Scarlet Badis
Dario dario
The Scarlet Badis, which originates from India, grows to only about 2-3cm in size and is a real eye-catcher due to its magnificent coloration.
- colorful nanofish
- stays mainly close to the ground
- forms small territories
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Product description & details
The Scarlet Badis originates from clear and slow-flowing streams in India, where it likes to stay in the shelter of dense vegetation.
Care in the aquarium
As a facility, stones, woods, dense planting and other hiding places are recommended so that the Scarlet Badis has a sense of security and can retreat if necessary. Plants also help the Dario dario to stake out their small territories. This extremely peaceful fish should be kept in groups and can also be socialized with other small and peaceful fish. Dwarf shrimp should not be a problem either, as long as the shrimp offspring find enough hiding places.
Feeding
Dario dario is difficult or impossible to get used to commercial fish food and should therefore be fed with small live and frozen food. Artemia nauplii, daphnia and copepods, for example, are well suited for this purpose.
Sexual characteristics and breeding
Dominant males of the Scarlet Badis appear in intense red stripes, which go vertically along the side of the body and a cream-colored basic coloration shimmering metal-blue in the light. The fins are also red and blue in color. Females and submissive males, on the other hand, are silvery and brown in color and the stripes are at most indicated. In the species tank, the breeding of the Dario darios is usually quite possible, as long as the water parameters are right and the aquarium is well established. After a successful courtship ceremony, the male and female entwine each other and the female spawns the eggs freely on mosses and fine-feathered plants. The small Badis does not take care of the brood, but the egg-laying site in the male’s territory is defended by him.
At the latest after the hatching of the young animals, they should be transferred to a rearing tank or the parents should be removed from it, as they pursue the young animals. The young Dario darios are reared with very fine live food such as rotifers, copepods or newly hatched Artemia nauplii.
Note on gender choice at Dario dario:
If possible, the delivery is done in pairs. However, Dario dario females are hard to come by. Younger males often disguise themselves as females in the group to avoid aggression from the more dominant animals. They lose their color and attract as little attention as possible. That is why it is very difficult to determine safe females.
We choose the sexes to the best of our knowledge and belief when catching them, but we cannot guarantee whether it is actually a female or not. Therefore, we ask for your understanding that we cannot accept any complaints regarding the sex of the animals.