Glass Catfish Care

It has elongated and laterally compressed body with a sub terminal mouth. It is a medium-sized silurid fish which has strongly projecting lower jaw and a highly-arched dorsal profile. The entire body is transparent but head is silver in color. It has transparent flesh which allows us to see the spinal cord and internal organs when it is seen from side. The anal fin extends almost from the head to the forked caudal fin. It has a long pair of barbels and the fins are also clear. The glass catfish is a very beautiful fish with an absent dorsal fin and lack of body pigmentation and scales. A large, crescent shaped, completely clean transparent anal fin with 48-55 fin rays is present which starts almost from the head to the forked caudal fin. They are highly sensitive to changes in water quality and pH. It prefers slightly acidic to slightly alkaline water (6.6-7.5 pH) with hardness of less than 10 °dGH and the water temperature of 72-82 °F. It is a picky eater and in wild, it mainly feeds on small invertebrates and zooplankton. It also eats other fish up to the size of a newly born Guppy, mosquito larvae and Daphnia. It grows up to 8 cm in length and can live up to 8 years.