Glass Catfish

[KreepyCrawly]

Hi all,

I have two glass catfish in my tank. I would like to know frome someone what arre the eating habits of this fish and what sort of habitat would they be comfortable in.

The reason that I am asking is that these two fish do not move from the one side of the tank at all. They also have a posture of having there bodies angling upward towards the surface as if they are waiting for prey.

I would class them as middle feeder.

Can anyone assist?

[slayer]

try these links

http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Catfish,%20Glass.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Catfish

http://www.aboutfishonline.com/articles/glasscatfish.html

http://www.tropicalfishdata.com/catfish/glass_catfish.html

[KreepyCrawly]

Thanx!

[Supersam]

:mad: the first one didn't go thru. here we go again. the tank looks great with the sponsered plant.:bigsmile:

[richardnuss]

Get a couple more if possible... I started out with 5 and now have 10 - they are far less shy and feed regularly (in fact some of the larger ones will eat frozen bloodworm from my hand). I feed directly into the current - as someof the articles above suggest, they are from the wild and are used to live food - so the food moves and they give chase!

[KreepyCrawly]

As I have read in the websites supplied by slayer, its obviously better to have more, however glass fish are difficult to come by. Probably make some inquiries.

Question: What type of live foods?

[richardnuss]

They love brine shrimp - as well as daphnia (when you can get hold of it).

Have seen quite a few around town at the various lfs.

[KreepyCrawly]

Had a terrible time this weekend. Today is the the first time I have gained access to the web.

I gave the glass-fish some brine shrimp this morning. You are quite correct in saying that daphnia are hard to come by.

Thanx for the guidance.

[arapaimag]

Are these the asian or african glass catfish?