GregJ23 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I am redoing my 15 gallon aquarium and was thinking of putting a small group of scarlet badis in the tank. I have kept single scarlet badis before, but never more than one at a time. Would a small group (3-4 fish) work in a 15 gallon tank with enough cover and line of site breaks? I've heard they can get a little territorial with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 @Guppysnailis currently doing a lot of stuff with scarlet badis. Sorry I can’t help more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) I have 8 in a 20 long. They spend most of their time on the bottom. Mine will only eat live food and pick it out of the substrate off the plants. I would say 4 are fine make sure each has some floor space in separate areas they can claim. Mine get Feisty with one another but have not injured each other. here is a feisty day video. Don’t let the title deter you it was meant as humorous. Im also including a picture of their tank so you can see. Edited October 20, 2022 by Guppysnail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 1:01 PM, Guppysnail said: I have 8 in a 20 long. They spend most of their time on the bottom. Mine will only eat live food and pick it out of the substrate off the plants. I would say 4 are fine make sure each has some floor space in separate areas they can claim. Mine get Feisty with one another but have not injured each other. here is a feisty day video. Don’t let the title deter you it was meant as humorous. Im also including a picture of their tank so you can see. Can I move into their tank??🥺😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ23 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 4:01 AM, Guppysnail said: I have 8 in a 20 long. They spend most of their time on the bottom. Mine will only eat live food and pick it out of the substrate off the plants. I would say 4 are fine make sure each has some floor space in separate areas they can claim. Mine get Feisty with one another but have not injured each other. here is a feisty day video. Don’t let the title deter you it was meant as humorous. Im also including a picture of their tank so you can see. Thanks for the info! Also, do you have a female scarlet badis in that tank? Or are the more silvery ones sub-dominant males? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 6:31 AM, GregJ23 said: Thanks for the info! Also, do you have a female scarlet badis in that tank? Or are the more silvery ones sub-dominant males? Somehow they change sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 12:31 AM, GregJ23 said: Thanks for the info! Also, do you have a female scarlet badis in that tank? Or are the more silvery ones sub-dominant males? This is up for debate bits covered in the last few entries in the scarlet badis journal. I have 3 that have red. One almost not noticeable the other two I swore wore boys and another forum member guessed them boys because they had a fair amount of red. mall three developed the dark side spots and I was fortunate to witness the hugging roll of breeding with 2 dominant males and two of what I thought were males. This is the first group of SB I’m dealing with so I am by no means an expert. @Torrey posted s link in the journal there are many more fish species that sex change based on need than we know. At one point in one of my older CPD breeding groups I had no males left. My largest female I watched over a few weeks switch to males I then seen her/him breed females and I found fry in the tank. My understanding was SB females have no red and dark side spots. I now have red SB with dark side spots that mate with dominant males. My dominant males have no side spots. I try to note anything I see in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I do have to admit, they are very cute! On 10/21/2022 at 11:49 AM, Guppysnail said: This is up for debate bits covered in the last few entries in the scarlet badis journal. I have 3 that have red. One almost not noticeable the other two I swore wore boys and another forum member guessed them boys because they had a fair amount of red. mall three developed the dark side spots and I was fortunate to witness the hugging roll of breeding with 2 dominant males and two of what I thought were males. This is the first group of SB I’m dealing with so I am by no means an expert. @Torrey posted s link in the journal there are many more fish species that sex change based on need than we know. At one point in one of my older CPD breeding groups I had no males left. My largest female I watched over a few weeks switch to males I then seen her/him breed females and I found fry in the tank. My understanding was SB females have no red and dark side spots. I now have red SB with dark side spots that mate with dominant males. My dominant males have no side spots. I try to note anything I see in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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