Scarletmonuka Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I finally got myself a small pictus catfish a couple of weeks ago. he's not more then about 8 cm. i'm after another bottom dwelling catfish that i can keep with him. i don't want a chocolate talking, a port hoplow or an upsidedown catfish. Nor do i want anything that i have to keep i schools. Ofcourse it has to grow big enough not to be eaten by him when he gets bigger. I was thinking of a Virculated Synodontis (excuse my spelling). i saw these on the fish list for hwff mt roskil and googled it and they a awesome looking fish. Any other thoughts? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 more pictus cats .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I would love that but considering they can grow to 30 cm i'd need to enlarge the tank quite quickly. Plus they are $72 each at the lfs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'd agree with more pictus cats - they're fairly slow growing. I was under the impression they were one of the schooling species of cats anyway, I might be wrong though maybe someone else has more experience with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'd agree with more pictus cats - they're fairly slow growing. I was under the impression they were one of the schooling species of cats anyway, I might be wrong though maybe someone else has more experience with them? Ok so i just re goggled them and yes you're right they prefer to be in groups. so i will look at getting another couple when we go to chch at the end of the month. hopefully they be a lot cheaper up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 They won't reach a foot. Only 20cm, make sure you get the species right as there are some very similar ones. But they all like groups yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ok. so the guy i got from the lfs might not actually be a proper pictus? looks the same as the ones on the net.. if i were to get a decent pic would you be able to tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 cuckoo cats? If you have the correct water for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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