Folks,

Had a nice trip to Enfield yesterday too look around the aquarium shops at Crews Hill. For anyone after halfbeaks, definitely worth the trip.

Wildwoods have some Nomorhamphus liemi snijdersi in quarantine and should be on sale in the next couple of days. These are like Celebes halfbeaks but with black markings on their fins and beaks. They were very striking fish. As with Celebes halfbeaks, these fish tolerate hard water but prefer it a bit soft and acidic.

Maidenhead Aquatics had what I believe were red-fin halfbeaks, Nomorhamphus ebrardtii. Pale body, straight beak, and red anal, dorsal, and tail fins. This species apparently prefers hard or slightly brackish water, which makes it particularly useful in "London tap water", which doesn't tend to suit the other Nomorhamphus spp.

Home Marine had some "platinum halfbeaks", Dermogenys sp., possibly a variant of Dermogenys pusilla. Strikingly shiny silver body with red fins. Very nice fish that do well in most water conditions.

Cheers,

Neale

the platinum halfbeaks are probably a color variant or a washed out dermogenys sumatrana.