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Old 02-02-2005, 02:07 AM   #1
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Badis badis bengalensis
Picked up three pairs of these babies today....only about 1cm long, but already showing some really intense colouration. Popped them into a 5gallon with water, gravel and plants from my established Badis badis badis tank, as well as a jump-started sponge filter.

They look just like this little chappy:
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Very nice!
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They look very pretty--do they change colors often?
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Nice! I love my scarlets.
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Very nice!
You know it! Riverfront still has about 150 of them....feel free to join the badis club!
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Cool fish! Tortis.. get a camera! [acronym:eddd1b10c4="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:eddd1b10c4] I want to see pics of all of your 40-somthing tanks within 2 months!
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i knew you were gonna get some!
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They are so tiny. Mine are practically lost in a 10 [acronym:956a211391="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:956a211391] tank.
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They are so tiny. Mine are practically lost in a 10 [acronym:03af15696d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:03af15696d] tank.
Yours?!? What clever, good-looking fellow picked those out for you?
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