David Hewitt
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I have absolutely fallen for Scarlet Badis. Great wee fish. I had a single male in my 60p and was desperately trying to source some females. I tried a reputable apistogramma breeder on the off chance, and he thought he might have some. So I paid for three to get posted up to Scotland. They arrived and things were looking promising but over 48 hours they all coloured up and were clearly males. I don't blame the breeder as they were very young and apparently non-dominant.
Fast forward four to five weeks and I appear to have war on my hands. I spotted the reddest of the four cuddling up to the palest. I thought my luck might be in, but I am pretty sure that they are using aggressive wrestling techniques to try and put an end to one another.
Do these guys need separated and pronto? I've uploaded a low quality phone video of the action and would be grateful of any feedback. Apologies for the quality. To get straight to the the action, skip to around 40 seconds in.
Thanks
Fast forward four to five weeks and I appear to have war on my hands. I spotted the reddest of the four cuddling up to the palest. I thought my luck might be in, but I am pretty sure that they are using aggressive wrestling techniques to try and put an end to one another.
Do these guys need separated and pronto? I've uploaded a low quality phone video of the action and would be grateful of any feedback. Apologies for the quality. To get straight to the the action, skip to around 40 seconds in.
Thanks
I had a few myself and they do not realy fight eachother. Male intimidations are simular in behaivor as the Trichopsis, just showing off. Spreading fins and circling eachother. The difference is Trichopsis looks for competition and the Dario is more like accidental encounter. Seperation aint necessary, but heavy planting, some caves and or broken eyesight created with hardscape and plants is more than enough. Than each goes his own way and makes a small territorium in his own corner. As described in the more complete databases about 30cm² per induvidual is pretty acurate. That i also experienced they just stay in their own established habitat for most of the time. Occasionaly they bump into eachother during foraging and than 1 is chased away. And it always seems that the one out of place is quickly realising he's not where he bellongs to be and backing off to his own corner again. And i also had 2 males sharing territory almost constantly without problems.
