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 Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Nice to see that I have got people interested.
They usually come in looking rather drab and I bet most of you seen and let it pass as another brown fish.
Camy - 1.5x1.5x1.2 (The ones in the bottom row if you recall)
Supra: Leaf Litter - A bed of leaves at the bottom of the tank to recreate a biotope. This provides for safety and in some cases reduces the PH of water. You could use Badam leaves or Jackfruit leaves. I use Jackfruit leaves as they disintegrate slower in hard water. Badam leaves are supposed to be better for bringing down PH though. You can use this for most labyrinth fishes as well as Badids, Apisto and West Africans. Dont use it in tanks for hard water fishes.
Was the leaves thoroughly, dry them in the sun and add them to your tank.
Nayak: Adipa has handled quite a few of them so he should be able to get them for you. Just make sure there are females among them as Badids seem to be caught/shipped across with a highly skewed sex ratio.
Deepak: 6 of them. Got them from Calcutta.
Asim: Yes, but not from South India.
Vyas: No they are not as colorful but still interesting. They are fit for Species tanks only.
Rohan: As Trevor said, these fellas are not as fussy as Dario dario but still do not usually take dry food as in pellets or flakes. |
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mcgokul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Wow wow wow  . I had a bad time with my Dario Dario's. Lost all  . Hope to keep Badi Badi's one day. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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I have at the moment eight B. badis and i thoroughly agree with the species tank concept. I keep mine in various 15 gal tanks with sand, leaf litter and floating plants. The only tankmates are H. hara, as they seem to live perfectly together and enjoy the same food.
Your Badis, especially the one in the first pic are absolutely stunning. My guys show off a lot of colour, but i've only got that amount of brilliance while they were breeding.
I feed my lot almost exclusively live foods, tubifex, mosquito larvae and chopped up earthworms.
I remember when i first got them, i used to house them in a native comm. tank with a bunch of killies and barbs. They never did very well in there, were healthy but did not show off colours as much.
apart from the leaf litter, another thing i use a lot are broken flower pots, they serve well as caves. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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These are some awesome badis! even I left them at LFS, but not because of brown color  |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:17 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Beautiful, Beta! Stunning fish and pics.
To echo Trevor: Welcome back. 
Planning to sneak into Theosophical Society and collect some fallen Badam/ Jackfruit leaves...wash, dry, use....right? Anything else I need to know about the process?
@ Neil: Would appreciate pics of your setup and fish as well.... |
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Tirtha C
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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| rohansd wrote (View Post):
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Lovely.
I always thought Badis require live food.
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Buddy.... I have Darios for last 5 months ... and never seen them touching any kind of dried food. But still I have 4 of them but not in good shape. I think they are living on algae and snails eggs. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:26 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Wow  Awesome fish Beta. Must say looks rather awesome compared to the way they normally get shipped in. Havent yet managed to lay my hands on them here, hopefully as and when i come down i can get a few. Superb fish again. Well done. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Hi,
Badis at its best,excellent growth and colouration.Keep up the good work Beta 
Regards
Shishir Kamat |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Looks awesome Beta !
Agree with you completely on having a dedicated tank to themselves, these beauties sure do deserve it.
Coloration...that is one of the best I;ve seen till date....any of them doing the act ?
Cheers, |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:41 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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| beta wrote (View Post):
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Rohan: As Trevor said, these fellas are not as fussy as Dario dario but still do not usually take dry food as in pellets or flakes.
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Oh yes.
I confused them with Scarlet Badis.
Thanks Trevor. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Neil: Good tip. I use the small Matka/Kulfi pots. I have used coconut shells in the past.
Ashwin: Nope. Its as simple as it sounds.
Hayath: I do have a pair at the moment. Lets keep our fingers crossed.
Thanks to the others |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Lovely looking fish Beta!!
The first shot is a Winner!!  |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Nice pictures Beta :)
I had bought six of which only survived, 2F & 1M. They have being spawning, regularly since July'08 inside the power head assembly.  , again non-intentional breeding program.
I shall try to upload the pictures soon. BTW, are you planning to breed them ? |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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| Yes Deepak! Hopefully they will. I need to move the pair to a separate tank though. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: Badis badis |
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Great pics and beautiful fish.
Bhushan |
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