![High Fin Glassy Perchlet
Genus: Parambassis
Species: P. lala
See below for Care Details
[[MORE]] Maximum Size: 1.5”
Aggression: Low, Social
Temperature: 75-82 F
pH: 6.5-8
Hardness: 8-20 dH, preference on lower end
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High Fin Glassy Perchlet
Genus: Parambassis
Species: P. lala
See below for Care Details
Maximum Size: 1.5”
Aggression: Low, Social
Temperature: 75-82 F
pH: 6.5-8
Hardness: 8-20 dH, preference on lower end
Brackish Tolerance: 1.000-1.005
Minimum Tank Size: 20 gallons
Feeding: Dry foods like flakes and pellets make good staple, if accepted. Newer specimens are picky. Smaller thawed frozen foods like
brine shrimp and blackworms best for acclimating new fish and are good
treat after switching to prepared foods.
Notes: Glassfish in
general are very misunderstood fish. Although common knowledge seems to
dictate that these fish are brackish and are unhealthy if kept in
freshwater, the reverse is often true. Only some of the species,
including this one, ever adapt to brackish conditions and
all seem to do best in acidic to moderately hard freshwater. Freshwater,
or at least lowered salinity brackish water, seem to be crucial for
triggering spawning behavior.
Highfin Glassy Perchlets are social fish and do best in groups of at least 6. Though they do squabble amongst themselves, very rarely is physical damage noted. Other tankmates should be peaceful community fish like livebearers and X-ray tetras. They also seem to most appreciate water with low turbidity.
Although other species of glassfish are sometimes sold in painted variants (which are
actually dyes injected into the muscles), the Highfin Glassy Perchlet does not seem to be one of these species. Still, Painted Glassfish of any species should be avoided.
Sources
(6c) Glassfish (Family Ambassidae, formerly Parambassidae), Neale Monks
Parambassis ranga (Indian Glassfish), Seriously Fish
Glassfishes: Family Ambassidae, Neale Monks
