Catfish and Plecos
Glass Catfish
Kryptopterus vitreolus
Photo: Martin Fisch · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size8 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Siluridae
- Origin
- Southern Thailand
- Size
- 8 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- peaceful (very shy)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- Carnivorous (Artemia, mosquito larvae, fine pellets)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; rarely breeds in the aquarium
Notes: Completely transparent: its skeleton and organs are visible. When kept alone, it becomes stressed and stops eating. It likes to float motionlessly against the current near plants.
