Help with glass catfish

[brett1987]

Hello all

I recently added two glass catfish for my community tank. Since i added them 3 weeks ago they have hidden behind a piece of drift and havent moved, is this normal behaviour for them? i havent even seen them eat.

I have a 160L tank with plenty of room, none of the other fish act in an aggressive way. I have a brisslenose pleco, 3 black widows, 3 neon tetra, 2 leopard danio, 1 glowlight danio, 1 anglefish, 1 platy, 1 red tailed black shark.

Any comments will be appreciated, thanks

[Ira]

Hello all

I recently added two glass catfish for my community tank. Since i added them 3 weeks ago they have hidden behind a piece of drift and havent moved, is this normal behaviour for them? i havent even seen them eat.

I have a 160L tank with plenty of room, none of the other fish act in an aggressive way. I have a brisslenose pleco, 3 black widows, 3 neon tetra, 2 leopard danio, 1 glowlight danio, 1 anglefish, 1 platy, 1 red tailed black shark.

Any comments will be appreciated, thanks

Pretty much classic glass cat behavior. Also they're schooling so really you should have about 3 times as many of them...Same goes for most of your fish, actually. You have far too few.

[brett1987]

Thanks for the reply. I purchased the tank as a unit with fish included. The old owner had them all since new so they dont know any better and all seem pretty happy was just worried about glasscatfish, cheers

[Godly3vil]

Add some more glass cats, they will feel more comfortable being in a decent sized group. Also keep an eye on the red tail shark, it may start hassling them.