Caught on Film- Scarlet Badis Spawning & Hunting -Dario dario fish tank. The 1/2 Inch "Nano Cichlid"

[@luissegura7089]

Thise is the most informative KZbin channel about small fish and shrimp have subscribed so far..... 😁

[@Fishtory]

glad to hear you enjoy it! theres so much more to cover, so stay tuned. I love my nano fishies haha. Also thank you for watching, subscribing and sharing!

[@DamianBloodstone]

Glad you showed these. I might try a pair later. Thanks for showing a tank teeming with life. My single ten gallon is like this right now. I thought I had done something wrong since when I used to keep fish I had never seen this. My shrimp, rasboras, otos, and even my betta enjoy hunting them.

[@Fishtory]

Yeah, as long as the tank is cycled and there's no ammonia or nitrates over 30 ppm or so, it's a perfect type of tank for nano fish... it brings out their colors. Most people don't realize that fish have hunting colors, and often times they are quite beautiful. I hope you're doing well my friend. cheers.

[@shesellsfish]

How awesome, as you were describing courtship and mating, they were doing it. It's not often fish are so agreeable when you have camera in hand.

[@blackwidowsk8]

Your videos on Scarlet Badis helped me a ton - I suspected I had a female but it was confirmed recently when I found ONE scarlet badis baby in my fry tank. Now it has grown into adult size and I am confident that it is another female! Now I have found another small fry. These are my favorite fish! I know you said fry appear near the mulm but both tiny brown fry appeared in floaters at the top of the tank, which I find interesting!

[@Fishtory]

Interesting ...perhaps the parents chased them off? Let me know how it goes in the future. They're a fish I've been working with for 5 years nonstop now and they still throw me curve balls. I am now confident that given bad water conditions or too much stress from males, the females can switch sex to also be male and fight back... ive had pairs spawn...then turn both male...the split them up with 2 tanks and new females....only to have both males spawn again!

[@sudeep123-s2s]

can i put them in 8 liter tank with shrimps and plants

[@Fishtory]

Yes but they may eat baby shrimp, and even some adults in a small space

[@dezrenee6863]

Hello thanks for the video! It’s great. How do you get all the micro invertebrates you talk about as their food to establish. Nematodes you said and other things. Thank you for your help

[@Fishtory]

Im glad you noticed and understand why i go to the trouble hehe. Cheers

[@buuzon]

By far the best video on this fish I’ve seen!

[@Fishtory]

Glad to hear it! Have a great week, and dont forget to see more videos on this fish- seeing as I've been breeding them 3 years continuously in small batches

[@CazzyCat]

great video! you couldn't have had better timing. Do you know if a badis will eat limpets? I have a black tiger badis.

[@Brynja24]

I love Dario dario! Mine just had babies and I am so happy! My absolute favourite!

[@cuteaquarium8456]

Cutest little Predator 😂

[@eightgeorge]

Very informative and probably the best video I've seen about these little guys. Great and thanks

[@mumbaibalconygardenerhobbies]

Such an awesome video and commentary , thanks so much !!

[@Fishtory]

Glad you enjoyed it! Have a great week

[@kbbtt]

I have been keeping scarlet badis for almost a month now and have not watch your scarlet badis videos yet facepalm. I must watch them all now :D

[@Fishtory]

Haha theyre a fascinating fish that ive bred a decade now

[@karnage3809]

I’m trying to figure out if scarlet badis can eat hydras, been looking everywhere and nobody seems to have definite answer

[@nomdeplume7671]

Firstly thank you for you videos man. Great source of info on these. I recently introduced 10 tiger badis into a 130g mature community tank with otos, Rummynose tetras, Neons tetras and Amano and neocaridina shrimps. My question is do I really need to worry them being out competed for food by the other fish or they might be fine eating shrimplets and nematodes and whatnot? I do not clean the tank too much. As in I let some algae and stuff grow.

[@Fishtory]

They should be fine...they do hunt planaria, seed shrimp, plankton, algae and any eggs or fry that your tetras and stuff make, so as long as everyone else is well fed, it should work out. I like to feed a bit after lights out also though....just so fish like that can eat a bit more relaxed also

[@nomdeplume7671]

@@Fishtory Excellent! Thank you for the quick reply.

[@tubingtomtom]

I just picked up 5 for my 20g nano. This is by far the best info I have found on them 👍🏻 Hope I got a female but I seriously doubt it

[@Fishtory]

I hope so too! They'll be fun regardless though! Enjoy

[@Mango-h5h]

Awesome information, u think they’d want live black worms? To big?

[@asokdey1292]

Hey, I am from Bengal, India I found three blue badis badis in 3inch deep creek can they kept in 3gallon tank and what should I feed them? 1is female and two are male

[@Fishtory]

Whoa! Very cool! I would feed them baby brine shrimp, daphnia, or wingless fruit flies for fish and reptiles (or catch any small mosquito larvae or little bugs that fit in their mouth) ideally. But if you can't hatch or buy live food, then frozen Daphnia, frozen small brine shrimp, or mysis shrimp. Sometimes you can get them to eat normal fish food (fluval bug bites small tropical granules, I found works sometimes too...or flakes of fish fish that has been ground into tiny pieces

[@asokdey1292]

@@Fishtory thank you

[@asokdey1292]

@@Fishtory In India's west Bengal region you could find hundreds of this king of beautiful fishes.But many of them are endangered :( because of pollution, too much catching and habit destroying

[@davidcrain4047]

Will these eat scuds? Are they safe with emerald dwarf raspora,pygmy Cory's and wrestling halfbeaks?

[@Fishtory]

100% and yes to all your questions! Enjoy. Theyre very cool micro predator fish...bugs and worms dont stand a chance...other fish...dont usually notice them lol

[@Indusxstan]

Are there juvenile Dario dario also, roaming about? Your knowledge is good! Tremendously informative video 😀🙏🏽💐

[@Fishtory]

First of all, thank you kindly. And secondly- yes there are about 5 or 6 left out of 15 or 16 fry. They tend to develop at several different rates every spawn. The oldest ones (6 months look mature and are almost an inch long and in a community tank now) but their siblings are still the size of a kernel of a sunflower seed.. even though they both were raised the exact same way. Im guessing that in the wild, they grow at a few speeds and then if the rainy season is late or the monsoons end up over flooding rivers- there is a second and or third opportunity for the babies to wait it out and wait for the rain to make their ponds or tiny mud puddles over flow and connect back with larger bodies of water. (Total guess) But badis and sparkling gouramis are hellacious eaters of newborn shrimp haha. Ive watched one adult badis eat about 9 babies in 5 minutes. Literally until it looked like a cartoon of a full fish. So i really try and poke around to move them at half an inch in size

[@mustaqahmed9812]

They are found in several color in the wild. I have seen scarlet,green,blue & black in the wild. They are found in Bangladesh, India & Nepal. You have a good set up for the badis in your tank, in the wild they live in similar type of environment.

[@Fishtory]

Great to hear! Ive seen scarlet, red and black striped tiger badis, and then blue badis. Do you have photos of the green ones? Or other black ones? Id love to know if they are another badis species or just another color morph

[@mustaqahmed9812]

@@Fishtory sorry to say that I don't have any picture of them. I saw them about 25 years ago in a district of Bangladesh, at the time I was involved in the business of exporting wild caught aquarium fishes to Germany. I don't have any idea whether those natural habitats are still exist or not. I live in the USA now, if I get a chance to visit Bangladesh, will try to get some pictures of them. Thanks

[@finndrennan541]

Can scarlet badis be kept alone. Can I keep one male. With schools or chili rasboras. CPDs. Pygmy corys and clown killifish in a 20 gallon ?

[@ScallywagSwag]

Great info, thank you!

[@Fishtory]

My pleasure! Thanks for tuning in!

[@richardmatthys7133]

Do you have a problem with the baby shrimp?

[@Fishtory]

They eat baby shrimp from time to time, but love Brine Shrimp much more... so if you can feed Daphnia or baby brine... the baby shrimp seem to hide a lot better and About half or a third of the babies survive despite living with badis

[@happybubble4863]

How many would you recommend for a 10 gallon? I was thinking 2 males 3 females, but there seems to be little info online about size requirements for multiples :) the tank is heavily planted and I plan to add loads of botanicals on the floor

[@Fishtory]

Yup leaf litter or lots of plants/rocks and that would work fine probably. Once in a blue moon, a male goes wild and kills all the other males...but it's like 1 in 10 fish I've owned that do that

[@cathyb7806]

What fun? Be sure and let is know if you get babies. BTW I love the tank.

[@Fishtory]

oh thanks, it's not scaped or even well lit. but it keeps chugging along. My whole philosophy is keep it dirty and full of algea/"pests" that arent harmful and plankton, but squirting water from all my other tanks into it monthly

[@rachaelkenworthy6044]

Do you think these would do ok in a heavily planted tank with dwarf emerald rasboras?

[@Fishtory]

Yes, I've had both species in planted tanks on several occasions :) look up lake Inle species or hillstream species from thailand/Laos or Malaysia, and most fish under 2 inches do fine with them. They stay at the bottom and or in a corner or cave as a "nest" or home territory....and generally only leave about 6 inches or so from their claimed area in the tank

[@oligoyoutube]

@@Fishtory are they aggressive towards fish that come into their territory? whether its a females or males

[@jpgmmg09]

Great as always!! I was wondering what I could add with my shrimp. Theses guys are soo cute too!🤗😍💙🐟💙

[@billlasley7402]

Can Peacock gudgeon be placed with Scarlet Badus?

[@Fishtory]

Yes, but give them both lots of hidding spots

[@mellywell]

excellent content. Have been on a waiting list for months for these. Have to travel 2 hours to get there. Picked some up on my local buy and sell today. 7 of them. In quarantine. Going in a 120 gallon. Well planted with 30 Kubotai rasbora and 22 pygmy cories. And about 200 blue dreamy shrimp. They better get munching on those shrimpletts. that's the plan! My cories are sick of them, they're like ants. Thanks so much for this video.

[@Fishtory]

No problem, my friend! I'm very glad that you enjoyed it and hope you dig any other related videos. Thanks for watching the channel and .... whoa id love to see your tank! It sounds like a dream tank...with very similar taste to mine. If you visit the Facebook group in the description of the video, id love it if you want to share your tank with us

[@mellywell]

So, of course, I have all males. Send females quick! :)

[@oliversantesson6148]

How would they fair in a community tank with other nano fishes? Is there a chance they would get out competed for food?

[@Fishtory]

they can do well with rasboras or tiny fish, but guppies or really fast eaters will out compete them...so if you did keep them with guppies, try and feed them on one side with food that sinks somewhat...while guppies feed uptop

[@richardmatthys7133]

What size of tank do you have them in?

[@Fishtory]

Usually a 10 gallon

[@TheDutchAquarist]

Great video! Love these nano fish!

[@artificialecosystems5874]

Do they eat the baby shrimp? I have a pair of them in my 40 but I have a 8 that’s full of microorganisms and only has shrimp but I was worried they’d eat the babies

[@Fishtory]

they will eat some but only the ones under about a month old...so give shrimp some thick moss or susswasseetang to hide in, or even some piles of rocks with gaps for the baby shrimp and I'm guessing you'll lose maybe 3 out if 10 new babies ? something along those lines

[@artificialecosystems5874]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium ok awesome I’ve got a matte of subwassertang and java moss mixed together that’s like 3” thick covering the bottom of the aquarium

[@fred4less_110]

They ok with shrimp?

[@Fishtory]

Not reaaally lol. But most adults will be okay.... they just hunt down all the babies mercilessly

[@madfishdiva]

Super cool little fish.

[@aquanewgrowig]

Alex what Crypt is that one up front?

[@yungstastunner285]

So how do you go by picking out a good pair do you have some available

[@Fishtory]

well first of all, you look for the boldest, biggest and most active male in a tank (there may be one in each corner at a pet shop that's crowded) ...then just get that one for sure, and any females will do (however having 4 or 5 females to a Male is best, because he will pair off with one in particular...then you can grab those two out and let them just bond and mate...or let him decide if the other females are up to his standards...he may have as many as 3 or 4 nests at a time if given the selection and proper planted tank, and hide out - rich environments. then you can take the left over females and introduce another Male (who ever is the one chasing the others around and that has bright blue stripes and blood red pigmentation- to the left over females.... over time most pairs or trios will work out, however a pair is always better for fry survival rate and aggression. lastly, I do sell some females...I have 2 or 3 adult extras currently, and they usually go for about 20 for adults and 40 for a female who laid eggs successfully with her male... the males are 4 bucks a piece. However I'm not shipping right now due to temps. in late spring I'll likely resume shipping

[@yungstastunner285]

Perfect I'm interested in buying a adult male and five adult females and I would like to buy 5 to 10 shrimp for a 30 gallon how many do you think I would need. Do you have a good population so I don't have to worry about feeding the adults

[@UpperAquatics]

For the algorithm!!

[@eltontan7653]

Do you purposely keep algae on the side of your tnak walls? I do the same, but keep the face clean too give it a natural look :) awesome videos btw, just watched your subwassertang video and glad you haven't stopped making videos unlike most

[@Fishtory]

Thank you kindly, I'm really glad you enjoyed watching. I try and switch it up but keep things sort of vlog-meets informative nature documentary, If I had to name the style. And yes, in my non-communal or show tanks I keep them all natural. its good for water quality, good for biodiversity and I think it looks nice and not oddly out of place like painting it blue or whatnot.

[@Max23465789]

What about infusoria for the new babies?

[@Fishtory]

infusoria is exactly what you'll need to do if its not a tank like this one. I love this tank because under the microscope there are at least 4 dozen species of plankton, worms and micro crustaceans... however if I had more fish in here, I'd need to supplement the microbiome population...and honestly, just tossing in boiled brocolli for 4 or 5 days will do that

[@dominickg.2057]

Did they have fry after this?

[@Fishtory]

Yup! About 13 babies that grew up

[@anotherthez7598]

Oh no (lol)... I forgot to ask which plants should I start with - it's an upcoming project, a large pond with WCMminows starting next April/May?

[@anotherthez7598]

Please reply, I'm confused - I truly am, so much weird info...?!

[@Fishtory]

oh well I'd go for some lilies (theyll spread nicely), id definitely do some corkscrews valesenaria aka "Val", .....then you could do water lettuce to keep the nitrates down, but you'll need to scoop out some if they cover too much of your view. Next I'd think of hearty plants like cabomba carolinia, rotolas and bacopa carolinia, all plants that will spread by cutting their stems, and they all can survive big temperature changes. I think honestly visiting local lakes or ponds and grabbing cattails, or whatever is growing in the muddy 2 foot deep or so areas- that should do really well in a pond since those are all already thriving in your climate cycle. Along one edge I'd add either java moss, pearl weed, guppy grass or something that gets dense and grows fast (water spite or wisteria may also work) for your fry to hide in...Also something like the lily pads or lotus is a good for hiding the adults from birds or raccoons etc.

[@anotherthez7598]

@@Fishtory Thank you so much for all this, and my pond will be 4 feet deep. I'll sure take it all into consideration. All the best! Can't wait for more. Cheers :)

[@Fishtory]

@@anotherthez7598 yeah the lilies, cabomba and val will all grow 4 feet tall easily

[@michaelturk1375]

I need female badis please help

[@Fishtory]

So do I! LOL then dumb male killed 3 of mine

[@LostLeftyLimb]

Man watching this made me miss keeping badis. I’m building a custom river tank. I think I’m going to make it a badis tank.

[@Fishtory]

Oooo that will be amazing

[@kelorarose]

Where can I find a female I've been looking for months?? Someone help!!

[@Fishtory]

It's very tricky. Good luck, keep hunting for em when new fish show uo

[@mellywell]

This is the best video on Scarlet Badis and I've watched them all. I have a 120G with a dreamy blue shrimp explosion. I need a predator. just enough to keep populations in check. This is the WINNER!!!!! Thank you. Will he eat baby bladder and ram horn sails?

[@christopherzachary1075]

I purchased two badis at my lfs thinking one was female and the other male. As soon as the fish settled in later that day the “female” showed reddish stripes. Now they’re trying to breed and I think they’re both male. Where did you get your female? Love the vids man.

[@kroegermarkus1170]

Hi Alex. Still following though not commenting a lot.

[@Fishtory]

Glad to know...I'll take yuh in any form I can get haha. I hope you're doing well. Take care

[@suman5492]

How do you grow so much algae? I need a lot for my otocinclus

[@Fishtory]

Real day light and higher nitrates

[@KuyaCraig]

I’m kinda on a time crunch. Have a fully established tank ready for them, but I don’t know if they do well in Tannins and lower PH. Let me know ASAP if you can! Thank you!

[@johnc2101]

just saved 5, stuck them in my swordtail birthing tank, and they are doing awesome and things seem peaceful for a start watching them hunt every rock and the fry and just checking them out eventually it they will get into the community tank hopefully

[@sarahtan6092]

is your shrimp increasing? feel like getting 1 in my planted tank with shrimps

[@CowboyStud092984]

Not sure of you were corrected but Dario dario is in the same family as bettas and gourami not cichlids... Order: Anabantiformes Family: Badidae Genus: Dario Species: D. dario

[@Fishtory]

Thanks yeah i dunno why i said that if i said something to that effect...brain fart . I appreciate the correction, my friend!

[@Fishtory]

I also just meant that those others were labyrinth fish i think (probably what was in my mind)

[@CowboyStud092984]

A lot of people think they aren't in the same family as Gourami and Bettas cu they don't make a bubble nest like the usual species within the group... I have some wild bettas that are mouth brooders and some that are pit spawners lol... But right now I have a tank full of male Scarlets so hopefully my next batch I'll have some females :-)

[@stoneart987]

Great vid! Thanks. I just purchased a new 6.7 gal (I wasn't really planning on it, long story) and I think these little guys are going to work. Thanks again.

[@Fishtory]

Should be perfect! Goodluck, my friend

[@fredmata4151]

Do you sell your Badis? I'm looking for two females.

[@Fishtory]

Usually I do...but currently I'm down to only my breeder group. I'll always let folks know a few times in live streams whenever I'm breeding something out to sell

[@BrolyRucci]

@@Fishtory wow I’d love to buy from you my lfs never quarantines fish so I don’t get the cool stuff

[@dakuaquatics]

Hey! Love the content - I live in South Florida and am currently on my 21st sub-dominant male Scarlet Badis purchased from anywhere and everywhere you can think of. My buddy told me you might have females for sale? I would be forever grateful - i need to check this one off the bucket list! Thanks for your time and have a great weekend!

[@maltahighjacker9842]

What size tank?

[@Fishtory]

10 gallon :)

[@waynedavis3116]

can they be in with guppies in a 20 gallon?

[@Fishtory]

they can, but theyll be stressed...the curious baby guppies go pester them and inevitably get bit and chased ...they are in one of my guppy tanks, but I put corydora habrosus and ruby tetra also in...so that the guppies would pester the other bottom dwelling fish first, or just diffuse the amount of pestering per badis

[@mrgrump2534]

Won’t they eat the baby guppies b4 they get big enough to pester them

[@Shaden0040]

So the fry need to start off eating infusoria? Easy to make a culture. Take a piece of broccoli, boil it til it is soft, place it in a jar and let cool, add some water from an established fish tank, and add some plants also from an established tank. Place in a sunny windowsill,, preferably in a secluded place outside the house (because the culture smells very bad) and let it sit open for O2 access. Takes 1-3 weeks for your culture to form and the water will turn milky with the infusoria. Then use a turkey baster to suck up a couple of mililiters of this culture 3-4 times a day to feed the fry once the fry's yolk sacks are gone.

[@Shaden0040]

I like the chameleon Badis, badis badis.

[@Fishtory]

Yes me too, there are several ideas that all 3 dwarf badis are so closely related they may be a single species...then other people (as of 1999) said there are 3 species ...and within those 2 regions with various traights... but even though they look identical there are 2 that differ only in the number of teeth haha. So I sure wouldn't want to decide what is a species and what isnt

[@Shaden0040]

@@Fishtory I think it might come down to how long each branch has been isolated. DNA testing can determine that.

[@Fishtory]

Thats what I think is a fair way to do it. but look at camels and llamas...they have been apart like 20 million years and still can have a baby together!

[@Shaden0040]

@@Fishtory But is it sterile? Bactrian and dromedary camels can breed together but the offspring is sterile. Homosapiens and Neanderthals and Denisovans were separated by 100 million years but produced viable offspring and the proof is in all human DNA outside of Africa. Even the Denisovans and Neanderthals interbred together.

[@Fishtory]

yes and likely 2 or more other variations of humans interbred as like floresiensis and Pacific islanders possibly. on my DNA test I came back 5% Neanderthal lol...literally the most you can still have in you. 99.98 percentile

[@NoapteaMintii]

I have 5 alfa males Scarlet Badis in a 9 liters nano tank. So... It is posible to keep them in a nano. Sometimes they will fight, but no as often as female bettas. See here the longest fight I recorded: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5SYgmqfpr9nqtk

[@professorm4171]

Badis are closer related to Anabantoids than Cichlids.

[@Fishtory]

Yes. I just think they behave similarly

[@professorm4171]

@@Fishtory The big connection is how Badis mate. They do the betta hug too.

[@johnnybest6386]

How can u not stop scuds from reproducing to the millions ... the scarlt badd ass

[@Fishtory]

Yes lol or sparkling gouramis

[@aquaticassam6779]

I'm from Assam, 💚💚💚

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for watching! And welcome!

[@2tardi]

Dario eat planaria? That’s just wrong. Hardly any fish eat planaria as they are very sour. Not every worm like animal in your tank are planaria. I don’t know the English name but translated often these worms are oil worms. Fish like them.

[@Fishtory]

Lots of fish will eat planaria If they are hungry and are not used to fish food from the store. But if they have a choice, they would eat the pre-made food every time

[@PULAG]

Dude said nematode lol

[@greenbean5035]

My male and 2 females are always super bright

[@Fishtory]

That's good. How are the female bright though?

[@greenbean5035]

@@Fishtory the 2 females have a plane body pretty much other then 3 very bright lines. Although I have seen my 2 females rubbing on each other like they are spawning could 1 be a sneaker male or is this normal?

[@graphite2786]

You won't believe it but these fish are illegal to import into Australia. I've enquired with quite a few importers here but no dice. Ironically guppies, swordtails and goldfish are a still allowed import despite the fact that there are so many feral populations of them that are presently causing huge environmental problems. I cannot see how a tiny fish which has rather narrow environmental parameters could cause any sort of problems in Australian waterways.

[@Fishtory]

whhhhat!?! that is silly, man I'm sorry mate.

[@graphite2786]

@@Fishtory That's not the half of it.... No puffers of any sort. No nano gouramis except sparkling & chocolate No catfish except corydoras, otos, pictus, some plecos and 3 species of synodontus. No rasboras, except 4 species. No gobies except for bumblebee and peacock. No killifish except for 3 genus. No danios except for 6 species The original allowed list was made nearly 55 years ago and was totally based on Axelrods "Aquarium fishes" and the list has barely been updated, no allowance for new species or changes in taxonomy. We have 4 lists *White ( allowed import) *Red ( illegal import but not noxious ie you are allowed to own them because people are breeding them). *Black ( Noxious- illegal to import and keep) *Grey (????????) So every now and again someone will go through great expense and get permits to import something on the grey list. These are usually big expensive fish ie stingrays or cichlids. No one wants to spend huge amounts of money just to import a dozen Dario or pea puffers which at any moment could go onto the Black list because of some dubious recommendation.

[@Fishtory]

Man that's tough. I guess cane toads and rabbits really effed you guys over. I bet theres a group of Asians in Sydney or Melbourne...or like in Darwin / some of the isolated islands that are bringing in illegal stuff. Can you have eggs legally? like some states you can't have the fish but theres no technical law about eggs...or in extreme cases (sperm /milt and eggs/ roe...for arrowana someone was caught with it on their body in LA... A Taiwanese business man had like all these viles of eggs, and then from the CITIES red list he had life sperm and eggs he planned to IVF within hours of landing

[@graphite2786]

@@Fishtory ooh yes, plenty of illegal stuff comes in , usually in with other shipments. And the occasional airline traveller. There is a consortium of very wealthy Asian people who put together the most comprehensive and well researched study on how Asian Arowana would not survive in Australian waterways , they wanted to microchip each fish, they were wanting a permit system and database.... It was brilliant work! But it was rejected or is pending or something. It just disappoints me though that I can import 2 thousand wild guppies, that I can sell for nothing to anyone i choose, who can do god knows what with them but I cant import a couple of pea puffers. I have to point out though that we have a lot of feral fish species, worst being Gambusia, European carp, tilapia, redfin perch and brook trout. Some species have reverted back to wild forms like swordtails, mollies and Siamese bettas. ( There is a guy who actually exports these to Europe as apparently the wild types are in demand!)

[@Fishtory]

Holy Hell, that is ridiculous. For us here, peacock bass, snakeheads, zebra mussles, flying carp and tilapia are probably causing the most damage

[@blackwidowsk8]

Watching this again because mine are breeding right now (!!!!) ...also wondering if you have ever seen a female with blue coloring on the pectoral fins? In the past when your fish changed sex (M to F) did the fish retain any red or blue coloration? Also the male that just bred is very interesting and has spiky protrusions on the top fin and a double anal fin!

[@Fishtory]

Yes the blue hue has stayed...never any red stripes or black/dark gray stripes though... however females that are born female and don't flip, seem to have some iridescencens near the gill plate and belly. I'm very curious what you end up seeing, as well. Cheers.

[@blackwidowsk8]

@@Fishtory thanks Alex I appreciate you and all of the knowledge you have shared!!

[@shawnbright8955]

Man i am in the need of females. I need 2 of them can anyone help??

[@Fishtory]

Where are you located?

[@MrAmazingAC]

Haven't been able to find any females yet. Anyone know a good place to get REAL females?

[@Fishtory]

I check my LFS stores weekly and just annoyingly hang out till I find one in like every 200 or 300 they sell

[@Fishtory]

if these two actually raise their fry, I'll begin sharing females with folks for sure

[@jonstfrancis]

I heard Plenty of Fish was okay ;)

[@kanalakwarystyczny-aquapasja]

Great movie! I also have Scarlet Badis. I invite you to me. Greetings from Poland.

[@helciop79]

Don't the shrimp eat the eggs.

[@Fishtory]

I have not had that happen yet, in any meaningful numbers. the eggs are very tiny and the father chases away shrimp from his little nest

[@helciop79]

@@Fishtory I would love to buy a pair but from Aquatic Arts just the shipping is $40.00.

[@jkaquatics4284]

Helcio P I would make so many more orders if the shipping was not so expensive

[@Fishtory]

@@jkaquatics4284 I agree... I use that 10% or 15 % off code in my mind to bring that cost down...for me and some loyal customers theyll stack codes if you use their current 25% off sale and then mention you have a code from my channel. Theyll enter you into future give aways and sometimes toss in little extras or select the largest portions in the inventory

[@helciop79]

@@jkaquatics4284 Yes, I would definitely buy much more and I don't understand because I buy fish from other places, even from Thailand, and it isn't that expensive. Doesn't make sense, I pay 20 for a couple of fish and 40 for the shipping.

[@jamescapb3795]

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart Jeremiah 29:13

[@Fishtory]

Badis

[@VANO270783]

I NEED A FEMALE BADIS

[@Fishtory]

Where do you live?

[@VANO270783]

@@Fishtory i live in Russia Saint-Petersburd=)

[@Fishtory]

@@VANO270783 i put one in a bottle, with a message addressed to you and toss her in the ocean then

[@VANO270783]

@@Fishtory ahhahahhahahhahah ok thx

[@BurthRomanski-h8r]

Start Cleaning your window before you start filming !!!!

[@Fishtory]

Usually, but if its a spawning tank, i leave them as is for the micro fauna

[@kanalakwarystyczny-aquapasja]

Great movie! I also have Scarlet Badis. I invite you to me. Greetings from Poland.

[@Fishtory]

Ahhh awesome. Thank you for viewing, i will take a look!