Just joined R2R!!

Hemmdog · Jul 20, 2019

Ligeia said:
Hi all!

Just joined after about 5 years in the hobby! I've been lurking on the forums for a while and wanted to finally be able to post lol!

I'm located in Oakland, CA! Where my Bay Area people at?

I'm a passionate fish nerd looking forward to contributing to the community!

Welcome to reef2reef! I’m in the bay, over in Sunnyvale.

dbl · Jul 20, 2019

Welcome to R2R and your new reefing family.

Max! · Jul 20, 2019

Welcome! We have cake.

GoVols · Jul 20, 2019

Welcome!!

hdsoftail1065 · Jul 20, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!!

Peace River · Jul 20, 2019

Ligeia said:
Here's a teaser from my 10. One of my black tiger badis! Just as colorful as a reef fish IMHO!

Beautiful anabantid! I have kept the Badis badis, but never the dario sp. (aka Black Tiger Badis). The adults in the Badidae group range from 3/4 to nearly 3 inches - where does this species fall in that range?

rodney · Jul 20, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

Adam_C · Jul 20, 2019

Hi welcome!

Ligeia · Jul 20, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Welcome to reef2reef! I’m in the bay, over in Sunnyvale.

Nice to meet ya! Maybe we'll see each other around!

Mastiffsrule · Jul 20, 2019

Welcome to the group

Ligeia · Jul 20, 2019

Peace River said:
Beautiful anabantid! I have kept the Badis badis, but never the dario sp. (aka Black Tiger Badis). The adults in the Badidae group range from 3/4 to nearly 3 inches - where does this species fall in that range?

The Dario males I have are around an inch and a half! They are super territorial and feisty with one another, much more so than badis badis. I have them in a tank with a licorice gourami pair and they definitely run the show. Color-wise, though they are most definitely the most colorful of the badis species! They also eat your Malaysian trumpet snails so another bonus!

Peace River · Jul 20, 2019

Ligeia said:
The Dario males I have are around an inch and a half! They are super territorial and feisty with one another, much more so than badis badis. I have them in a tank with a licorice gourami pair and they definitely run the show. Color-wise, though they are most definitely the most colorful of the badis species! They also eat your Malaysian trumpet snails so another bonus!

If you enjoy licorice gouramis then I would recommend this booklet published by the Anabantoid Association of Great Britain. There is not much literature on these beautiful fish so when I was able to acquire this booklet I was thrilled. It is 47pp. of descriptions and pictures of species in the licorice group.