Jess Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) I had never thought of this possibility before Bob Steenfott mentioned it in his Monday livestream...mostly because these halfbeak species are pretty small (1-2 inches). I wanted to put 6 of them in my 17 gallon heavily planted tank with my 6 licorice gourami and 12 chili rasboras. Will this be a problem? I pictured the halfbeaks staying near the surface under my red root floaters and Brazilian pennywort...but if they'll eat my chilis or make them too nervous, this is a no-go (and I'll be super sad...I really wanted to get halfbeaks! Fish health and safety comes first though). This is the tank they'd be going in. Sorry it's upside-down...there doesn't seem to be a way to rotate it in the forum (and rotating it before uploading doesn't work either). Edited February 18, 2021 by Jess add tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanni Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I'm sure it's possible. Your tank is very nicely planted so the fish could go and hide out if they ever got harassed. The halfbeaks would probably be too small to eat them. Just feed your fish very well and it should be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastifflvr28 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I have 2 in my 36 bowfront community tank. I got them from the co-op about a year ago. They are really cool fish!! They are called Silver Halfbeaks, about 2 inches long. STRICTLY top dwellers. They had fry a couple of times. I managed to rescue ONE from the 2 separate batches (of about 4 to 6) they had. His name is Hans Solo. I don't know if they ate the fry or the honey gourmies or guppies did. They are GREAT community fish, they pretty much ignore all the other fish except themselves. The male seems to harass the female a bit, but she finds hiding spots in the plants. Michelle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 9 hours ago, Yanni said: The halfbeaks would probably be too small to eat them. That’s what I was hoping...and too small to be interested. I feed BBS for other fish that are micro predators, so that’s what I would feed the halfbeaks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Mastifflvr28 said: His name is Hans Solo. Hahahaha that’s an amazing name! I love it. Are those the livebearing type? I think the ones I’m looking to get are egg layers...man, it would be SO COOL to raise baby halfbeaks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thing you have to careful with they are prone to damaging they nose by swim into thing if they get startled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 how do you catch them without damaging the nose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastifflvr28 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Yeah, mine are live birth. They also eat out of my hands...like repashy since it sinks so fast. They do jet around the tank but they aren't startled by me, usually it's the female running from the male. Reminds me of guppies. I haven't seen either of them run into the side of the tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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