Glass catfish?

**Baby_Baby** · 06-13-2005, 10:40 AM

Hey, i'm not thinking about getting new fish anytime soon, but does anyone have a glass catfish? i was just wondering what kind of behavior they have. they are very unique, so i'm not sure anyone here has one, but if you do, i think some stories of experience would be cool.

Pac-Man · 06-14-2005, 02:24 PM

well, if your going to get these guys, you should get a group of them. Here's a profile for them: http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/prof...sscatfish.html

you will want to put them in something bigger than a 10g though.

**Baby_Baby** · 06-14-2005, 02:51 PM

no. i'm not getting them. i was just wondering if anyone had them and liked them =)

**TheOldSalt** · 06-14-2005, 05:01 PM

The look cool, especially when lit from behind because the light refracts into a kaleidoscopic display, but otherwise these fish just pretty much sit in one spot all day in their school, shimmying and shimmering. Overall, I like them.

shev · 06-14-2005, 07:06 PM

I heard they are very sensitive fish.

awesome kid · 06-14-2005, 08:10 PM

DONT BUY THE PAINTED ONES if you get them. it wears down their immune system and makes them sensitive to disease. the color will fade over time too. i like the regular ones better anyway. i also like the ... indian glassfish is it? it slightly resembes a black skirt tetra i believe, but clear

maxpayne_lhp · 06-14-2005, 08:22 PM

She's not about to buy...

h/e it's a good piece of advice!

**Baby_Baby** · 06-14-2005, 09:25 PM

Can you like, see what they eat and stuff inside them?

maxpayne_lhp · 06-14-2005, 09:29 PM

Well I think what I see (looks like silver thingy) is the digestion system and the heart, maybe... you can also see the spine and the nerve thru the the rest of the body...
Just my guess

**Baby_Baby** · 06-14-2005, 09:47 PM

does that creep anyone out? i mean, come on, they look like fish from the very bottom of the deepest darkest corners of the ocean

maxpayne_lhp · 06-14-2005, 09:57 PM

No, that's cool! H/e the stuff you see is very small... we enjoy the transparency of the body... :P

**Baby_Baby** · 06-15-2005, 09:15 AM

I think they're cool too, but when i went to the petstore looking at all the fish, they put the wrong fish label at the bottom og the tank, so it said it was this like, goldfish thing, so i was like "how cute!" then i looked inside, and i see like, 3 of these fish skeletons floating around, then i realized they were like, swimming, and they had little heads and everything. I was like freaking out then i was like "I wanna buy one!" but i didn't. I got a Mrs. Whiskers for Mr.Whiskers (they're both weather loaches, so i named them for obvious reasons =)

maxpayne_lhp · 06-15-2005, 08:35 PM

Yeah yeah I met Mr and Mrs Whisker b4 on your post at betta lol... we meet again.
Well maybe they temporarily put their... LFS just simply won't mistake a goldfish with another fish... that's something a lil kid can say!

So where's the home of Mr and Mrs. Whiskers?

**Baby_Baby** · 06-16-2005, 10:26 AM

well they had like, goldfish in there before, then i guess they moved em and sold em all. so they put the glass catfish in there, without changing the label. mr. and mrs.whiskers are living with a betta right now. i'm about to get a 10 gallon for them. i'm gonna get it either today or tomorrow. and if they get too big. i'll have a 75-100 gallon tank for them =)

maxpayne_lhp · 06-16-2005, 07:58 PM

I'm with the LFS today! gonna busy a new betta! Ha ha.... that's gonna be my second betta! Thinking about naming

fishn00b · 06-16-2005, 08:32 PM

To your question about if you can see they're food Baby Baby, you can't. They sell a whole bunch of them where I live and I have a few Glassfish in my tank. Their stomach is a silver ball inside of them so you never get to actually see the food. You only see that and their spinal cord. Everything else you can just look right through to your background. I would suggest the Glassfish though cuz they are a little more active. Just my two cents.

**Baby_Baby** · 06-17-2005, 03:03 PM

cool!!!!!! i didn't know that fishn00b! that's soooo weird.
good luck maxpayne!!!! bettas are awesome!!!!!!!!

**Shaggy** · 06-17-2005, 05:37 PM

Well I did buy 2 glass fish that were painted. Yes I know, moron here, but that was like a year ago and the paint has faded but not gone completely. They are as healthy or even healther today from when I bought them.

**Baby_Baby** · 06-17-2005, 07:29 PM

Really? That's great? I didn't think anyone had any. That is so awesome!

Lexus · 06-17-2005, 08:19 PM

They seem so sensitive, are they pretty hardy?

06-13-2005, 10:40 AM	#1
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	Glass catfish? Hey, i'm not thinking about getting new fish anytime soon, but does anyone have a glass catfish? i was just wondering what kind of behavior they have. they are very unique, so i'm not sure anyone here has one, but if you do, i think some stories of experience would be cool. __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-14-2005, 02:24 PM	#2
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06-14-2005, 02:51 PM	#3
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	no. i'm not getting them. i was just wondering if anyone had them and liked them =) __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-14-2005, 08:10 PM	#6
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06-14-2005, 05:01 PM	#4
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,354	The look cool, especially when lit from behind because the light refracts into a kaleidoscopic display, but otherwise these fish just pretty much sit in one spot all day in their school, shimmying and shimmering. Overall, I like them.

06-14-2005, 07:06 PM	#5
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	I heard they are very sensitive fish.

06-14-2005, 09:25 PM	#8
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	Can you like, see what they eat and stuff inside them? __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-14-2005, 09:29 PM	#9
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	Well I think what I see (looks like silver thingy) is the digestion system and the heart, maybe... you can also see the spine and the nerve thru the the rest of the body... Just my guess __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

06-14-2005, 09:47 PM	#10
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	does that creep anyone out? i mean, come on, they look like fish from the very bottom of the deepest darkest corners of the ocean __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-14-2005, 09:57 PM	#11
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	No, that's cool! H/e the stuff you see is very small... we enjoy the transparency of the body... :P __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

06-15-2005, 09:15 AM	#12
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	I think they're cool too, but when i went to the petstore looking at all the fish, they put the wrong fish label at the bottom og the tank, so it said it was this like, goldfish thing, so i was like "how cute!" then i looked inside, and i see like, 3 of these fish skeletons floating around, then i realized they were like, swimming, and they had little heads and everything. I was like freaking out then i was like "I wanna buy one!" but i didn't. I got a Mrs. Whiskers for Mr.Whiskers (they're both weather loaches, so i named them for obvious reasons =) __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-15-2005, 08:35 PM	#13
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	Yeah yeah I met Mr and Mrs Whisker b4 on your post at betta lol... we meet again. Well maybe they temporarily put their... LFS just simply won't mistake a goldfish with another fish... that's something a lil kid can say! So where's the home of Mr and Mrs. Whiskers? __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

06-16-2005, 10:26 AM	#14
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	well they had like, goldfish in there before, then i guess they moved em and sold em all. so they put the glass catfish in there, without changing the label. mr. and mrs.whiskers are living with a betta right now. i'm about to get a 10 gallon for them. i'm gonna get it either today or tomorrow. and if they get too big. i'll have a 75-100 gallon tank for them =) __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-16-2005, 07:58 PM	#15
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	I'm with the LFS today! gonna busy a new betta! Ha ha.... that's gonna be my second betta! Thinking about naming __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

06-16-2005, 08:32 PM	#16
fishn00b Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 401	To your question about if you can see they're food Baby Baby, you can't. They sell a whole bunch of them where I live and I have a few Glassfish in my tank. Their stomach is a silver ball inside of them so you never get to actually see the food. You only see that and their spinal cord. Everything else you can just look right through to your background. I would suggest the Glassfish though cuz they are a little more active. Just my two cents.

06-17-2005, 03:03 PM	#17
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	cool!!!!!! i didn't know that fishn00b! that's soooo weird. good luck maxpayne!!!! bettas are awesome!!!!!!!! __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-17-2005, 05:37 PM	#18
Shaggy Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Behind the Wheel of FishForums.com Age: 32 Posts: 1,063	Well I did buy 2 glass fish that were painted. Yes I know, moron here, but that was like a year ago and the paint has faded but not gone completely. They are as healthy or even healther today from when I bought them.

06-17-2005, 07:29 PM	#19
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,681	Really? That's great? I didn't think anyone had any. That is so awesome! __________________ *Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?*

06-17-2005, 08:19 PM	#20
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,406	They seem so sensitive, are they pretty hardy? __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

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