Yea theres a standard and golden morph of the mini's
not hard at all really just get some good quality flake food.
Thinks it's the Dermogeny's anyway bloody easy if you follow a few steps.
1) Keep them in full fresh. People who call brackish on these fish are
idiots
2) Males will fight and break their beaks. Just get 1 if it's for a curious
oddball addition to a tank. Or get quite a few if the tanks large enuf
3) a good flake food and some live or frozen are the go as foods
4) Go the planted tank!

hope that helps they are funky fish..... certainly spice up guppy tanks
they may be able to survive brackish water for a bit
but they really do do much better in freshwater in my experience




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I saw some real halfbeaks finally and quite liked them, but I remember
they're a tiny bit quirky to keep (only take fresh food, etc.). Are
there any species that look similar but are easier to keep? The gars
and pikes seem to be it, but grow far too large.

Seb