Info on Glass Fish

[kuter]

I have a 10 gal tank with 4 platy ( 1 male, 3 female). The little glass fish that are in with the Tetra at the LFS interest me. However I am having a problem finding information specific to this fish. I can find articles warning about the dyed ones (which I would never buy) but other than that I am coming up with nearly nothing.

I am assuming its a schooling fish and more than 2 should be added ( over time). What is the minimum number of these fish that should be kept and do I have room in a 10 gal tank? If not, oh well. I am sure I will find someother fish to suit my fancy. Now I do plan on a 20 or 29 gal later for my tropical tank and it may be that I have to wait til then to add any kind of schooling fish.

My tank is cycled and at this time is doing very well with regular cleaning and water changes.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi kuter

I could be wrong, but I think the glass fish need to be kept in brackish water.

Another transparent fish that you might find interesting, if that is so, is the glass catfish. When I had them, they found themselves a plant and claimed spots among the leaves. When I looked at them they were almost always right there with their cute little faces peering out. Here's a link:

http/www.aquariumfish.com/aquariumfish/B...d=6244&cid=3680

 

[pondfreak4365]

I would love to find these beauties un-dyed. I found some info on the Indian Glass Fish (Chanda ranga) Salt seems to be optional.




http/www.popular-freshwater-tropical-fis...handa_ranga.htm




http/homepages.tesco.net/~davyreynolds/f...assis_ranga.htm

 

[Phantom Thief]

Hey all.

It depends, i think. I think it depends how they were raised. If they were raised in brackish water, then thats what they need, otherwise, optional. Glassfish are really neat, so are Inchworm's recommendation, glass catfish. Take your pic!

P.T.

P.S: if ya cant pick, take both!

 

[CFC]

Glass fish are members of the perch family, post moved to the oddballs forum.

 

[kuter]

Thank you CFC. I assumed since they were in with the Tetra at the LFS that they would be of that type.
Thanks to all of you that resopnded. I did find the info I needed on the glass fish and the glass cat looks very interesting as well. The links were most helpful!
As both of these are shoaling fish, it seems I should wait a bit on the purchase of either of them. I guess I should be grateful that I can find them in their natural state and not dyed.
I will also ask the LFS if they put any salt in the tanks where these fish are kept to help me make a total judgement on their purchase.

 

[CFC]

Hmmm, maybe i was too hastey moving this topic, are the fish tetras or just small glassfish? Glassfish look similar to sunfish and have a spines in the dorsal fin and a pointed snout. If they are the perches then they do benefit from salt being added as they are brackish fish, if they are tetras then they will not tolerate salt well at all.

 

[Phantom Thief]

Hey kuter!

You should easily find glass catfish undyed. In my experience, all the glass catfish I have seen in lfs are undyed. Glass fish, unfortunately...never seen it undyed round here. And yes, they are both scholling fish, so get, IMO, at least 3. Otherwise these schooling fish may get low grades .

CFC,

What are perches? tetras i know well enough, but perches? never heard of 'em.

P.T.

 

[CFC]

Perches are a family of mainly predatory fish which are similar to cichlids, common examples of aquarium perches are sunfish, tigerfish, scats, monos, leaf fishes, badis and archerfish. They are found in marine brackish and freshwater and on all but the coldest parts of the world (canada, the most northern american states and russia)

 

[Sondan]

They are found in marine brackish and freshwater and on all but the coldest parts of the world (canada, the most northern american states and russia)

Sorry buddy but the Yellow Perch is found in the northern US and well into Canada. I don't know about Russia though. They are an extremely large family.
Signed,
Sondan

 

[kuter]

ok.. I will be going by my LFS sometime today and I will get the scientific name of this fish at that time. Next time I see a fish there that interest me, I will do that to begin with and narrow down the search.
However I do believe from the pics I have seen with the links here, that this is the Chandra ranga. If there are as I believe, then they would work out well with my platy as they too can benefit from a small amount of salt. However this would prevent the addition of any scaleless fish, so some thought will have to be given here.