Glass Catfish - shoaling advice please

monkeon · Post by **monkeon** » 19 Apr 2006, 22:00

Hi,
i bought my second catfish today - a glass cat. the problem is i only bought one, as the shop only had one and the shopkeeper assured me that it would be fine as the only one of its species. however i have read that they like to shoal. I don't really have room in the tank for a shoal of them, so i was wondering if it WOULD be ok on its own, or whether i should return it?!

thanks for any input

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it may be worth mentioning that i have 14 neons an L333 and 2 small angels (who will get put into a new tank if/when they start bulling anything, but are very nice so far). also i have a large bit of bogwood, a nice cave and a lot of plants...

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 19 Apr 2006, 22:13

I'm afraid the shopkeeper made a mistake there. These fish do need company of their own kind. If you don't have room for at least four more, I think you'd better return it. I won't say it'll die within several weeks - it may live for a long time - but it's quality of life will be very poor when it remains on its own. Sorry.

monkeon · Post by **monkeon** » 19 Apr 2006, 22:17

ok. thanks for the advice. i will return it on friday

such a shame as they are nice and look funky!
perhaps i could find room for yet another tank...