Celebese Half Beak

The celebese half beak is a very strange livebearing fish from Indonesia. Like all half beaks, these fish swim at the surface of the aquarium and are territorial, so they cannot be kept with smaller platinum half beaks or hatchet fish. Other than that, these fish are good additions to a community tank.

Quick Facts

Care Guide

Tank setup: Halfbeaks live at the surface, so give them floating plants and a tight-fitting lid, since they jump. They are easily startled, so avoid sudden movements around the tank.

Feeding: Feed floating foods like flake and frozen bloodworms once or twice a day.

Tankmates: They get along with peaceful fish that swim lower in the tank, such as rasboras, corydoras and gouramis. Males may spar with each other.

Breeding: Halfbeaks are livebearers. Adults will eat the babies, so floating plants give them a place to hide.

Good to know: Celebes halfbeaks have a short beak and colorful red-and-black fins on the males.