Badis sp. "Buxar"

[illumnae]

she looks fat. ready to breed?

[leeruisheng]

Ya. Very greedy. She's the fastest to snap up the blood worms I fed.

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[leeruisheng]

Female



Tank setup

[leeruisheng]

Male

[CK Yeo]

so fat.

ck

[leeruisheng]

Hehe. Had to feed in surplus so that slower fishes will get a chance to eat too.

Sometimes when I looked at them, they do resemble like Nanochromis.

[skratikans]

If you kept other badis species with badis buxar, such as badis badis, could you get a "hybrid"
What live foods would you recommend feeding badis buxar..I just got mine 3 days ago but dont seem to be eating any frozen bloodworms..meanwhile my other badis species go after the worms like crazy

[Quixotic]

Thus far, I have not heard of any hybridisation between different Badis species, but that's probably also because aquarists don't keep them in the same tank (or so I think).

Your fish could still be getting used to the environment, they should be taking to the frozen bloodworms sooner or later. In the meantime, you can feed them live food for example baby brine shrimps, daphnia, tubifex or even earth worms. Live tubifex may be controversial though due to the pathogen they carry, but I know many experienced aquarists do use them from time to time.

Otherwise, they should also not resist any cultured live food like white worm, wingless fruit flies, mosquito larvae, grindal worm and so on.

[leeruisheng]

Mine initially rejected frozen blood worms, but now it's their staple food.

[skratikans]

I have badis badis, badis buxar, and badis assamensis and thus far I have only had my assamensis successfully breed, I just wanted to make sure I would not end up with any hybrids..personally they like to keep to their own kind in the tank..so maybe thats why there hopefully are npt going to be hybrids..

Ohh thanks goodness! my other two types of badis devour the worms.. They dont appear to have any shrunken bellies..so I dont know if they secretly eat but I have not witnessed it

I'm glad I was able to come across this thread, as not many people have badis of any kind and not many people share too much info on them

P.S. When you breed your badis you should keep a journal..I would love to know how you will raise them...because personally, I have always had a hard time raising baby badis badis, when they are young not only are they relatively picky eater but they are also prone to dropsy, IMO

[Shi Xuan]

Hi fellas,

I just bought 4 Badis sp. "Buxar" from C328 a few hours ago, of which, I believe there's a female but I'm not quite sure. It should have been 5 but one had already died in the shop's tank. Anyway, the problem is, there's really not much information about this fish, as it is not very common in the aquarium trade.

They are really tiny fish, about the size of the boraras I have now. I'm intending to keep them in a 12 litres tank in a slightly soft and acidic environment, with gentle filtration and some Java ferns for cover. Let me know what you think about my setup.

[AQMS]

Hi,
below are the links about Badis species
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/badis-s...d-gets-a-name/
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/badis-sp-buxar/

if you are looking for females the shop at Bedok have it
Kohaku aquarium Blk 416 Bedok Nth Ave 2 #01-19
460416 Singapore
It is located right at the back of the shop.
Bought a few female from them few months ago
but it is not Buxar it is scarlet badis.

[Shi Xuan]

Thanks for the information but I've read the one on sp. "Buxar". Didn't really mention much about it though but still, I really appreciate your effort.

As for the scarlet, not really keen on keeping them at the moment. Kept them before and they are really nice little fish. Good luck with them anyway.

[Nec]

Nice fish

[Shi Xuan]

Yeap, they are really nice fish but fragile. The ones that I have, are about 2-3 cm. Good thing is, they have been feeding well on the tubifex worms.