Hi, i have a pair of pictus sharks, i have noticed one of them seems to grown around the girth quite a bit, + also i have seen the 2 of them wrapping there bodies around each other like there playing but i think they may be getting ready to breed or am i wrong, if i am correct in thinking they may breed what is best solution as they are in a tank with angels, severums,+ gouramis any help would be great.
Pictus Sharks Breeding Questions Help Needed
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Ok well pictus catfish have not been bread in captivity yet. It is also impossible to sex them.
here is some info i found out for you.
No known records of captive breeding. I once saw a documentary that showed wild Pictus Catfish breeding, and what the Pictus Catfish were doing was while a mouthbrooding cichlid was trying to scoop up eggs into its mouth the Pictus Catfish would fight a little bit with the cichlid while it layed its own eggs. Then the Pictus would swim away and the mouthbrooding cichlid would suck up the Pictus eggs, where they would hatch later on and eat the smaller cichlid fry that were hatching at the same time. Finally after eating all of the cichlid fry the Pictus babies would raise their dorsal, which would poke the mouthbrooder in the mouth and the Pitcus babies would swim out and start their own lives. Usually own 2-4 Pictus Catfish are born at a time.
here is some info i found out for you.
No known records of captive breeding. I once saw a documentary that showed wild Pictus Catfish breeding, and what the Pictus Catfish were doing was while a mouthbrooding cichlid was trying to scoop up eggs into its mouth the Pictus Catfish would fight a little bit with the cichlid while it layed its own eggs. Then the Pictus would swim away and the mouthbrooding cichlid would suck up the Pictus eggs, where they would hatch later on and eat the smaller cichlid fry that were hatching at the same time. Finally after eating all of the cichlid fry the Pictus babies would raise their dorsal, which would poke the mouthbrooder in the mouth and the Pitcus babies would swim out and start their own lives. Usually own 2-4 Pictus Catfish are born at a time.
Ah, i have no idea the sex of the fish, it was just the fact one fish is much larger now than when purchased + the way they are acting with each other seems to be more than just playing. suppose i will need to wait to see if anything more occurs cheers.
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