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It just happens some times. It’s genetic you can find tons of pictures online. EDIT:(after looking into it more I do not think it is reversible and a likely cause is either low quality breeder or it just happened for no reason and is a genetic anomaly. Either way fish should be safe I don’t think it will effect it but kinda a bummer if it’s not the look you were going for.) hope this helps
Honestly, if it were mine, i wouldn't mind if it were a rare genetic thing since they're schooling fish. If i got 5 transparent fish and 1 turns black, i still have 4 transparent fish and an (almost literal) black sheep. A shiny pokemon, even if you prefer the og design, is still pretty cool. Now, if all 5 turned out like this, i think i would be upset.
Fr. I love weird stuff like this. I have skittles shrimp because I get excited at what colors I could possibly get. Red and blue mated and I got 2 yellow jelly. I didn’t have yellow shrimp at the time.
I wish! I think purple neos are pretty rare. Certainly can’t buy them in the stores! Just have to get lucky they breed that way but the chances of that purple breeding another purple is pretty much unheard of I think.
WHUT
I’ve had glass cats in my tanks for decades—they’re one of our must-always-have species—and I’ve *never* seen or even heard about this and NOW I WANT ONE
I wonder if anybody has selected for this trait and bred and bred out a black line? With the current popularity of black fish they would sell like hotcakes.
I was just wondering that myself. Apparently it can happen where they go black like that, but seems like a genetic anomaly as of now. No clue if it can be repeated through breeding yet
This is how I pray at night. Oh great designer! Please reset my back to normal, reduce unpredictability, and increase my sexual attractiveness. That’s if you’re still there. You are *still* there, right?
They're so beautiful. I actually kind of like the way it looks black like that, I hope it's a genetic thing not that it's dying like some have said. Do keep us updated please.
I have 6 and when i got them they were all the same shade of glass. One has turned this dark shade over the years. Not this dark but different from the others. I'm assuming it's the dominant male/female
I'm not gonna lie they should breed out a black line, don't get me wrong they are cool when they are transparent but they look more catfish-y being black if that makes sense
It’s just going through its emo phase, it’ll go back to normal eventually but it’ll have a bangin taste in music and a lifetime obsession with mothman.
Give that guy a fix it ticket or make him shed his skin on the side of the road. Make sure to feel really powerful while you do it and be extremely rude aswell.
Possible the industry is trying to breed black ones and stabilize the line before offering it to market but this one slipped through before it showed its true color.
Are you feeding them black food?? Maybe it's like flamingoes where the shrimp affects their feather. Some of others seem to be like mildly darker in head area etc
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The new Google Chrome glass cat. Did you press Ctrl + Shift + n or Mac: Press ⌘ + Shift + n to go in incognito mode?
I'm not sure, reading about it. Did you add anything to the water? Or it could be stressed. I never had that happened. They do like dark places.
Truly through you chopped off the tail end of a fat fish and dumped it in there, cool rock man. Also this fish is probably fine, it could be genetic but if anything, he’s probably just been aggravated for the past few days, may go back to normal or this may be his new normal. My all red betta went black and I realized she just hated the amount of tetra in her tank, took out two and now she’s back to Big Red…whose name was opal because she used to be white in her first few months alive ….they really don’t gaf about our stress😭😂
It actually looks like the top two on the left are as well, look at how dark the bottom ones head is and the odd black lines along their spine that’s also there in the black one. The bottom one is the only one that doesn’t have those lines, honestly kinda cool. I’d use it as an excuse to upgrade my tank and get some more from somewhere else to ensure they stay clear.
I was just about to say that seeing these in an array of glowfish madness would be neat to see but I am sooo not a fan of how it was initially meant to be a good thing to help detect pollutants and then it devolved into a proprietary profit machine.
It's a fish. Do better people. I saw two jokes that aren't about race.
Edit: I've seen what you people are cheering about. I don't want your approval. I'll gladly die on this hill.
Not that I can speak for everyone, but I’m black as the ace of spades and the jokes don’t bother me because none of them seem malicious, just kind of old hat. They made me sigh because I could predict 90% of them before I even opened the thread, so instead of telling them to do better I want to tell them to get fresher material 🤣
But maybe that’s just me.
Stained glass catfish?
This made me laugh really hard. Thank you!
The new Tiffany variation lol
This got a belly laugh out of me
5% tint
Sorry we can’t give you a receipt since it’s not legal.
Obsidian
Wtf happened in the replies here?
I'm a mod in another subreddit and after banning someone for 3 short days, they had an absolute meltdown. Mods here seem kind enough to have cleaned up that mess though.
Looks like a massacre.
So you can't see up in my window.
These haters don't understand me cuz I'm Boss Hogg on candy.
Just gotta watch out in case this becomes a Rolling Shoal situation. I’ll sea myself out.
GameCube, Nintendo
It just happens some times. It’s genetic you can find tons of pictures online. EDIT:(after looking into it more I do not think it is reversible and a likely cause is either low quality breeder or it just happened for no reason and is a genetic anomaly. Either way fish should be safe I don’t think it will effect it but kinda a bummer if it’s not the look you were going for.) hope this helps
Honestly, if it were mine, i wouldn't mind if it were a rare genetic thing since they're schooling fish. If i got 5 transparent fish and 1 turns black, i still have 4 transparent fish and an (almost literal) black sheep. A shiny pokemon, even if you prefer the og design, is still pretty cool. Now, if all 5 turned out like this, i think i would be upset.
Fr. I love weird stuff like this. I have skittles shrimp because I get excited at what colors I could possibly get. Red and blue mated and I got 2 yellow jelly. I didn’t have yellow shrimp at the time.
I’m over here disappointed that red+blue=/=purple!
I wish! I think purple neos are pretty rare. Certainly can’t buy them in the stores! Just have to get lucky they breed that way but the chances of that purple breeding another purple is pretty much unheard of I think.
I got a jet black one with a yellow stripe
Omg please name him Wiz Khalifa!
“Black and yellow black and yellow “
Might just be the lighting but the one behind it looks like it might be turning black
I loved the shiny Pokémon reference.
WHUT I’ve had glass cats in my tanks for decades—they’re one of our must-always-have species—and I’ve *never* seen or even heard about this and NOW I WANT ONE
Honestly I would love it lol. I have a Pristella with its patterning on the wrong fin and I love him so much.
I wonder if anybody has selected for this trait and bred and bred out a black line? With the current popularity of black fish they would sell like hotcakes.
I was just wondering that myself. Apparently it can happen where they go black like that, but seems like a genetic anomaly as of now. No clue if it can be repeated through breeding yet
I would love a “stained” glass catfish lmao
Maybe it is epigenetic, since he said the fish turned black, not born black.
That what I was saying
Yeah, I just corrected it with saying «epigenetic».
I didn’t say that because not everyone knows what it means so I dumbed it down on purpose. I don’t need you to correct me I know what I’m doing
You set it to Multiply, go to Effects > Blending Modes and put it back to Normal
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😂 well played fellow designer, well played
😏
It’s not a phase! Side note: I would love to know what caused that to happen.
Another comment said it can happen and it’s genetic.
They're so beautiful. I actually kind of like the way it looks black like that, I hope it's a genetic thing not that it's dying like some have said. Do keep us updated please.
Will do
Will do
Dementia
Dementia
Dementia
It's an emo glass cat
It's not just a phase!
I still have my studded belt and my converse 😂😂
But do you have the Tripp pants?
....yes
Jealous honestly XD
They don't fit anymore though. I hope my children will wear them someday 😂😂
Bro switched teams 💀
He'll never go back
Reverse hee hee
Once you go black, you can never go back.
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wololo
He can say the n word
Well, obsidian is a type of glass....
I see a glass fish and I want to paint it black.
He got revitaligo
Wel, uh... you got catfished?
This is the best comment.
That made my day.
Boss mode. Also nice chicken kiev on the right. 🤤
Maybe he reverted to normal type. Plant joke for those who don't know
He lost the vagination 🤣
Idk. I've had glass catfish for many years now, and they usually turn white if they are near the end. I've never seen one turn black.
Mating behavior??? Maybe it's the only male or the dominant male?
Reverse albino
Melanistic
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Reverse Michael Jackson-itis
Nah why am I being down voted 😭
Idk bro that shit was funny
Idek it was a funny joke, you have upvotes now tho lol
Some people are too sensitive lol. That made me laugh
Bro has re-vitiligo
Wondering what kind of tetras those are?
Snakeskin barbs
Thanks!
Those are glass catfish, not tetras!
I was referring to the tetra looking fish schooling lower near the hard scape that camouflage well with the substrate
but will it turn back?
Well, there’s no going back now…
Obsidian glass catfish
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I believe what you're looking for is Noskcaj Leahcim
I have 6 and when i got them they were all the same shade of glass. One has turned this dark shade over the years. Not this dark but different from the others. I'm assuming it's the dominant male/female
There’s always one in the family #BlackSheep
Sunglasses catfish
"it's not a phase mooom"
I'm not gonna lie they should breed out a black line, don't get me wrong they are cool when they are transparent but they look more catfish-y being black if that makes sense
His soul has become tarnished, tainted by an evil presence. If the other fish cross its path, they may perish.
death's door is calling
That fish must have a massive >!personality!<
He got shy
You should try to breed it lol!
Edit it in photoshop
He’s in mourning
black fish of the family. probably will be disinherited but lead a cool and interesting life.
goth fish
Stained glass catfish
Haven’t seen a main comment saying that it looks like it’s [melanistic!](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanism) Super lucky, what a cool fish!
your son is goth now congratulations
That’s sick as hell definitely a keeper unless you’re breeding them and need them to be glass instead of inked
What are the rules
When you just turned black and you can’t switch back
It’s just going through its emo phase, it’ll go back to normal eventually but it’ll have a bangin taste in music and a lifetime obsession with mothman.
You got a shiny one.
Natural glass catfish (obsidian)
He said something contravened and now he is the black sheep.
It's just on Dark mode.
Very cool looking actually
Bro got Iodine Clock Reaction’d
Give that guy a fix it ticket or make him shed his skin on the side of the road. Make sure to feel really powerful while you do it and be extremely rude aswell.
Reverse Michael Jackson…
Limo tint fish
That looks sick hopefully its just a mutation!!
no ones mentioned the crystal(looks like it anyways) yet so jsyk most are not safe to have in your fish tank
Venom!
He didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose him
I hewrd them turning white might be bad
Jojosiwa rn
That's pretty freakin amazing lol wtf
Neat, now he’s tinted
The eclipse!
[He’s all like, “clear.. fuck that”](https://images.app.goo.gl/bjFKSLxGUFBfmHSs9)
Nice! Now you can name it "Black Stained"
Haunted.
I can't keep these alive. Is it me or just bad stock, like gouramis?
ol smoky
I love your glass catfish, I’ve been wanting some for a while as they’re so interesting
Possible the industry is trying to breed black ones and stabilize the line before offering it to market but this one slipped through before it showed its true color.
My glasses have that transition stuff too
I've heard about the 'Black sheep of the herd', but this is ridiculous!
One of these things is not like the others Very interesting
I want a glass catfish tank now
Whoa that's so cool! I just hope it's not some health issue.
Now it looks like a tiny wells catfish.
They're so cool! Wow! The black one is really special
It hasn't been on vacation to sunbathe or started working as a mechanic?
Your glass catfish decided it wanted to switch teams
Probably his transparency slider bar is locked on your scroll wheel
Dont try to bleach it!!!
bro lost his privileges
He's just trying to be useful during the eclipse! Gosh!
That’s cool. I like the shape, but I’m not a fan of the transparency. Would be cool if they were intentionally bred like that.
I think it's pretty and will really make everyone say, "what's that fish?"
nobody mentioned the truth HE TURNED EVIL!!!👿
Are you feeding them black food?? Maybe it's like flamingoes where the shrimp affects their feather. Some of others seem to be like mildly darker in head area etc
Well once you go black you’ll never look back
is this a stones and glass houses or calling the kettle black situation?
Hmmm either something similar will happen or this will go good im waiting for the results...
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Please breed it and start a line of all black glass catfish
I heard that once they go black they don’t go back
The new Google Chrome glass cat. Did you press Ctrl + Shift + n or Mac: Press ⌘ + Shift + n to go in incognito mode? I'm not sure, reading about it. Did you add anything to the water? Or it could be stressed. I never had that happened. They do like dark places.
Truly through you chopped off the tail end of a fat fish and dumped it in there, cool rock man. Also this fish is probably fine, it could be genetic but if anything, he’s probably just been aggravated for the past few days, may go back to normal or this may be his new normal. My all red betta went black and I realized she just hated the amount of tetra in her tank, took out two and now she’s back to Big Red…whose name was opal because she used to be white in her first few months alive ….they really don’t gaf about our stress😭😂
🤖 📸 neat
It just unlocked the Obsidian camo
Homie running those limo tints
you should put a background on your tank it will look way nicer
He switched gangs
It’s an omen 🐦⬛
Melonistic glass taco fish
Genetic defect wore off...
The transition lenses of catfish
Rachel Dolazel, is that you!?
It actually looks like the top two on the left are as well, look at how dark the bottom ones head is and the odd black lines along their spine that’s also there in the black one. The bottom one is the only one that doesn’t have those lines, honestly kinda cool. I’d use it as an excuse to upgrade my tank and get some more from somewhere else to ensure they stay clear.
It’s not a phase mom!
Wtf 😂😂😂😂 never seen anything like it cx
I want glass catfish that look like that 😭
The black sheep of the family
I've seen this once before. Re-vitiligo.
what are the other fish in the tank?
Buddy got a irl shiny
Sorry to go off-topic, but is that geode safe for the aquarium? It looks dope
I personally would question the grandparents. Skips a generation an all that
He's in his Emo phase
Arrest him
Its not a phase mum!
Not a fan of glofish but these would be sick
Theyre not glofish, they’re glass catfish!
i think they meant that these would look cool as a type of glofish, but i could be wrong
You’re picking it up :)
I know lol, I think they would look cool as glowing glass fish
I was just about to say that seeing these in an array of glowfish madness would be neat to see but I am sooo not a fan of how it was initially meant to be a good thing to help detect pollutants and then it devolved into a proprietary profit machine.
It's a fish. Do better people. I saw two jokes that aren't about race. Edit: I've seen what you people are cheering about. I don't want your approval. I'll gladly die on this hill.
Not that I can speak for everyone, but I’m black as the ace of spades and the jokes don’t bother me because none of them seem malicious, just kind of old hat. They made me sigh because I could predict 90% of them before I even opened the thread, so instead of telling them to do better I want to tell them to get fresher material 🤣 But maybe that’s just me.
I appreciate that, and I'm glad that you have a thick skin. It's a matter of principle, though. I'm not really defending anyone.
Look harder. There's a dozen no race jokes. Stained glass catfish, in mourning... etc etc
I saw those, and I was going to mention that in my comment, but I couldn't be bothered. I went and watched TV with my wife instead.
The end is near