few times I've witnessed them swimming together, they're very finicky and often dart for every movement they make.
I let them acclimate for about an hour and a half using the drip method, when I allowed them entry into the 15 gallon, the male immediately went and hid behind the staurogyne and the female just kind of lingered below the surface, getting her bearings.
The female was actually more brave than the male, it only took a few minutes for her to become accustomed and swim up to me as I approached the tank.
I haven't attempted to feed them just yet. Mostly because I have a feeling they won't eat anything I try to feed them, at least for a while. However, they have been snacking on micro crustaceans, nematodes and other micro critters they can find. But later I'll attempt to feed them live flightless fruit flies. (try saying that 10 times fast). I can probably get away with feeding them frozen blood worms and/or brine shrimp. And maybe, just maybe they'll snack on the Omega One Micro Pellets. I must take extra precaution when feeding them, I've read that they develop obesity very easily, so I'm not quite too sure how I'll take this approach but I'll soon figure something out. As for now, there's plenty of micro creatures to peck at...
Still a lot of observations and learning to come when taking care of these guys. I've already done a lot of research on these guys before hand, but the internet lacks a lot of information and care reports for these little guys. Not sure if there's any information on these forums about Badis species, but if there already isn't I'll try to provide first hand observations for anyone that might be intrigued.
I've been having a problem posting pictures to the forums, but I will be adding photos as soon as I can.
As for now, I'll provide a simple image of the male and female I've pulled off the internet.
On the left is the male and on the right is the female.
I've spent so long and traveled to so many places to find these guys. But they're so tiny and doing pretty well in their new 15 gallon home. They live with a few cherry shrimp, they seem to peacefully co-exist with each other. The male though, seems a bit territorial at the moment, he's claimed the driftwood as his property and chases the female away to hide in the foliage of the cryptocoryne bushes.
These guys are classified as micro or nano fish, because they stay super small in size, anywhere from 12-20 mm.
A few times I've witnessed them swimming together, they're very finicky and often dart for every movement they make.
I let them acclimate for about an hour and a half using the drip method, when I allowed them entry into the 15 gallon, the male immediately went and hid behind the staurogyne and the female just kind of lingered below the surface, getting her bearings.
The female was actually more brave than the male, it only took a few minutes for her to become accustomed and swim up to me as I approached the tank.
I haven't attempted to feed them just yet. Mostly because I have a feeling they won't eat anything I try to feed them, at least for a while. However, they have been snacking on micro crustaceans, nematodes and other micro critters they can find. But later I'll attempt to feed them live flightless fruit flies. (try saying that 10 times fast). I can probably get away with feeding them frozen blood worms and/or brine shrimp. And maybe, just maybe they'll snack on the Omega One Micro Pellets. I must take extra precaution when feeding them, I've read that they develop obesity very easily, so I'm not quite too sure how I'll take this approach but I'll soon figure something out. As for now, there's plenty of micro creatures to peck at...
Still a lot of observations and learning to come when taking care of these guys. I've already done a lot of research on these guys before hand, but the internet lacks a lot of information and care reports for these little guys. Not sure if there's any information on these forums about Badis species, but if there already isn't I'll try to provide first hand observations for anyone that might be intrigued.
I've been having a problem posting pictures to the forums, but I will be adding photos as soon as I can.
As for now, I'll provide a simple image of the male and female I've pulled off the internet.
On the left is the male and on the right is the female.
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