Torrey Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/9/2022 at 9:43 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Why after all this time do you not have a simple folding chair? I asked the same thing on Monday, lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/9/2022 at 8:57 AM, modified lung said: That's awesome! Do the females still have any red or did it disappear? I've heard any red at all makes them male. But I've also heard badis/darios swap sexes really easily. I wonder if that's true or maybe females can have red after all? There are times I swear some of my black tiger darios swapped sexes but there's always the very good chance I just misidentified them. For anyone else interested in reading lots of fine print to stimulate more research into these tiny fish, I found this article earlier: https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/badis-badis/ Sadly, I forgot to save the article about the Dario, which linked to another article about recently discovered new species of fish in Mexico indicating a benefit to livebearers is species in severely limited ecosystems can forego males, and limit themselves to asexual, livebirths. There is also new research into just how many fish actually change sex... and the numbers of identified species that do so keeps growing: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2020/opinion/what-we-learn-from-fish-that-change-sex Congratulations @Guppysnail, these guys are just so darn interesting! I don't even have any, and I can't stop researching them, lol 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 1:52 AM, Torrey said: There is also new research into just how many fish actually change sex... and the numbers of identified species that do so keeps growing: Two of the ones that now have the dark side blotches of females have a decent amount of red. One of those is one that was in the hugging mating embrace of a definite male. The other I suspected was a girl only has a touch of light hints of red but also has the dark side blotches. None of my highly colored males have any dark side marks. I love seeing and learning new things. These fish are interesting to say the least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 3:36 PM, Guppysnail said: Two of the ones that now have the dark side blotches of females have a decent amount of red. One of those is one that was in the hugging mating embrace of a definite male. The other I suspected was a girl only has a touch of light hints of red but also has the dark side blotches. None of my highly colored males have any dark side marks. I love seeing and learning new things. These fish are interesting to say the least. Any idea what causes that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 10:16 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Any idea what causes that?? Females have the dark blotches. See @Torrey posted links on fish changing sex based on need. This is well known to happen in some fish species but is becoming more widely studied in more species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 I had more breeding coupling from the alpha and the one I was pretty sure was a girl to start. I thought I saw tiny specks falling from them through the magnifying glass. When they were done and looked like they started trying to hunt and eat their eggs I shewed them away. I waited about 10 minutes keeping other fish from the eggs hoping the got fertilized. I vacuumed the area and tried hatching for little over a week in a container with duckweed some of the gravel from the area and an airstone. I got nothing though. 😕 My phone battery was dead when the coupling was happening so I didn’t get a video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The endler guy Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Some say I’m the badist badis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 1:51 PM, Guppysnail said: I vacuumed the area and tried hatching for little over a week in a container with duckweed some of the gravel from the area and an airstone. I got nothing though. 😕 Shame 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 More courtship. This is an egg belly if I ever seen one including a bulged vent. Yes she has red coloration. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) Ord. Look at those cories*! Lol! That's a cute photobomb. I hope the badis make some babies! That would be super awesome. Seems like they're trying...eggs are much harder than livebearers.... Edited December 2, 2022 by Minanora Wrong species of cory! Maybe not. >.< 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 7:17 PM, Guppysnail said: More courtship. This is an egg belly if I ever seen one including a bulged vent. Yes she has red coloration. 😁 Seems that all your badis species getting into spawning mood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 6:40 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Seems that all your badis species getting into spawning mood! I’m chalking all the badis and Aspidora breeding up to the heavy rain we had for 2 days after water change day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddojunior Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) I lost 2 female scarlet badis but still have 1 I have a breeding pair. I found they readily breed but raising the fry is hard! They don’t lay easy to see eggs or easy to reach. Just so you know any red color means it’s a male. Females will at most have grey strips. But mostly plain. They are by far my favorite fish. They really are a teenie tiny Betta I got a only a few fry survive to adult size , unfortunately they passed away during the tank change to put her in with her parents. They jumped out, the parents are in my pond style paludarium so no lid 😞 Edited December 2, 2022 by Liddojunior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) On 12/2/2022 at 8:21 AM, Liddojunior said: Just so you know any red color means it’s a male. I thought this as well however the two of the suspected females I have also developed the blue/grey patch females do. The colorless suspected female has no dark patch though. They do engage in the full mating embraces and courtship with the dominant males. They have different body shapes than the males and develop egg bellies with bulging vents periodically that after the mating embrace the egg bellies go away and the vent returns to normal. The males then guard that area for a few days. I have not seen fry though but I also have panda Corydora vacuum cleaners in the tank the males can’t defend against. I really got these just as a viewing fish hoping to get an occasional fry or two not really a breeding project so it’s just sort of interesting to watch and learn about them. Earlier in This thread @Torreyposted an article on research being done on fish that change sex based on need of the colony. It is being discovered many more fish than were originally thought to actually do do this. 🤷♀️ Edited December 2, 2022 by Guppysnail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddojunior Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 5:33 AM, Guppysnail said: I thought this as well however the two of the suspected females I have also developed the blue/grey patch females do. The colorless suspected female has no dark patch though. They do engage in the full mating embraces and courtship with the dominant males. They have different body shapes than the males and develop egg bellies with bulging vents periodically that after the mating embrace the egg bellies go away and the vent returns to normal. The males then guard that area for a few days. I have not seen fry though but I also have panda Corydora vacuum cleaners in the tank the males can’t defend against. I really got these just as a viewing fish hoping to get an occasional fry or two not really a breeding project so it’s just sort of interesting to watch and learn about them. Earlier in This thread @Torreyposted an article on research being done on fish that change sex based on need of the colony. It is being discovered many more fish than were originally thought to actually do do this. 🤷♀️ If you put subwassertang where they like to drop eggs, you have a good chance of fry surviving. I've seen Deku Aquatics have fry survive in the parents tank because of dense subwassertang protecting the eggs and fry. The male Scarlet Badis will defend the eggs but then eat them once hatched. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 8:48 AM, Liddojunior said: If you put subwassertang where they like to drop eggs, you have a good chance of fry surviving. I've seen Deku Aquatics have fry survive in the parents tank because of dense subwassertang protecting the eggs and fry. The male Scarlet Badis will defend the eggs but then eat them once hatched. I have subwassertang. Will the eggs stick to it that I could pick it up and move it to a hatching tank or just fall through? sadly the most mating occurs in the back corners so it’s near impossible to get to without disrupting the entire tank. If the eggs stick I could rearrange things to make this a viable option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddojunior Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) On 12/2/2022 at 5:51 AM, Guppysnail said: I have subwassertang. Will the eggs stick to it that I could pick it up and move it to a hatching tank or just fall through? sadly the most mating occurs in the back corners so it’s near impossible to get to without disrupting the entire tank. If the eggs stick I could rearrange things to make this a viable option. I'm going to be honest, from experience spawning media will grab eggs and can be taken out, but I dont know how many eggs I would have missed. The fry I got was from doing just that, I can see eggs from ricefish and rainbow fish but scarlet badis I have yet to visible hold or see the eggs, I believe they are really tiny eggs. I would just for a month keep pulling out subwassertang every 3 days. Other tip is in the new hatching tank, squeeze out your tanks filter sponge in it for all the mulm. It will be full of little life and put in some sort of leaf litter. Edited December 2, 2022 by Liddojunior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 8:58 AM, Liddojunior said: squeeze out your tanks filter sponge in it for all the mulm. Oh yes I do ugly fry tanks. They are the best. 🤗. Thanks for the info. Once I have an open fry tank I’m going to give this a try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddojunior Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 6:00 AM, Guppysnail said: Oh yes I do ugly fry tanks. They are the best. 🤗. Thanks for the info. Once I have an open fry tank I’m going to give this a try. I can get scarlet badis to eat first bites, but it has to be in motion. Even tank raised they picking eaters, mine are lucky I hatch bbs and live blackworms for them. Spoiled fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 9:05 AM, Liddojunior said: I can get scarlet badis to eat first bites, but it has to be in motion. Even tank raised they picking eaters, mine are lucky I hatch bbs and live blackworms for them. Spoiled fish. I do live bbs, micro worms, grindal worms and white worms. Most of the white worms are too big but the smaller ones they eat. Though they try to eat the bigger ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 3:34 PM, Guppysnail said: I do live bbs, micro worms, grindal worms and white worms. Most of the white worms are too big but the smaller ones they eat. Though they try to eat the bigger ones. Ha! Nice video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Love, love, love your journal! I always wanted these fish but I am not sure I could put the time/work/energy for now so reading your posts and looking at your videos makes me so happy. Thank you so much for sharing with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowwow Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I just found fry in 2 different tanks. One tank is from females I got with my first batch and the other is from a female I was trying to confirm, female with red spots. I really need to get a tank rack set up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 I posted this in my journal but should have posted here. This is the close of this journey until their new owner has offspring which I’m getting first option at. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) It’s been a pleasure following this journal, and I can’t wait for it to start up again! Edited January 25, 2023 by TheSwissAquarist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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