My New Love. Pictus Cat.

[snowflake311]

I was going to get another severum but that was a bad idea. The one I liked now has the worst case of ich ever. So I went to another LFS and they had these pretty pictus cats. I have wanted some for awhile now. Since in a few months I'm getting a 100 gal tank I got one.

I'm going back tomarrow for 2 more. I think is the coolest fish I have. I love catfish and this guy is great. I love the color and wiskers. I will post photo soon.

Feel free to tell me about yours. O rstuff you have learned about them.

 

[snowflake311]

Here is a photo of my new fish.

 

[fatheadminnow]

Wow, he looks really cool!

-FHM

 

[Hunterprey]

Very nice. I miss mine I use to have 2 of them, one got territorial with the other. The other stayed just outside the cave, they do better with 3 or more Pictus. Lovely, very active and fast fish. Good luck with them!

 

[snowflake311]

Thanks. I might get 3 more.

 

[Puppehfyable]

What a cutie ^^

 

[england]

yes id say atleast four, i have four, they are quite boisterous with each other and are very active, a great addition to a tank,i love these little guys..

Remember be very careful when netting these guys as there fins have spine like things under and do get caught in nets,then its nearly impossible to remove,i had to cut my net to release them,some people try so hard that they rip off,i get a fish bag and wrap it inside the net,granted abit more diffcult to catch but works well and they dont even come out of the water ,and i can still catch them in my 5/2/2..

oh yea if you hear strange noises in the night like a vibrating mobile phone it will be these guys

 

[snowflake311]

Yeah at the store when I went to get 2 more these little guys talked to us. They are so neat. I only got 2 more because my tank is on the full side at the moment. Once I find my perfect 100 gal I might get another.

The 2 I just got are 2" and don't have many spots yet. They all play nice my big guy was a little pushy at first but they all happy now. These guys give Cory cats a run for there money for best catfish IMO. I bought some frozen blood worms they go crazy for them.

 

[england]

I love these little guy's....if i had another five footer i would stock it with a group of around 8-10...they makes i laff some of the things they do, but catfish i love,if i could i would have a huge tank with some lovely large cat's...you know the kind that max around 5-6feet,retails/tiger shovelnoses/ripsaws/giraffe

 

[fishyfeet]

they are great, they get territorial though after a few months, you do need a group otherwise they fight, di

 

[snowflake311]

Right now my 2 small newer ones hang out in a cave together. I got them yesterday so they are still getting use to it all. The big one has another area under the log. the big guy cruzes around the tank more now that he knows he has friends. I was feeding them today. The moment food hits the water they go crazy. My big one eat as many as he could and I can almost found them in his tummy. They just eat them whole. So his tummy is all lumpy from the pellets. They don't get any more fod till that tummy looks smaller and digested.

Yes I love catfish too there are so many and all so very different and neat in their own way. Yes would I like the tiger shovel nose cats so pretty and neat looking. I knew a RTC a teacher of mine in high school had one in the class room. It was 12" and in a 90 gal tank by it's self with nothing no decor. That fish was really cool and distracting infound myself watching him more then doing work. He had lots of personality.