Your species profiles are fantastic, super thorough, and I really appreciate the behavioral observations! Great to see the female and the subdominant male together to easily see the difference. Great video! 🙂👍👍
Thanks very much Tara. Real nice of you to make those observations about my videos. I tend to think about what I want from a video and do my best to achieve that so your comments really do mean a lot.
Dear Daniel: When I noticed that you keep Dario dario, I was hopeful you would do a species profile on this, lovely fish. I must say I am very impressed. You are doing an amazing job of keeping yours heathy and happy and I love the setup. Thank you for producing this, interesting and informative video. Your, camera work and dialogue are superb. All my best, Sincerely, E. J. Brinegar
After getting 5 yesterday I went back and got the last 6 from the shop, i also built a hotel for them from round pebbles and planted the tank with vallis then fed them live bloodworm, they seem quite happy after a feed tho, cheers again, good video, real informative
These fish are probably one of my favourite fish despite never owning them before 😂 Nice profile review! Gonna head back to this video when I eventually get some
What a great spotlight! I've kept these before, but have faced a couple of challenges. - you are bang on with pH parameters. My water is about 8 in the tank and the Badis I had were nowhere near as red and vibrant as yours. They only lasted about a year. Not for harder water. -feeding. They just seem to get out-competed for food. A dedicated tank is better for these. They hang around the bottom quarter of the tank, but mine wouldn't eat food once it hit the substrate (yours seem to) Really great looking and entertaining fish.
Thanks very much Andreas. My water is soft which makes it hard to know how they'll react to harder water so thanks for adding that and the other points from your experience of keeping them. I normally drop the food in front of the filter return so the current spreads it about. Otherwise the Rasbora would no doubt gobble up most of it before it makes it's way to the lower level. Plus I must admit I have a tenancy to over compensate and feed heavier that I should which is not necessarily advisable. I find if they see the food moving or wiggling they're quite happy to grab it from the substrate but once it's out of sight it's out of mind.
Thanks for all the info. And pictures to show what you mean. Very helpful for me to work out if my 2 “females” are in fact a pair of dominated males. I have 3 and one is very definitely male.
I work with dogs, so the term prey drive gets thrown around a lot. First time hearing it in fish keeping lol. Love it. They remind me of the elasoma Gilberty I keep in fl
Ah mate I hope they become available near you at some point. Such a great little fish. Smaller than the fish you normally keep but much bigger in personality than their small stature.
Very beautiful the scarlet badis tiny predators are so interesting when they hunt, I wonder if scuds would make a good food for them?? Stunning tank Daniel🙂👍🏻
I own two of these, they are super duper hardy. I "lost" one of them, didn't see him for like a month only to turn up later. Probably got stuck in its cave or something, I thought he died somewhere. He was super skinny but once he ate some worm he got back to normal in like 3 days. Also there was that time when one of them "choke" on worm, somehow he managed to hunt an oversized worm that had grown inside the tank. He swam upside down and I tried to pull the worm unsuccessfully, but a moment later he managed to swallowed everything. Both of them are still going strong now, I'll be owning them for exactly one year next month. I like how the dynamic between the two, the position of the dominant male changed several times between them. I want more but unfortunately they are super hard to find and it's impossible to get a female.
Fantastic video, thanks! I read somewhere they like black water, haven't found anything confirming that. Should I put leaf litter in the tank? I'm putting mopani wood in as well (but it seasoned).
Thank you. Yeah I'd say they'd appreciate that. I'd maybe build it up slowly if you already have them or acclimate them slowly if you're just getting them and adding them to you black water tank but I think they'll appreciate that for sure.
@@DanielKeepingFish Okay thanks! Im a longtime fish keeper, have had these fish in the past (and present) but never heard they like leaf litter! Is there any way I could buy a female from you?
Thanks very much Alison. Definitely a fish worth trying at some point for anyone who enjoys smaller fish. Long as feeding live food isn't an issue right enough.
@@DanielKeepingFish had the issue of feeding with the peacock gudgeon. Was bit of a challenge getting them to eat other stuff. I'll maybe ask tropco as saw the scarlet badis on their site.
@@alisonnicholson yeah they have the Scarlet and the Blue just now and a listing for females. As I said it's hard to tell when they're so young but that's where I got mine. I ordered six and three of them are definitely female, I don't think the other three are.
I have one Badis ...he's definitely a super predator. Just watching him hunt, and his tactics is like watching a stalker in action. Feed live food. BBS works well. They won't eat flake. They are hunters!
Mine had a peculiar behavior. Very nutty around feeding time. Seemed to prefer frozen brine shrimp. Got extremely stressed if not given the 'right' stuff, up to the point of jumping out of the tank. Returned safely (so I thought) to the tank. After 48 hours, disappeared - not sure what happened to it(maybe some of the shrimp murdered him in his sleep 🙂). In my mind, I have a nagging feeling this fish committed some kind of suicide. Realy crazy attitude.
Oh wow I'm sorry to hear that. A lot of fish could be considered jumpers but these would be way down that list for me. I guess there are exceptions to every rule.
Hi mate. Great video. Very helpful. Couple of questions. Would they still exhibit the same behaviour with the 😮other badis. Also, are they ok as a single or should get a few. Cheers mate
Honestly I haven't kept them with other Badis so I couldn't say 100% but I'd imagine so yes. Often fish do better in groups but going on how territorial they are and that they generally only interact with other male to intimidate them away from their patch I'd say you could keep one on it's own fine.
@@DanielKeepingFish Yea colors are really popping since he got acclimated, beautiful, been in the hobby for a very long time, never came across these for some reason
3:23 I have two of these and one stays down below and one likes to stay up top near the floating plants. Every now and then they well be together but they like to be separate
The tiger badis I have deen on the internet have been dark vibrant orange with fark black diagonal stripes or checkerboard on their ides. qith blue/white highlights on the dorsal and ventral fins.
Some people have got them to eat frozen and even dry but it's tricky. They have a strong predatory drive so I think seeing the food move appeals to them.
Lovely fish. Would they be suitable for a 125 L tank with 5 garra flavatra, a retarded betta and 15 cpd. heavy planted and lot's of wood and stone structure. I have 900L/ h filter
9x turnover seem a lot for these little fish but if they can find dead spots in the scape and plants and your Betta is doing fine with that much flow they could be okay. They'll be fine with the CPDs. The Panda Gara can be a bit boisterous but I've found that's generally in terms of wanting their own space and if other fish give them that they're generally okay. It's the Betta I'd be most worried about. It'll be a 50/50 depending on the personality of your Betta but again if they've got plenty of hiding spaces and places to get away from that fish it might be worth trying it with a back up plan in place. The challenge I feel you'll have is feeding them. They do much prefer smaller live food but maybe a turkey baster as a delivery system could be your friend here.
@@DanielKeepingFish thank you so much for responding. i desided to get some bigger fish and sell the cpd. Got the betta in another tank aswell. Do you have any fun fish that are around 10 cm that would be fun with garra
My favorite fish. Finally found a female that I bread and I now have 7 females, waiting for a few of the others to grow to sex them. Time to set up a few more tanks to breed.
Your species profiles are fantastic, super thorough, and I really appreciate the behavioral observations! Great to see the female and the subdominant male together to easily see the difference. Great video! 🙂👍👍
Thanks very much Tara. Real nice of you to make those observations about my videos. I tend to think about what I want from a video and do my best to achieve that so your comments really do mean a lot.
Great footage mate. It is nice to see a care guide by someone who has experience keeping the fish.
Thank you very much GV. That's super kind man.
amazing little fish so beautifull the colour is striking lovely video
Thanks. Yeah they're a real gem hey. Great for people wanting to set up a smaller tank too.
I never seen this beauty before! clear footage and great info on them Daniel!
Thanks bud. They're worth spending a bit more effort on. 👍
Dear Daniel:
When I noticed that you keep Dario dario, I was hopeful you would do a species profile on this, lovely fish. I must say I am very impressed. You are doing an amazing job of keeping yours heathy and happy and I love the setup.
Thank you for producing this, interesting and informative video. Your, camera work and dialogue are superb.
All my best,
Sincerely,
E. J. Brinegar
Thank you very much E. J. I really appreciate your comments. Makes me feel great about the video I made bud.
Nice guide, very useful and informative! I always wanted to get some. Thank you for sharing! 👌
Do it! You'll love them.
Beautiful Specimens, thanks for sharing🙂 LIKE#55
Thanks Fishlaw. They're pretty cool hey.
Beautiful fish that I hope to attempt keeping one day. Thanks for the info and vid!
You'll love them! Such a cool fish.
Beautiful fish and lots of info on them thanks for sharing
Thanks very much Ness.
Lovely little 🐟
After getting 5 yesterday I went back and got the last 6 from the shop, i also built a hotel for them from round pebbles and planted the tank with vallis then fed them live bloodworm, they seem quite happy after a feed tho, cheers again, good video, real informative
Hi Daniel! Your Dario dario scarlet (Ex Badis badis) are wonderful! Thanks for this information and breeding experiences.
Thank you mate. I really love them. Great wee fish.
These fish are probably one of my favourite fish despite never owning them before 😂
Nice profile review! Gonna head back to this video when I eventually get some
Ah glad you liked it. Would definitely recommend giving then a go at some point. They don't disappoint.
Very informative and well filmed video - subscribed 👍
Thanks very much. Glad you liked it. They're pretty cool fish hey.
Awesome vid! Love the combo with emerald danios
Thanks man. Yeah it works really well. Didn't know that till I tried it but often the way hey. Long as there's a back up plan worth a stab hey.
Beutiful fish! I've never seen them before. Thanks for bringing them to our attention. With the information needed.
Oh hey no worries man. If folk weren't aware of these great wee fish it was definitely worth doing. Feel good about that.
@@DanielKeepingFish You should brother! Cheers
Love these little chaps mate , thanks for the video 👊
Haha.. had not to appreciate these wee gems hey.
@@DanielKeepingFish we considered getting some of the wee gems for our 43gallon tank ..
What a great spotlight! I've kept these before, but have faced a couple of challenges.
- you are bang on with pH parameters. My water is about 8 in the tank and the Badis I had were nowhere near as red and vibrant as yours. They only lasted about a year. Not for harder water.
-feeding. They just seem to get out-competed for food. A dedicated tank is better for these. They hang around the bottom quarter of the tank, but mine wouldn't eat food once it hit the substrate (yours seem to)
Really great looking and entertaining fish.
Thanks very much Andreas. My water is soft which makes it hard to know how they'll react to harder water so thanks for adding that and the other points from your experience of keeping them.
I normally drop the food in front of the filter return so the current spreads it about. Otherwise the Rasbora would no doubt gobble up most of it before it makes it's way to the lower level. Plus I must admit I have a tenancy to over compensate and feed heavier that I should which is not necessarily advisable. I find if they see the food moving or wiggling they're quite happy to grab it from the substrate but once it's out of sight it's out of mind.
What's ur water TDS?
I got my first 5 today, they look great already, can't wait for them to colour up
Oh hey congrats. They're magnificent fish. Sure you'll enjoy them.
Great profile
Great review on a beautiful little fish mate 👍
Thanks very much John. I really enjoyed making this one.
Thanks for all the info. And pictures to show what you mean. Very helpful for me to work out if my 2 “females” are in fact a pair of dominated males. I have 3 and one is very definitely male.
Ah cool. Glad you found it helpful then.
I work with dogs, so the term prey drive gets thrown around a lot. First time hearing it in fish keeping lol. Love it.
They remind me of the elasoma Gilberty I keep in fl
beautiful colouration dude, top vid
Thank you Neuri.
Lov'em, very tempted!
Haha... you won't regret it.
Can I keep these with a community? And with galaxy rasboras? I have Otto’s , Cory’s and snails with a few shrimp.
Read about these, not available where a I am at. A beautiful specimen
Ah mate I hope they become available near you at some point. Such a great little fish. Smaller than the fish you normally keep but much bigger in personality than their small stature.
Very beautiful the scarlet badis tiny predators are so interesting when they hunt, I wonder if scuds would make a good food for them?? Stunning tank Daniel🙂👍🏻
Thanks bud. Yeah I bet they'd love stalking scuds and chowing down.
Lovely wee charismatic fellows Mate😀😀👍👍
Haha.. for sure boys. 😂👍
I own two of these, they are super duper hardy. I "lost" one of them, didn't see him for like a month only to turn up later. Probably got stuck in its cave or something, I thought he died somewhere. He was super skinny but once he ate some worm he got back to normal in like 3 days.
Also there was that time when one of them "choke" on worm, somehow he managed to hunt an oversized worm that had grown inside the tank. He swam upside down and I tried to pull the worm unsuccessfully, but a moment later he managed to swallowed everything.
Both of them are still going strong now, I'll be owning them for exactly one year next month. I like how the dynamic between the two, the position of the dominant male changed several times between them. I want more but unfortunately they are super hard to find and it's impossible to get a female.
Thanks for sharing your stories. They're plenty fun hey, great fish to enjoy. Hope you manage to find some more soon.
Beautiful fish
They are mate. Wee stunners.
great vid
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it if you did then. I enjoyed making it, great wee fish.
They are glorious
Thanks mate. They sure are.
Fantastic video, thanks! I read somewhere they like black water, haven't found anything confirming that. Should I put leaf litter in the tank? I'm putting mopani wood in as well (but it seasoned).
Thank you. Yeah I'd say they'd appreciate that. I'd maybe build it up slowly if you already have them or acclimate them slowly if you're just getting them and adding them to you black water tank but I think they'll appreciate that for sure.
@@DanielKeepingFish Okay thanks! Im a longtime fish keeper, have had these fish in the past (and present) but never heard they like leaf litter! Is there any way I could buy a female from you?
Thank you, I just got 4. 2 males, 1 sub dominant male, 1 female. 35 Litre tank. Looking forward to them
You'll enjoy them so much. Excellent little fish.
What are the names of the other kinds of Badis?
Not kept them but I do love nano fish. Maybe an option for the future. Great video 👍👍
Thanks very much Alison. Definitely a fish worth trying at some point for anyone who enjoys smaller fish. Long as feeding live food isn't an issue right enough.
@@DanielKeepingFish had the issue of feeding with the peacock gudgeon. Was bit of a challenge getting them to eat other stuff. I'll maybe ask tropco as saw the scarlet badis on their site.
@@alisonnicholson yeah they have the Scarlet and the Blue just now and a listing for females. As I said it's hard to tell when they're so young but that's where I got mine. I ordered six and three of them are definitely female, I don't think the other three are.
very nice fish 😍
They're really cool. If you don't mind committing to keeping a few live cultures they're a must try at some point I'd say. 👍
Why does one of them have an ese liner and the other one dont?
Can I keep only one male in a 4G tank?
20 gallon long ?
Are badies and widows compatible?
I love badsis badis and their relatives.
Definitely among the coolest of the nano fish for sure.
I have one Badis ...he's definitely a super predator. Just watching him hunt, and his tactics is like watching a stalker in action. Feed live food. BBS works well. They won't eat flake.
They are hunters!
So interesting watching them hunt their food hey.
Mine had a peculiar behavior. Very nutty around feeding time. Seemed to prefer frozen brine shrimp. Got extremely stressed if not given the 'right' stuff, up to the point of jumping out of the tank. Returned safely (so I thought) to the tank. After 48 hours, disappeared - not sure what happened to it(maybe some of the shrimp murdered him in his sleep 🙂). In my mind, I have a nagging feeling this fish committed some kind of suicide. Realy crazy attitude.
Oh wow I'm sorry to hear that. A lot of fish could be considered jumpers but these would be way down that list for me. I guess there are exceptions to every rule.
É um tipo de kilifish ?
Hi mate. Great video. Very helpful. Couple of questions. Would they still exhibit the same behaviour with the 😮other badis. Also, are they ok as a single or should get a few. Cheers mate
Honestly I haven't kept them with other Badis so I couldn't say 100% but I'd imagine so yes.
Often fish do better in groups but going on how territorial they are and that they generally only interact with other male to intimidate them away from their patch I'd say you could keep one on it's own fine.
@@DanielKeepingFish cool. Thanks for replying
Just grabbed one of these randomly today!
You'll love it. Great wee fish.
@@DanielKeepingFish Yea colors are really popping since he got acclimated, beautiful, been in the hobby for a very long time, never came across these for some reason
Hi, what is the orange tint snail called? The one with the round shell.
That'll be a Ramshorn snail. Great wee snails. They're pretty fun to watch, get up to all sorts of antics so they do.
3:23 I have two of these and one stays down below and one likes to stay up top near the floating plants. Every now and then they well be together but they like to be separate
The Emerald Rasbora? They definitely do better in groups but even then I find them quite timid.
@@DanielKeepingFish no the scarlet badi.
My scarlets like to be together but they stay separated most of the time, one up top near the plants and one below near the tree
The tiger badis I have deen on the internet have been dark vibrant orange with fark black diagonal stripes or checkerboard on their ides. qith blue/white highlights on the dorsal and ventral fins.
They're pretty cool hey. I've never seen any around these parts or even in person but I'd love to get some for sure.
Do you think a frozen food diet once every two or three days would work?
Some people have got them to eat frozen and even dry but it's tricky. They have a strong predatory drive so I think seeing the food move appeals to them.
Hi! Can they tolerate 28 degrees celcius ?
I'd say that would be a touch too warm for them to be comfortable.
I got two males and one female. They don't get on with pea puffer
I havnt had luck with them i have had several and lost them all 👀👍🏽✌🏽
Oh no. Sorry to hear that. We've all had experiences like that along the way I guess but it's never nice.
Lovely fish. Would they be suitable for a 125 L tank with 5 garra flavatra, a retarded betta and 15 cpd. heavy planted and lot's of wood and stone structure. I have 900L/ h filter
9x turnover seem a lot for these little fish but if they can find dead spots in the scape and plants and your Betta is doing fine with that much flow they could be okay.
They'll be fine with the CPDs. The Panda Gara can be a bit boisterous but I've found that's generally in terms of wanting their own space and if other fish give them that they're generally okay. It's the Betta I'd be most worried about. It'll be a 50/50 depending on the personality of your Betta but again if they've got plenty of hiding spaces and places to get away from that fish it might be worth trying it with a back up plan in place.
The challenge I feel you'll have is feeding them. They do much prefer smaller live food but maybe a turkey baster as a delivery system could be your friend here.
@@DanielKeepingFish thank you so much for responding. i desided to get some bigger fish and sell the cpd. Got the betta in another tank aswell. Do you have any fun fish that are around 10 cm that would be fun with garra
@@gwnnandoz8548maybe some dwarf rainbow fish? Check parameters.
Will they eat guppys?
No, these guys are smaller than Guppies. They may eat Guppy fry when they're very small.
Scarlet Chameleonfish Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Teleostei
Magnorder: Acanthomorpha
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Grandorder: Percomorpha
Mirorder: Ovalentaria
Series: Anabantocichlae
Subseries: Anabantimorphae
Order: Anabantiformes
Suborder: Nandoidei
Family: Badidae
Genus: Dario
Species: D. dario
I have 8 of em
Properly cool aren't they.
My favorite fish. Finally found a female that I bread and I now have 7 females, waiting for a few of the others to grow to sex them. Time to set up a few more tanks to breed.