Does anyone have any information of the African Glass Catfish? I jsut sold three as a group because they really seemed to like being in a group. The guy only wanted one, but agreed that they seemed to need each other. How big do they get?
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o, no.....
he did want only one? and now he just bought three??
poor things. they'll be gone before you can say "shoaling fish".
I've kept them a few times and found out that they can be really fussy about food, waterquality, numbers; you name it.
Not so easy to keep IMO.
And he should have bought 8 or so.....
They're supposed to reach 10 cm, but the biggest I ever saw were 8 cm TL.
he did want only one? and now he just bought three??
poor things. they'll be gone before you can say "shoaling fish".
I've kept them a few times and found out that they can be really fussy about food, waterquality, numbers; you name it.
Not so easy to keep IMO.
And he should have bought 8 or so.....
They're supposed to reach 10 cm, but the biggest I ever saw were 8 cm TL.
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There is a ton of information on this fish in de Vos (1995). Here's the gist of it:
They are primarily insectivorous (all benthic) in the wild, which means they need lots of live food.
As sid mentioned, they are a gregarious, schooling fish. Natural habitat is quiet, inshore sreas of large rivers with sandy bottoms, often found in shelter of overhanging grassess or sedges (i.e. make sure you provide dense vegetation as cover).
There's also a fair amount of info on the reproductive biology in the book, but I don't think your customer will be breeding them anytime soon.
They are primarily insectivorous (all benthic) in the wild, which means they need lots of live food.
As sid mentioned, they are a gregarious, schooling fish. Natural habitat is quiet, inshore sreas of large rivers with sandy bottoms, often found in shelter of overhanging grassess or sedges (i.e. make sure you provide dense vegetation as cover).
There's also a fair amount of info on the reproductive biology in the book, but I don't think your customer will be breeding them anytime soon.
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Thanks to both for the prompt replies.sidguppy wrote:o, no.....
he did want only one? and now he just bought three??
poor things. they'll be gone before you can say "shoaling fish". :(
These were the only three that were staying together as a group, which makes me think the other three were sick or very, very stressed. I don't think we should be selling these fish unless we can provide more info and enough fish, but I don't have a lot to say about it.
That said, they are nice fish with spectacular barbles.
troi, who is mad for anything in whiskers
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Re: Parailia pellucida
I just got seven of these from shop as Kryptopterus minors. Then I got five of those and noticed these earlier ones were different. Now here (and in Finnish forum) they got identified as Parailia pellucida.
They seem to be very very shy, but are now better with K. minors. I know nothing about them, water or so. Could you tell me how to make them feel more comfortable? They just hang around (and mostly under) a piece of wood, plants just make them panic when whiskers touch something when they try to go somewhere. Should the water be darker? I think there is six left but can't be sure. I count them by nights when lights are of by using flashlight, but it isn't easy, they are moving all the time.
They seem to be very very shy, but are now better with K. minors. I know nothing about them, water or so. Could you tell me how to make them feel more comfortable? They just hang around (and mostly under) a piece of wood, plants just make them panic when whiskers touch something when they try to go somewhere. Should the water be darker? I think there is six left but can't be sure. I count them by nights when lights are of by using flashlight, but it isn't easy, they are moving all the time.