I’m setting up a dafnia culture just in preparation of getting 1 of these. My other fish will benefit from this, but it is specifically coming together just so I can keep these happily
@@peepslostsheep mine loves grindal worms. I give him brine shrimp too. He struggles a bit with live adult daphnia. Spits them out several times before he manages to get them down. Funny little guys.
I’ve heard mixed reviews on putting these guys in with a betta. I’ve kept betta with many things including other semi aggressive fish with no issues, and these guys are tempting for my 5 gal with my betta. Like one, and then some dither fish.
@@cshimi yeah you right. I tried putting my one in with a betta tank. Only one seemed to notice it and tried eating him. The others didn't gaf, but that one was so aggressive in trying to eat him that I had to pull him out
Just got a group myself! 3 for a 5 gallon bow front. 1 "female" probably will be a male lol. Do you think I can add more? A few other scarlet badis, or a baby betta? I also want to add shrimp
love the title lol , good info mate , thank you very much for sharing. i have a heavy planted 60l bowl with cpds , do you think 2 would be happy in there ?
I'm drip acclimating my first Scarlet Badis from QT to his well planted/hardscaped 15 gallon cube, shared only with some CPDs and Amanos. Love these guys...
@@argenisperez3467 Not at all. He just obsessively stares up at the Salvinia looking for rotifers, or the brine shrimp/grindal worms I feed him. Even Neos would be fine, but not their shrimplets. The amanos regularly give him the finger and glare at him. Even live adult daphnia are a bit of a challenge for a scarlet badis. They're predators, but mouths are really tiny.
My oldest grew just under an inch and he was quite a show off. I tried to get a female but I ended up with 3 males. The other 2 died a month apart, and the survivor lived for around 2 yrs. They behave like a sparkling gourami or even like a betta, they eat similar food also.
Just bought 2 thinking I got a pair. They’re tiny, maybe the size of a pinky nail. Both pretty pale but one looked a tiny bit more orange. I can always separate as adults.
Thank you for this video! I learned a lot and some new facts. I am starting up a 75 gallon planted tank for groups of nano fish, hoping to see more natural behaviors. Do scarlet badis use mostly the bottom of the tank? And do you think they would be ok in this type of set up with lots of rocks, plants and branches. Also I am planning on a decent sized group of dwarf chain loaches and a group of 10 Venezuelan corys. Would they all do well together? There will be schools of green neon tetras, chili rasboras, and probably 1 other fish. What is your opinion?
I have never had good luck keeping these and getting them to eat flake, pellets or anything other than live food. Would love to find someone who has them eating flake. I would love to buy some from you. let me know Dan! Money in hand and ready to buy 5-7 of them.
@@DansFish :D I am saying, i live in West Bengal at Kolkata, still i never got a female from the sellers. Sellers or breeders don't want to give females maybe or they doesn't recognize the females themselves maybe.
Are those snails in your tank? I'm setting-up a heavily planted (tons of guppy grass) nano tank for just 1 young mystery snail and 1 scarlet badi...do you think the snail will be safe?
Hi Dan! Apologies for the essay... I have 2 male Badis in 15 gallons. I was shooting for a male/female pair, but now that the 2nd male has coloured up things are getting aggressive. I am wondering how much aggression is too much? They are both happy to come out, display against each other, then chase each other around the tank for a few seconds. No visible damage, both eating. It's like a seriously overgrown jingle tank, I figured they'd have enough space ... Is this something that's fine, so long as they can escape the fight and hide, if they want to? It almost feels like they're actively trying to figure out who is the alpha, and neither of them know yet... Or is too much display-fighting a big problem no matter what?
IME, Pea Puffers are quite nippy, so personally, I would not risk it. If you do try it, keep a close eye and I'd recommend having a spare tank ready and waiting in case you end up needing to separate them.
Wow. This taught me a lot. Two weeks ago I set up a 5 gallon tank complete with a variety of live plants, spider wood, and some aquarium rocks that I have set up to make a little cave. I wasn’t aware of the whole “you only need one or a ton” thing so I got two 😬. So far they seem to be coexisting okay..they “hang out” together occasionally and I don’t see any nipped fins. However, I do notice one eats a lot while the other eats very little (I actually thought it wasn’t eating at all but it’s still somehow alive). I feed frozen brine shrimp and blood worm and the one simply won’t take it, so then I’ll sprinkle a little fish food and it must be living off of that. I can’t upgrade my tank size because of space issues so should I just get rid of my one badis? Edit: OH I also cultured the tank with black worms…so it could be eating those too..
Nice fish. In particular, could you go over the sexing of fish in general in your next livestream? Some say fish can change their own sex like a female betta becoming a male betta. Wouldn't that just have been a juvenile male betta that hadn't developed yet and was mislabelled female? Thanks. 🌿🐟
Howdy Monica, I do know some fish can actually change their sex in certain situations, but I don't know enough about it to speak inteligently on the topic at any length.
I just saw these little guys at my lfs, and I've always wanted to try them but been hesitant because I like breeding and females are non-existent and I keep shrimp in all my tanks. I came to yt hoping Dan's would have a vid about them for more info and you guys came through, as usual! Thanks for all the great info guys!
@@munettegreeff3233 sure, as long as you have plants and hiding places for shrimp it'll work. But if you're trying to grow your shrimp colony, Scarlet Badis are predators, so they will predate your shrimp fry. So they might be better with a really established shrimp colony or shrimp cull tank if you're breeding shrimp for color/ line and have to pull your "rejects" or shrimp that aren't up to the quality you're trying to keep.
They seem like they would be a good fish for a heavily planted, deep substrate set-up where they can feed off of naturally occurring organisms that it would create. You could almost get away with hardly ever feeding them.
My "I know why they fight" theory : CHAPTER ONE. ------------------------- If you have a bunch of them who are very young you will always see just ONE growing up to it's full size and displaying it's fins in a flashy way. All of the others will "dig their hole" waiting for the alpha male to die or go away. After he's gone another male will allow itself to take that place (maybe after a fight to establish who is the strongest), and so on. Now if you buy a bunch of them, and they give you more than one "adult", basically what you've just done is to put two or more alphas face to face between 4 walls with no way to escape... Guess what will happen ? Yes. They will fight and to the death if need be. It's all about territory. Only the Betas will be allowed to live under a single Alpha iron fist rule. That is how they are and you can't really change that. CHAPTER TWO ‐----------------------- They say you need 4-6 or more for them to be happy. I don't think it's true at all. Males of this species can't stand each other. They have to disguise as females ijust in order to not to be killed. It would only be true if somehow we could sex them and order 1 male and 5 females. So as long as we can't get females, you're better having just 1 per tank in my humble opinion.
I really hope I can win these I had a few a year or so ago. Mine ate Tetra tropical granules. I loved these guys, btw I'm first 😎 great content as always thanks for sharing and remember to keep on tankin fish fam 🤜 👍✌️😎
@@CaylorsReptilesAquatics OMG seriously? Your the best Bob!!! I love how your Dharma's tank is turning out you have it so well being able to do salt. One of these days I will tinker with a 10g and see if I can manage, if so I'll go bigger but to be honest it frightens me to try and end up killing all those beautiful fish. Thank you so much Bob your the best 💕 thanks again and remember to keep on tankin fish fam 🤜 👍✌️😎
garys aquatics It’s all good I know how bad you want them and I am happy to let you have them if I win. I am in on the saltwater think a little bit bigger because there’s 10 gallons Martin gallons are harder to maintain see you
U have way too many male fishes in the group. Females are colorless. They are native fishes in Indian rivers. I have kept two groups( each one has one male n 7/8 females). They preferred to eat only live foods. Plenty of hiding space n plants are good. Adding up a shrimp colonies are good from time to time..
Looking good! Don't see enough of these being kept in the hobby!
If we could find females, I bet we could get more in the hobby...sounds like my life in high school.
Finally a good video on these guys. Hard to find info on em.
I’m setting up a dafnia culture just in preparation of getting 1 of these. My other fish will benefit from this, but it is specifically coming together just so I can keep these happily
Daphnia are PERFECT food for these guys...great plan!
@@DansFish Do they like microworms?
@@peepslostsheep mine loves grindal worms. I give him brine shrimp too. He struggles a bit with live adult daphnia. Spits them out several times before he manages to get them down. Funny little guys.
@@Mathias_NB Thanks! I look forward to these little guys a lot. I'm going bbs and microworms. Eventually blackworms for my larger fish.
I love watching my scarlet badis hunt. They act like little bass stalking their prey.
This is a great video. Hits the right balance of informative and entertaining. Beautiful fish!
Glad you like the video, Tyler. Thanks for watching.
I’ve heard mixed reviews on putting these guys in with a betta. I’ve kept betta with many things including other semi aggressive fish with no issues, and these guys are tempting for my 5 gal with my betta. Like one, and then some dither fish.
Just be careful with how aggressive your betta is. They're so tiny I would worry about a larger betta going after them
@@cshimi yeah you right. I tried putting my one in with a betta tank. Only one seemed to notice it and tried eating him. The others didn't gaf, but that one was so aggressive in trying to eat him that I had to pull him out
Just got a group myself! 3 for a 5 gallon bow front. 1 "female" probably will be a male lol. Do you think I can add more? A few other scarlet badis, or a baby betta? I also want to add shrimp
Best to leave it at that for a 5 gallon tank, overstocking is the worst you can do
love the title lol , good info mate , thank you very much for sharing.
i have a heavy planted 60l bowl with cpds , do you think 2 would be happy in there ?
What is the fish you referenced at 6:26? You said Nanids?
I'm drip acclimating my first Scarlet Badis from QT to his well planted/hardscaped 15 gallon cube, shared only with some CPDs and Amanos. Love these guys...
Rip amanos
@@argenisperez3467 Not at all. He just obsessively stares up at the Salvinia looking for rotifers, or the brine shrimp/grindal worms I feed him. Even Neos would be fine, but not their shrimplets. The amanos regularly give him the finger and glare at him. Even live adult daphnia are a bit of a challenge for a scarlet badis. They're predators, but mouths are really tiny.
My oldest grew just under an inch and he was quite a show off. I tried to get a female but I ended up with 3 males. The other 2 died a month apart, and the survivor lived for around 2 yrs. They behave like a sparkling gourami or even like a betta, they eat similar food also.
Such neat little fish. Sorry you couldn't find a female...I can't either!
Beautiful fish and an awesome video and info! Thanks Dan
You got it, fever. Thanks for watching.
do you have any experience with them getting dropsy from grind worms?
No, I have not had that issue. But also I've never fed grindal worms heavily.
@DansFish thanks for the reply, man!
*Pretty Lil' Hate Machines* 👹
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I'm right up there with NIN! ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=pretty+little+hate+machine
Just bought 2 thinking I got a pair. They’re tiny, maybe the size of a pinky nail. Both pretty pale but one looked a tiny bit more orange. I can always separate as adults.
Did they turn out to ba a pair?
Thank you for this video! I learned a lot and some new facts. I am starting up a 75 gallon planted tank for groups of nano fish, hoping to see more natural behaviors. Do scarlet badis use mostly the bottom of the tank? And do you think they would be ok in this type of set up with lots of rocks, plants and branches. Also I am planning on a decent sized group of dwarf chain loaches and a group of 10 Venezuelan corys. Would they all do well together?
There will be schools of green neon tetras, chili rasboras, and probably 1 other fish. What is your opinion?
The guy at the petstore mistook them for a young peaceful cichlid species. Took me days to notice that they were attacking my pygmy corys
Just give Bob a few and there will be 1 that will turn out to be female! He has the magic touch!!
LOL!!!
Yeah Bob usually gets all the luck in this hobby 😎
So if I have only one bachelor in a community tank, will it still feel comfortable to be out and about?
IME, he will probably be just fine.
I have never had good luck keeping these and getting them to eat flake, pellets or anything other than live food. Would love to find someone who has them eating flake. I would love to buy some from you. let me know Dan! Money in hand and ready to buy 5-7 of them.
I hear you about them eating flakes/pellets. Mine are on live/frozen foods. I'm trying to transition them, but it is a tough row to hoe.
One of my Fav Native fish of my country. And staying here still haven't got luck of getting some females. :D
Interesting little fellas
Gourab, next time you visit your home country, bring some lady Darios back with you :)
@@DansFish :D I am saying, i live in West Bengal at Kolkata, still i never got a female from the sellers. Sellers or breeders don't want to give females maybe or they doesn't recognize the females themselves maybe.
Could I keep 1 male and female in a 9 gallon tank? My lfs says they have 1 female and several males available.
the rockstars of nano world
They are pretty cool! I also like their cousin, the Black Tiger Dario: getgills.com/product.detail/706
Are those snails in your tank? I'm setting-up a heavily planted (tons of guppy grass) nano tank for just 1 young mystery snail and 1 scarlet badi...do you think the snail will be safe?
Hi Dan! Apologies for the essay...
I have 2 male Badis in 15 gallons. I was shooting for a male/female pair, but now that the 2nd male has coloured up things are getting aggressive.
I am wondering how much aggression is too much? They are both happy to come out, display against each other, then chase each other around the tank for a few seconds. No visible damage, both eating. It's like a seriously overgrown jingle tank, I figured they'd have enough space ...
Is this something that's fine, so long as they can escape the fight and hide, if they want to? It almost feels like they're actively trying to figure out who is the alpha, and neither of them know yet... Or is too much display-fighting a big problem no matter what?
Could one live with pea puffers?
Pea puffers can only live with other pea puffers
IME, Pea Puffers are quite nippy, so personally, I would not risk it. If you do try it, keep a close eye and I'd recommend having a spare tank ready and waiting in case you end up needing to separate them.
I kept a pea puffer with angels and german rams in a 75g, no problems except with my cuc.
Where did you find a 30 gallon tank with that footprint?
Awesome intro
Awesome comment!
Will they eat scuds?
Gorgeous little nano fish. They would be a lot more popular and more folks would have them and breed them if the females were not so hard to find.
👍💕👍
As Annalee says, "Mars needs women!"
@@DansFish 😂
Wow. This taught me a lot. Two weeks ago I set up a 5 gallon tank complete with a variety of live plants, spider wood, and some aquarium rocks that I have set up to make a little cave. I wasn’t aware of the whole “you only need one or a ton” thing so I got two 😬. So far they seem to be coexisting okay..they “hang out” together occasionally and I don’t see any nipped fins. However, I do notice one eats a lot while the other eats very little (I actually thought it wasn’t eating at all but it’s still somehow alive). I feed frozen brine shrimp and blood worm and the one simply won’t take it, so then I’ll sprinkle a little fish food and it must be living off of that. I can’t upgrade my tank size because of space issues so should I just get rid of my one badis?
Edit: OH I also cultured the tank with black worms…so it could be eating those too..
How many in a 10 gallon tank?
Are they African chiclids or south American?
#ScarletBadis love these little fish
Gems...living gems.
These things are so cool. Got mine today.
Glad you got some...enjoy!!!
Nice fish. In particular, could you go over the sexing of fish in general in your next livestream? Some say fish can change their own sex like a female betta becoming a male betta. Wouldn't that just have been a juvenile male betta that hadn't developed yet and was mislabelled female? Thanks. 🌿🐟
Howdy Monica, I do know some fish can actually change their sex in certain situations, but I don't know enough about it to speak inteligently on the topic at any length.
Also, I can't spell "intelligently"
@@DansFish ok, thanks 🐟
I want one so bad but I can't find live food any place around me
Ah, sorry to hear that. Of course, if you want a fun project, you can always culture a few live foods for them...
@@DansFish I'll be ordering some eggs soon
What kind of eggs?
I just saw these little guys at my lfs, and I've always wanted to try them but been hesitant because I like breeding and females are non-existent and I keep shrimp in all my tanks. I came to yt hoping Dan's would have a vid about them for more info and you guys came through, as usual! Thanks for all the great info guys!
Cant you keep them with shrimp?
@@munettegreeff3233 sure, as long as you have plants and hiding places for shrimp it'll work. But if you're trying to grow your shrimp colony, Scarlet Badis are predators, so they will predate your shrimp fry. So they might be better with a really established shrimp colony or shrimp cull tank if you're breeding shrimp for color/ line and have to pull your "rejects" or shrimp that aren't up to the quality you're trying to keep.
Question- my Badis has a new black spot, any thoughts what it maybe
On the face? It's nothing serious, mine have spots too and been fine for months
They seem like they would be a good fish for a heavily planted, deep substrate set-up where they can feed off of naturally occurring organisms that it would create. You could almost get away with hardly ever feeding them.
My "I know why they fight" theory :
CHAPTER ONE.
-------------------------
If you have a bunch of them who are very young you will always see just ONE growing up to it's full size and displaying it's fins in a flashy way. All of the others will "dig their hole" waiting for the alpha male to die or go away.
After he's gone another male will allow itself to take that place (maybe after a fight to establish who is the strongest), and so on.
Now if you buy a bunch of them, and they give you more than one "adult", basically what you've just done is to put two or more alphas face to face between 4 walls with no way to escape...
Guess what will happen ?
Yes.
They will fight and to the death if need be.
It's all about territory. Only the Betas will be allowed to live under a single Alpha iron fist rule. That is how they are and you can't really change that.
CHAPTER TWO
‐-----------------------
They say you need 4-6 or more for them to be happy. I don't think it's true at all.
Males of this species can't stand each other. They have to disguise as females ijust in order to not to be killed.
It would only be true if somehow we could sex them and order 1 male and 5 females.
So as long as we can't get females, you're better having just 1 per tank in my humble opinion.
I'm going to win these tonight! #scarletbadis
Bring your weighted...I mean "lucky"...dice!!!
they don't send females so you have to buy from them.
Maybe. Its hard to know someone's internal motivations. Could also be they are trying to only send pretty fish because they will sell better? I dunno.
#scarletbadis
Thanks for watching, Mike!
i have a female, she is completely white
I really hope I can win these I had a few a year or so ago. Mine ate Tetra tropical granules. I loved these guys, btw I'm first 😎 great content as always thanks for sharing and remember to keep on tankin fish fam 🤜 👍✌️😎
garys aquatics if I win them they’re yours.
@@CaylorsReptilesAquatics OMG seriously? Your the best Bob!!! I love how your Dharma's tank is turning out you have it so well being able to do salt. One of these days I will tinker with a 10g and see if I can manage, if so I'll go bigger but to be honest it frightens me to try and end up killing all those beautiful fish. Thank you so much Bob your the best 💕 thanks again and remember to keep on tankin fish fam 🤜 👍✌️😎
garys aquatics It’s all good I know how bad you want them and I am happy to let you have them if I win. I am in on the saltwater think a little bit bigger because there’s 10 gallons Martin gallons are harder to maintain see you
#BobIsTheBest
Gary, I'm super impressed you got them to eat granules...gives me hope!
U have way too many male fishes in the group. Females are colorless. They are native fishes in Indian rivers.
I have kept two groups( each one has one male n 7/8 females).
They preferred to eat only live foods.
Plenty of hiding space n plants are good.
Adding up a shrimp colonies are good from time to time..
That's a Indian fish
Sounds like someone needs help selling them lol
Oh, yes. I can always use help selling fish!