halfbeak-like fish

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

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

swarvegorilla wrote:
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

[snip]
Well the situation is a bit more complicated than I hinted...
I'm floating ideas for decorating our company office, and our company
is barracuda-themed--I figured that halfbeaks are the closest and most
practical match--and with a tiny bit of instruction even non-aquarists
should handle them ok. It would have been nicer if they were happy to
live in schools though (like real barracudas).

Seb

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swarvegorilla wrote:
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

[snip]
Well the situation is a bit more complicated than I hinted...
I'm floating ideas for decorating our company office, and our company
is barracuda-themed--I figured that halfbeaks are the closest and most
practical match--and with a tiny bit of instruction even non-aquarists
should handle them ok. It would have been nicer if they were happy to
live in schools though (like real barracudas).

Seb


Well give me details then dude....

tank dimensions and stuff
if ya can get 1 boy and a few chicks maybe it wouldn't be a problem
either way they are cheap enuf to have a bash at it
I have had 1 of mine for a few years now
rather cool indeed

If it was my tax write off company fishtank I'd go a gator gar
costs be damned
those things rock!!!

[snip]
Well give me details then dude....

tank dimensions and stuff
if ya can get 1 boy and a few chicks maybe it wouldn't be a problem
either way they are cheap enuf to have a bash at it
I have had 1 of mine for a few years now
rather cool indeed

If it was my tax write off company fishtank I'd go a gator gar
costs be damned
those things rock!!!

Cost not huge object--space is more of a problem
We don't even have tank yet. Just wanted to know halfbeaks aren't too
hard to keep alive. If we can only keep one, well, so be it.

Seb

[snip]
Well give me details then dude....

tank dimensions and stuff
if ya can get 1 boy and a few chicks maybe it wouldn't be a problem
either way they are cheap enuf to have a bash at it
I have had 1 of mine for a few years now
rather cool indeed

If it was my tax write off company fishtank I'd go a gator gar
costs be damned
those things rock!!!

Cost not huge object--space is more of a problem
We don't even have tank yet. Just wanted to know halfbeaks aren't too
hard to keep alive. If we can only keep one (to avoid possible
complications), well, so be it.

Seb

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[snip]
Well give me details then dude....

tank dimensions and stuff
if ya can get 1 boy and a few chicks maybe it wouldn't be a problem
either way they are cheap enuf to have a bash at it
I have had 1 of mine for a few years now
rather cool indeed

If it was my tax write off company fishtank I'd go a gator gar
costs be damned
those things rock!!!

Cost not huge object--space is more of a problem
We don't even have tank yet. Just wanted to know halfbeaks aren't too
hard to keep alive. If we can only keep one (to avoid possible
complications), well, so be it.

Seb


easy as when ya just have one
doesn't mean ya can't have other fish tho!