Scarlet Indian Badis

[jacko32]

hi does anyone have any of these fish how hard are they to breed ?

 

[Ludwig Venter]

hi does anyone have any of these fish how hard are they to breed ?

You have me stumped as to wether they should be placed in the anabantoids section or not... I had a keen interest in them many moons ago & read up about them in Dr. Axlerods' "Exotic Aquarium Fishes"....

If my memory serves me... they are rather shy and not too difficult to breed and do not require a lot of space either. The only resemblence they have to Anabantoids would be the embracing move during spawning, but the eggs are placed in the substrate rather than in Bubble nests. The male guards the eggs.

They remain rather small and require a densely planted tank..... I honestly cannot remember if they belong to the Anabantoids family, but I doubt if they do... (maybe someone else can answer that for us)... Somehow, the name Badis/Badis comes to mind... if that is a specie

 

[jacko32]

hi thanks for the info read this on direct tropicals thats why i used the gourami section

Male scarlet badis are like little rubies. They are easily identified by their bright red stripes. They max out at 1 to 2 centimeters (1/2 to 3/4 of an inch). The head and back is bright red, and there are 7 bright red stripes on the body, interspersed with pearly white strips. The fins are also bright red, lined with irridescent blue-white. The females are slightly smaller and much, much duller. Personally, I find them very attractive, but compared to the males they are plain (this is why they are rarely imported). The body and fins are a pearly-pink, with sometimes very faint traces of pinkish stripes running into the fins.
Not aggressive towards other species, or each other if they have adequate space. Scarlet badis were formerly thought to be a dwarf cichlid, but this has been proven untrue. They are in the family of perch-like fish, gouramis and bettas being their distant cousins.