Elusive female Scarlet Badis (dario)

For all of those despairing of the apparent lack of available females of DARIO DARIO, I offer the following shot of my successfully breeding pair ( the female is on the left). When I first set these guys up in a separate breeding set-up, she looked like she was supposed to according to the literature ( washed-out & pinkish) but a couple of days ago I looked in the tank & saw two apparent males . My first reaction was disgust but that rapidly changed to something else when I saw the tiny babies Perhaps those interested in breeding dario should take another look @ the available stock. A number of fishes have 'sneaker males' wherein they assume a female color pattern & demeanor. Perhaps the reverse is true for dario for whatever reason.

Nice. Do you have any more pics that you can share??

Probably not exactly what you had in mind but here is a newly-hatched dario:

Exactly what I had in mind. I couldn't really make out any fry in the first posted pic. Thanks.

The fry hang out @ the surface while the parents like the lower half of the tank so it's difficult to get a 'family portrait'. Here is another shot of fry about a week older:



BTW, I keep live moina in the tank @ all times which keeps everyone well fed.

What is live moina?? I've never heard of that.