Scarlet Badis aka Dario Dario are small micro predators that live 2-3 years originating from Bengal living in slow moving streams, lakes, and ponds with dense vegetation, small gravel substrate high pH, and some tannins, they get up to 0.8 inches in length and adult males have deep scarlet red coloration with gray-white vertical stripes going down to the caudal fin, males only have this red color while females have a silver coloration along with teal blue scales near the gills with gray stripes also going vertical down to the caudal fin, white mating, males will have a bright red coloration as seen in the picture and females will become an opaque light grey-white color with no stripes visible.
Keeping scarlet badis is fairly easy. With a minimum tank size of 10 gallons of footprint, they ... Read MoreRead more