Dario dario..

**EvolutionZ** · 13th Mar 2009, 20:56

im interested in keeping the above fish. i wonder what other dario species fish is available in sg other than the common dario dario aka scarlet badis. do all dario fish eats only live food? will frozen daphina do?

**Asgard** · 14th Mar 2009, 05:49

Mine don't eat anything frozen/not alive. Worms type of food are favored, tubifex, grindal worms, microworms etc. Cyclops too, daphnia if nothing else is available. I keep a lot of RCS in the tank so food is a non-issue now, because the dario's prey on the shrimplets. Dario hysginon might be available, but that would be a rare occasion. Don't know of any other dario species, there are other Badis species, but they're bigger, Badis burmanicus is a nice one.

**EvolutionZ** · 14th Mar 2009, 13:37

seems like feeding would be a problem if i keep them....

**Asgard** · 14th Mar 2009, 17:19

Maybe not, ask your local LFS what he feeds them, maybe they're used to frozen food and you'd be ok.

**avant** · 14th Mar 2009, 17:59

For mine, they are doing fine with frozen bloodworms but not really frozen brineshrimps. But initially I started off with live worms.

**torque6** · 22nd Mar 2009, 01:02

ya, i was recommended to keep these as per advice from Illumnae, but understand from alot of people that they dont favour hikari pellets.

**zoothefreak** · 2nd Sep 2009, 16:35

Are scarlet badis anabantoids?

**islandangels** · 6th Dec 2009, 07:48

The " Scarlet Badis " is actually a Dario. It has been labeled the scarlet badis. But they are different species of fish.

**Emokidz** · 7th Dec 2009, 14:35

I've been keeping four of these in my community tank with galaxies and endlers for about a year now.

Mine eat live tubifex with gusto. They're not so much interested in foods which are not moving. They do, however, scavenge around the java moss from time to time. Not much success in getting them onto dried/frozen foods. Live food's still the way to go for these little cuties.