Your favourite small planted tank fish!

[lukeskwr]

just note that when you google many of the images may be wrong. even images in FishBase is not guarantee you have to see who submitted the images. Especially true for the less common species.

yup that's true. just got to keep a keen eye on it and pick out the correct one.

[andrewtyr]

just note that when you google many of the images may be wrong. even images in FishBase is not guarantee you have to see who submitted the images. Especially true for the less common species.

Uncle Choy got any nice badis images from your database?

[hwchoy]

Uncle Choy got any nice badis images from your database?

mmm… got some, not much, also not good looking, not colouring up properly. anyway do note that Badis can change their colours very quickly, drastically, so consider that when identifying.

Badis corycaeus




Badis cf. kanabos




Badis assamensis

[hwchoy]

I should add that Badis spp. are big in general (2-3 inches) and not suitable for small tanks. What is really small sized is the Dario spp. which was previously classified together with Badis.

[andrewtyr]

I should add that Badis spp. are big in general (2-3 inches) and not suitable for small tanks. What is really small sized is the Dario spp. which was previously classified together with Badis.

Badis spp. is what fish? I have never seen them before. Your sp Kanabos looks very nice. Where did u last see it? Mine is greyish only.

Badis is indeed a very nice fish, I like the shape of the fish.

[Wackytpt]

Nicholas, let me guess:

Badis corycaeus (came in some time ago at Gratiola)
Badis badis (commonly found species - Biotope has some)
Badis kanabos (also frequently in stock at the shops - C328 for example)

And perhaps, Dario dario too?

But of course, if you have Badis ferrarisi or Badis tuivaiei, you'd really be envied.

Got all through Gratiola. But 3 different species

The body pattern are different. One is confirm the Badis Corycaeus. I thought badis used to be known as Badis Burmanicus

[hwchoy]

Badis spp. is what fish? I have never seen them before. Your sp Kanabos looks very nice. Where did u last see it? Mine is greyish only.

Badis is indeed a very nice fish, I like the shape of the fish.

spp. simply means "species" (plural form) lah. the second fish is cf. kanabos which means something that looks almost similar to a B. kanabos but non-conclusive whether it is really different.

[stormhawk]

Got all through Gratiola. But 3 different species

The body pattern are different. One is confirm the Badis Corycaeus. I thought badis used to be known as Badis Burmanicus

Badis burmanicus is no longer valid. I think the species is now Badis assamensis.

[andrewtyr]

spp. simply means "species" (plural form) lah. the second fish is cf. kanabos which means something that looks almost similar to a B. kanabos but non-conclusive whether it is really different.

Do kanabos really grow to 2-3 inches?
Mine so far is ok with the dwarf cories and rubies.

One very interesting behaviour about my fishes is that they tend to emerge together from a cave shaped structure of plants. That is where they will commonly be at for most of the time.
Not at the other side of the tank, not near the top, not the middle level, just bottom right. Very interesting.

[Wackytpt]

Do kanabos really grow to 2-3 inches?
Mine so far is ok with the dwarf cories and rubies.

One very interesting behaviour about my fishes is that they tend to emerge together from a cave shaped structure of plants. That is where they will commonly be at for most of the time.
Not at the other side of the tank, not near the top, not the middle level, just bottom right. Very interesting.

that is the nature of these fishes. It is a common behaviour

[stormhawk]

Andrew, they're by nature cave-dwellers. If yours appeared out of the cave together, they're probably going to breed soon.

[andrewtyr]

that is the nature of these fishes. It is a common behaviour

yea, but fishes like boraras and microrasboras swim in the mid chord. It's very nice to see how many different swimming styles there are amongst fishes. We have got the fast swimmers (M. Kubotais), the poking behaviour (cories), darting and stopping (pencils), drifters (boraras), etc