Badis Assamensis
A tiny Cichlid fish from Asia origin.
Practical tank setup -
Can be kept in a community tank provided tank mates are chosen with care. It is slow-moving with a retiring nature and may be intimidated or outcompeted for food by larger/more boisterous tank mates while very small fish may be predated upon. Peaceful, schooling cyprinids make good choices as do most gourami's because these tend to inhabit the upper parts of the aquarium
It is not a gregarious fish and rival males can be very aggressive towards one another, especially in smaller tanks. In these cases only a single pair or one male and several females should be purchased but in roomier surroundings a group can coexist provided there is space for each male to establish a territory and plenty of broken lines of sight. The clever placement of caves can help enormously in this respect; do not be tempted to cluster all the available spawning sites in one area of the tank, for example.
Aquarium with smooth rocks lots of pebbles and with some plants like jungle val, crypto green, amazon sword are good for those little monsters. Drift woods, Bogwood logs some floating plants or Anubias like plants are ideal for their hiding space.
Temperature: This species is subject to seasonal temperature fluctuations in nature and is comfortable between 15 – 25 °C with even greater extremes being tolerated for short periods. In many countries/well-insulated homes it can be therefore maintained without artificial heating year-round. Temperatures towards the upper end of this range are known to stimulate spawning activity meaning a heater will be required if you want to breed the fish outside of spring and summer months though. Set it to around 68 – 75°F/20 – 24°C for long-term care and breeding.
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