Glass Catfish

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?

 

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

 

Thanx!

 

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

 

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!

 

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?

 

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.

 

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.

 

Are these the asian or african glass catfish?