i no this is a fairly old post, but i thought i would answer it anyway. i have some scarlet badis, males only i did have a female but she dissapeared. they are great little fish. some say males dont get on together at all but i have two males in a tank together. they are often patrolling together and have never had any damage. they are great tankmates for my cpds the females are even smaller although rather drab in comparison to the bright red and turquoise male patterning. get them. you wont regret it.