Glass/ghost catfish

I have now got my plants and tank sorted. Hope everything well the plants will make it this time. I have come across glass/ghost catfish today and i could not believe that they are stocked here anyway i wanted to know how many can i keep. all my fish are doing fine and i dont want to overstock can i just get 2 will that be ok for my 72l tank?

 

they are a schooling fish - MINIMUM 5

 

Absolutely true what Henk says - if you keep anything less than 5 the fish will become very, very shy and may even refuse to feed. You'll find that the larger schools fare much better than smaller ones.

Another important thing to know about these fish is that they can be rather picky about what they eat. At first they might only accept frozen foods, only later adpating to dry foods.

 

SA - i have about 30 in my 2.5 - stunning fish! they love flake food

 

They do not like tanks that have other overly active fish.

 

One LFS told me to stay away from them as they eat plants, but the plants in Henks tanks look uneated. Please tell me they were lying.

 

wtf - trust me - they dont eat plants - who told you that?!

 

One of the guys at Panorama. Thanks Henk... I love those fish, now I know I can get them

 

i need a name.... Nico wont be impressed that his staff said that

 

Don't know the guy. It's not the guy on APSA either. Was a different oke.

 

cool thanks

 

Hey linxie!!

Was it the stocky young guy with the blondish hair??

G!

 

Hey Big G
No, I think you're referring to Toshi from APSA. It was a while ago. I only remember the dark hair, lol.

 

So these fish are good in a community tank?
Been looking at them for a while. They are really interesting.

 

They aren't suitabe to keep with over-competitive species, so try to keep to the more relaxed types of fish. Peaceful bottom dwelling species also work well with glass catfish.

 

SA: Would the be fine If I put them in a tank with cories and dwarf cichlids?

 

why do you want to mix fish from two biotopes? keep SA fish and Asian fish each in their own tanks

 

@Henk: My tank, my choice.

 

attitude problem of note - dont say you havent been warned

 

Warned about what?
Listen Henk: Wake up, put on some big girl panties, and realise that this forum does not evolve around you.
I think it's more like you with the attitude problem. I come here to ask questions and share my experiences, not to tell people how badly they are doing things.
We are all her to help each other. Not to run one another down.
If you have a problem with that, then you can PM me, if you have the backbone.
End of story.