Glass Catfish Parameters

[amongus09]

I have a ph around 7.5-7.6 and I wanted to keep a little school of these guys.  I hear these fish are delicate and can only tolerate 6.0-6.5, while others say they are hardy and can tolerate 5.5-7.5.  Could someone who has had glass catfish chime in here?  

[TheSwissAquarist]

Mine do pretty well in 7.3 pH and pretty hard water. 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by TheSwissAquarist
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[Biotope Biologist]

On 11/21/2023 at 12:42 AM, amongus09 said:

I have a ph around 7.5-7.6 and I wanted to keep a little school of these guys.  I hear these fish are delicate and can only tolerate 6.0-6.5, while others say they are hardy and can tolerate 5.5-7.5.  Could someone who has had glass catfish chime in here?  

They are pretty tolerant of water parameters.

The sensitivity I have seen comes from stress from other fish and not being able to hide. I am sure you are aware that it takes a bit of training to get them weened off live foods or frozen live foods.

 

We kept ours in a species only tank with snails and otocinclus.

[amongus09]

Thanks guys, i totally understand.  Im going to be mainly feeding frozen bloodworms so it will be ok.  Do they add a lot of bioload?

[Galabar]

I've got glass catfish in a community tank where I keep the KH around 3-5 and a GH around 4-6.

[amongus09]

Whats your ph?  And do you think they can tolerate harder water?

[Colu]

On 11/21/2023 at 10:04 PM, amongus09 said:

Thanks guys, i totally understand.  Im going to be mainly feeding frozen bloodworms so it will be ok.  Do they add a lot of bioload?

Blood worm are ok to be feed two to three times  a week I would give them a more varied diet with a frozen or live brine shrimp daphnia  good quality pellet 

[amongus09]

Definitely going to supply a good pellet.  New life spectrum.  I will also be feeding black worms once and awhile.  

[Galabar]

On 11/21/2023 at 3:59 PM, amongus09 said:

Whats your ph?  And do you think they can tolerate harder water?

I actually tend to not measure pH (and the Aquarium Co Op tests aren't very accurate for me with pH).

pH is directly related to KH and CO2.  I keep the KH around 3-5 and the tank well aerated.  So, I don't pay much attention to pH.

I basically use the ACO strips to monitor nitrate and give a quick glance at GH and KH to make sure they are above a certain value/color.

Edited November 22, 2023 by Galabar

[amongus09]

So can they tolerate harder water?  My kh is around 8

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 11/22/2023 at 8:40 PM, amongus09 said:

So can they tolerate harder water?  My kh is around 8

Mines around 16 so you should be fine.