Scarlet Badis

[wirralbull]

can anyone suggest to me where to get hold of these aswell as some other rarer species. i like anything small. the smaller the better really particularly hara jerdoni. borasas micros, brigittae scarlet badis etc etc i live on the wirral near liverpool in england. my local fish shop can get hold of alot of these fish from abroad but has to buy them in large quantities.

[Matt]

Hi, just shifted this as it doesn’t really fit in the freshwater forum.

Are you looking for a private breeder or shop?

[Colin]

what is a scarlet Badis? What species?

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[oaken]

QUOTE (Colin @ Jan 11 2012, 07:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

what is a scarlet Badis? What species?

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wirralbull

Member

yes its dario dario i dont mind if the fish come from breeder or shop as long as theyr healthy.

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Colin

Participant

ah okay – i have them from time to time – the real trick is in getting females! You can order 50 and only get 2 or 3 females at most sometimes!

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BigTom

Participant

The number of threads I see about people looking for female Dario, you’d think someone would tell the collectors there is actually a demand for them.

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oaken

Participant

Indeed. Funnily enough about a year ago I ordered 10 Dario sp. “Red” (or something along those lines) I figured they were Dario hysginon. Turned out they were Dario dario so I was pretty pissed off at first. After a while I noticed I got 3 females out of those 10 fish which I thought was pretty remarkable.

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BigTom

Participant

They had some very young Dario hysginon in one of the shops in Edinburgh which I was tempted to pick up (only 3 left) on the basis that they probably weren’t sexable and might include a female or two.

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oaken

Participant

QUOTE (BigTom @ Jan 12 2012, 06:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They had some very young Dario hysginon in one of the shops in Edinburgh which I was tempted to pick up (only 3 left) on the basis that they probably weren’t sexable and might include a female or two.

Dario hysginon are really hard to sex properly even when they’re adult as the subdominant males take on the females colour.

[wirralbull]

yes its dario dario i dont mind if the fish come from breeder or shop as long as theyr healthy.

[Colin]

ah okay – i have them from time to time – the real trick is in getting females! You can order 50 and only get 2 or 3 females at most sometimes!

[BigTom]

The number of threads I see about people looking for female Dario, you’d think someone would tell the collectors there is actually a demand for them.

[oaken]

Indeed. Funnily enough about a year ago I ordered 10 Dario sp. “Red” (or something along those lines) I figured they were Dario hysginon. Turned out they were Dario dario so I was pretty pissed off at first. After a while I noticed I got 3 females out of those 10 fish which I thought was pretty remarkable.

[BigTom]

They had some very young Dario hysginon in one of the shops in Edinburgh which I was tempted to pick up (only 3 left) on the basis that they probably weren’t sexable and might include a female or two.

[oaken]

QUOTE (BigTom @ Jan 12 2012, 06:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They had some very young Dario hysginon in one of the shops in Edinburgh which I was tempted to pick up (only 3 left) on the basis that they probably weren’t sexable and might include a female or two.

Dario hysginon are really hard to sex properly even when they’re adult as the subdominant males take on the females colour.

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