Dario hysginon & Scarlet Badis (Dario dario) together?

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Scipio

Discussion Starter · Jul 25, 2012

Well the Scalet badis bug bit me!!! I really dig these little guys with so much personality. Mine are not shy at all and will eat live black worms right out of my hand

I moved out my OEBT & BTOE from my 26g long planted tank and moved them over to a 10g.

I went out an bought 5 male Scarlet badis and 12 CPDs for my 26g long. And just two days ago I was able to score 5 female Scarlet badis after visiting 3 LFS in my area. It was kinda funny too, the LFS employee was a bit confused as to why I would only want the tanish plain looking ones with no color at all when there were some really nice colorful ones in there.

The LFS employee asked, "Are you sure you don't want any of the ones with blue and red on them?" I answered, "Nope, I'll take those five ugly ones please". LFS guy, "Your the boss". That same LFS also had some Badis badis but they are bit bigger and not very colorful at all. The males are dark gray with black stripes and the females were a clear grayish tan.

I'm still hunting for more more female Scarlet badis, at least 5 more to have 2 to 1 ratio. But now I've been eyeballing Dario hysgninon and I was wondering if...

1. Will they get along well with the Scarlets? I'm sure there will be some squabbling for territory and thats fine as long as there is no real threat of injury. The tank is really well planted with lots of rocks and cave formations all over the tank.

and...

2. If they will be fine together, is there any chance of cross breeding?

I've been searching on the web for the answer to those two questions and so far no luck. Hoping someone here might be able to know.

D sp. ‘Myanmar’ is also a nice one, but I have not seen anyone carry that one so far.

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Scipio

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jul 25, 2012

Oh well, I guess I'll just find out the trial and error way. If I decide to get some D. Hysginon

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mubender

· #3 · Jul 26, 2012

Ive had mine together for almost a year. A trio of scarlets and a trio of hysginons. Theyre pretty territorial but as long as its well planted and you have plenty of broken lines if sight then you should be fine. No interbreeding, they dont even display at each other. Almost seems as if the two trios are in thier iwn little worlds. And as far as the myanmars or black tigers are concerned....if you find them id gadly import some with you, i believe theyre on the endangered non-import list tho.

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Calmia22

· #4 · Jul 26, 2012

I have my scarlet badis with angels and platies, and I have no issues. I don't know much about the Dario hysginon but considering angels get along with them fine I am sure anything will, just as long as there is enough room. (Mine are in a 75g)

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DBlauj

· #5 · Jul 26, 2012

Just curious as to how many types of darios are there? It's weird cause I found out about these little guys no more than a couple weeks ago, was lucky enough to buy 4 this past weekend and now am seeing more and more threads about these awesome little guys.

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Scipio

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jul 26, 2012

mubender said:
Ive had mine together for almost a year. A trio of scarlets and a trio of hysginons. Theyre pretty territorial but as long as its well planted and you have plenty of broken lines if sight then you should be fine. No interbreeding, they dont even display at each other. Almost seems as if the two trios are in thier iwn little worlds. And as far as the myanmars or black tigers are concerned....if you find them id gadly import some with you, i believe theyre on the endangered non-import list tho.

Thanks for the info :thumbsup:

Interesting observation that I too have noticed... The Scarlet badis are in their own little world. The CPDs might as well be just another rock or plants in there cause they totally ignore them. But they sure are quick to react to each other lol.

I doubt I will find any myanmars but if I do find some I will let you know

DBlauj said:
Just curious as to how many types of darios are there? It's weird cause I found out about these little guys no more than a couple weeks ago, was lucky enough to buy 4 this past weekend and now am seeing more and more threads about these awesome little guys.

Here are a few
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/search/Dario+dario

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mubender

· #7 · Jul 26, 2012

Btw....have you looked into any ellassoma soecies with your scarlets? Ive been housing ellassoma gilbertii and evergladei with my darios for some time. Interesting thing is that they look identical to the dario species...i.e fins the same, in the same location on thier body, as well as having the same behaviour. Being a somewhat local fish(sunfish species) its kinda neat to be able to house an american fish with an import, plus thier blue colorations work really well with the scarlets.

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Scipio

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jul 27, 2012

mubender said:
Btw....have you looked into any ellassoma soecies with your scarlets? Ive been housing ellassoma gilbertii and evergladei with my darios for some time. Interesting thing is that they look identical to the dario species...i.e fins the same, in the same location on thier body, as well as having the same behaviour. Being a somewhat local fish(sunfish species) its kinda neat to be able to house an american fish with an import, plus thier blue colorations work really well with the scarlets.

WOW!!! I really like the look of those two fishes! I looked up some photos of gilbertii and the blue is amazing. Also saw a video on youtube of evergladei and now I want some of both. Where did you get yours from?

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mubender

· #9 · Jul 27, 2012

http://www.aquaculturestore.com/Pygmy-Sunfish/

I picked up my groups from here. The gilbertii are a bit more rare but if i remember correctly there was someone here selling them on the SnS. Ill see if i can dig up the thread.

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mubender

· #10 · Jul 27, 2012

Btw most pictures i see of the evergladei are ugly, however the males i have are so dark blue theyre almost black and have sections of a pearlized blue color which really pop under LED.

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Scipio

Discussion Starter · #11 · Jul 27, 2012

Thank you! I'm going to give these guys a shot

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