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<\/span> <\/p>\n a.k.a. the<\/span> \u201cDebauwi\u201d Catfish \u2013 which it is not.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Unlike the Asian Gl<\/span>ass Catfish, this fish is not nearly<\/span> all transparent, but is silvery with black stripes<\/span>, with some<\/span> transparency especially along the belly<\/span>, back and side<\/span> muscles of the fish<\/span>.\u00a0 Like the Asian fish called by a similar name, it is strongly diurnal (day-active) and <\/span>very <\/span>strongly <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If these catfish have any flaw, it is that they are not showy in color. <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n D<\/span>ebauwi cats do have barbels<\/span> (three pairs)<\/span>, but they are not easily seen as they are shortish and fine, gene<\/span>rally <\/span>folded<\/span> along the head\/body.\u00a0 Sometimes <\/span>the one<\/span> slightly longer pair can be seen if you have sharp eyes<\/span>. But they are never prominent<\/span>…<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tank set-up which is ideal for them would be identical to that <\/span>planted tank described in some detail<\/span> for <\/span>Asian Glass Catfish in an earlier arti<\/span>cle here (1<\/span>)<\/span> add<\/span> URL please<\/span>.\u00a0 These fish<\/span>, like the Asian cats already described, <\/span>also<\/span> do like some cover at the surface, and in light stronger than ~2 WPG NO <\/span>(3) <\/span>output absolutely require it.\u00a0 At and above ~3 WPG NO output they will go nocturnal without <\/span>heavy <\/span>surface cover<\/span> in my tanks<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you must have mixed tanks, almost any small and non-nasty standard so-called community fish will mix with thes<\/span>e<\/span> day-active cats without problems from or to the cats.\u00a0 <\/span>I admit that I prefer them as a species tank with a few helpers for glass, algae, and substrate scanning duties.\u00a0<\/span> My debauwi tanks tend to <\/span>serve<\/span> as albino bristlenose pleco breeding tanks as well.<\/span> <\/span>Then <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As with the Asian fish discussed earlier, temperature anywhere in the 70sF is fine, <\/span>the mid-70s likely ideal.\u00a0 <\/span>W<\/span>armer <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unlike <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.<\/span> <\/span>(Insert\/<\/span>Add TPF Library URL for <\/span>Asian Glass Catfish article)<\/span> <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2.http:\/\/www.planetcatfish.com\/cotm\/cotm.php?species=pareutropius+buffei&article_id=70<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. WPG = watts per gallon; NO = normal output fluorescent light.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Robert T. Ricketts, Jr.\u00a0 a.k.a. RTR<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" a.k.a. the \u201cDebauwi\u201d Catfish \u2013 which it is not.\u00a0 Unlike the Asian Glass Catfish, this fish is not nearly all transparent, but is silvery with black stripes, with some transparency especially along the belly, back and side muscles of the fish.\u00a0 Like the Asian fish called by a similar name, it is strongly … Continue reading IV. 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\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nschooling with its own kind.\u00a0 Also like the Asian fish, it has suffered
\nmajor name confusion and error.\u00a0 The real name (at least at the moment)
\nis <\/span>Pareutropius<\/span> <\/span>buffei<\/span>\u202f.\u00a0 It has been called for years in the trade either <\/span>Pareutropius<\/span> <\/span>debauwi<\/span> <\/span>or<\/span> <\/span>Eutropiellus <\/span>debauwi<\/span> <\/span>and <\/span>is <\/span>commonly labeled \u201cDebauwi\u201d catfish for sale.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the <\/span>true <\/span>fish of that name is a near relative, <\/span>larger than this fish, <\/span>and rarely imported.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nthe fish sold under that name is one of the best catfish for tropical
\ntanks.\u00a0 It is also one of the most \u201cnormal\u201d catfish, as the \u201cCatfish of
\nthe Month\u201d entry on Planet Catfish<\/span> (2<\/span>)<\/span> points out.\u00a0 It is \u201cnormal\u201d in that it is shaped like a standard fish<\/span>
\n(say a bit like a Rasbora, and quite unlike so many oddball catfish.
\nIt is normal in being day-active.\u00a0 It is strongly schooling with its own
\nkind, also norm<\/span>al for many hobby tank tropical fishes<\/span>.\u00a0 It has no strange or special requirements on foods, taking most prepared flakes and pellets, along with many<\/span> frozen\/thawed\/rinsed foods and\/<\/span>or
\ntheir live counterparts.\u00a0 It has no issues with other fish, tending to
\nignore their existence.\u00a0 It is not at all a bashful feeder either \u2013
\nwhich may short-change any bashful fish co-housed with these cats.\u00a0 It
\nmakes a rather oddball catfish just because it is such a normal fish.
\nIt never hides in wood or rock piles or hangs onto the glass.\u00a0 It swims,
\nand swims, and swims.\u00a0 Have I mentioned that it is very graceful and
\nalmost constantly active without being in a great hurry<\/span>, except at feeding times<\/span>?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nSilver and black is not something that sends hobbyists running for the
\nstore gripping their charge cards.\u00a0 But they are peaceful, trouble-free,
\nnon-aggressive, constantly active but only hyper at feeding time.\u00a0 In
\nshort they are hardy, peaceful but not cowardly schooling fish with no
\nquirks.\u00a0 If they have any quirk, it is that they among the most normal
\ntank fish available and definitely one of the very <\/span>best schooling fish in captivity<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 As I like schooling fish, <\/span>so <\/span>I
\nam a sucker for these and have not been without them in decades.\u00a0 If I
\nneed to relax and calm down, a cup of coffee or a few chocolates or both
\nwhile sitting in front of the <\/span>\u201c<\/span>debauwi<\/span>\u201d<\/span> tank will fix me up <\/span>just <\/span>fine.
\nIf I am completely frazzled, I might substitute a single-malt.\u00a0 This is
\nmy \u201chome\u201d or baseline tank.\u00a0 It is not exciting, but it is never
\nstatic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nminimum school size for these fish should be at least six individuals.
\nThey do hang together extremely well. Larger schools are of course
\nbetter.<\/span>\u00a0 If you think that Tetras are decent schoolers, wait until you keep diurnal catfish.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>These fish really define schooling fish in captivity<\/span> for me<\/span>. <\/span>The standard length (nose to caudal peduncle) is just over three inches<\/span> (~ 3.2\u201d)<\/span>, so even in size these are \u201cnormal\u201d hobby fish.<\/span>\u00a0 The Asian gl<\/span>ass catfish is just about the same<\/span> at ~3.1\u201d standard length, but much lighter in total mass and thus in bioload<\/span> than these African Glass Catfish<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\ndebauwis tend to ignore the rather large fry, but will eat small
\nfree-swing fry such as rainbowfish fry.\u00a0 But so will most other
\nso-called community fish eat such small fry.\u00a0 <\/span>The
\nsame tank sizes would apply \u2013 they show best for me in 30 or 40
\nlong-style tanks or 50, 55, or 75 gallon tanks.\u00a0 I admit that I started
\nwith these fish in a 30, now have them in a 55, and the next Debauwi
\ntank just might be one of the big tanks <\/span>if I get the nerve to bring those<\/span> back out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nis not good for these fish either.\u00a0 No water parameter special
\nrequirements are known, but standard upkeep applies to these fish as
\nwell \u2013 ordinary good t<\/span>ank care <\/span>is good <\/span>for this ordinary but very special<\/span> fish.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\ntheir Asian counterparts, the African Glass Catfish can be bred in
\ncaptivity.\u00a0 It is not particularly easy but also not any great problem.
\nThey are pretty much standard egg-scatterers among the plants.\u00a0 They
\nwill eat the eggs if <\/span>the adults are left<\/span> in the breeder tank after spawning.\u00a0 Several <\/span>(2-3, depending on tank size) <\/span>females and a single male, separated for conditioning<\/span>, <\/span>are suggested.\u00a0 Hatch is around the third day and the fry can take newly hatched brine shrimp<\/span> immediately<\/span>, so infusoria is not required.\u00a0 The<\/span>y are commonly imported in quantity<\/span> (from <\/span>SE Asia<\/span>, where they are apparently pond bred.\u00a0 No technical details on this are available)<\/span>, so are not expensive fish at all<\/span>. H<\/span>ome breeding is not going to make you wealthy. But keeping such \u201cnormal\u201d fish is definitely good for<\/span> you \u2013 or it is for me at least. These are long-lived fish (schools average over ten years in my <\/span>essentially species tanks). Nearly <\/span>constantly active<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>these are undemanding<\/span> <\/span>\u201c<\/span>no<\/span>rmal<\/span>\u201d<\/span> fish which are attractive <\/span>and easy,<\/span> and among the most graceful fish in my tanks.<\/span> You would hardy think of them as catfish if you did not know better.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n