Killer Livebearer. Belonesox Belizianus

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I got lucky and spotted this fish in a tank full of goldfish. I picked it up for about $20:)
 
Looking at your photo it appears to be a "she" Belonesox. They are easy to sex with the males having more color and a pointed gonopodium fin.

I had a pair for a couple of years and they would breed regularly. The babies are amazing, they are pretty big at birth and have a nice dark stripe. At only a few days old the babies would eat full grown live brineshrimp and would eat new born guppies after a week or so. The babies must be removed from the tank immediately or the parents would eat them.

Great fish, but a little skittish and they only eat live food - and lots of it!
 
frog11;1461145; said:
Looking at your photo it appears to be a "she" Belonesox. They are easy to sex with the males having more color and a pointed gonopodium fin.

I had a pair for a couple of years and they would breed regularly. The babies are amazing, they are pretty big at birth and have a nice dark stripe. At only a few days old the babies would eat full grown live brineshrimp and would eat new born guppies after a week or so. The babies must be removed from the tank immediately or the parents would eat them.

Great fish, but a little skittish and they only eat live food - and lots of it!
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I've had good success getting live only fish on dead food, so I'll do my best with this one as well. I just found an article describing how they're sexed. Pretty easy I found lol. Thanks for the advice! I'll be on the hunt for a male.
 
^^^
Agreed, would be pretty mad to have a like a 180 with 5 of these and heaps of other live bearers to pick off, plant the thank etc would be mad!
 
thats a rare find, i was after these for ages and since filled the tank planned for them.
i can get them now though which is typical
 
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