Badis?

[Sunny]

Reading my fresh water Encyclopedia I found a picture of a fish I can see perfectly in my tank, with a funny name of Badis. Does anyone know anything about this breed? Are they hard to find? Expensive? The fish is only 3 inches long and requires a 12 inch long tank, says the book, hardy withstands temperatures up to 83 degrees. Peaceful and good for a community tank, not to mention beautiful colouring: pink with red and green oval spots.

Anything else someone can tell me about this breed? Thanks!

 

[dwayne]

Here's the AC species profile... AC says "beware" for temperament
http://www.aquariacentral.com/species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0391&view_records=1

But live aquaria claims they're peaceful
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=1074

Commonly referred to as dwarf chameleon fish... live aquaria sells them for $7.49 each. I've never seen them at PetSmart or any other lfs before though.

I 'googled' and found these sites:
http://www.mongabay.com/fish/badidae.htm
http://www.kcff.net/oldworld/badis/badis/article.htm
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gbadis.html
nice pics here ~ http://fnp_badis.tripod.com/badis/badis.htm

~Tara

 

[Must4ng s4lly]

There are many types of badis. I have kept Scarlet Badis and they are very nice, quiet community fish. This type of badis only gets an inch long too. Unfortunately, I switched him out of my smaller tank and put him in my newly cycled tank and it was too soon & I lost all three of them

 

[Sunny]

Thanks, Tara! Aren't they cute? Amazing how different sources give you different information!? My encyclopedia says that all the fish needs is a 12 inch tank length. The site where they are sold says they need a 20g tank. Also, these two sources have different temperature requirements, etc. I wonder why pet stores don't have them ?

 

[Sunny]

Hi, Must4ng s4lly! You are from Texas, too ! Of course I'll have to check our other pet stores. Our Pets Mart doesn't have anything, and I really mean it---barely anything at all. We also have Pet Land, and it is a better store in our area, with bigger fish selection. Maybe they'll have Badis. I like scarlet Badis too. Their colour is so vibrant.