27 Pictus catfish
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My six 8"-10"-ers swim and play around all the time in 4500 gal. Perhaps it's the tank size and the set up.
I realize you don't dig the looks of my tank, which may be just a matter of taste / aesthetics or something more. In any case, this is just to prove that mine swim and appear happy:
I realize you don't dig the looks of my tank, which may be just a matter of taste / aesthetics or something more. In any case, this is just to prove that mine swim and appear happy:
June 14 2017 update on the pictus. Last time when I had to move them into another 240 gal I counted 26, so roughly all were accounted for. I could easily lose count too. Had to use wife's pasta strainer to catch them.
Lots more tank mates in this tank:
Lots more tank mates in this tank:
Around 3 min I only see Luciobarbus around the lungfish. But you are probably talking about Pinirampus https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...-pinirampus-pirinampu-from-jeff-rapps.689010/
Been over two years ago... Wow... Poor pictus have been preyed on by the growout tigs and juruense. I estimate about 5-8 lost to that. They are impossible to count to take note of the disappearances... At some point a year or two ago I added 6 more pictus, so we are at around 20-22 fish.
A video update on the pictus gang and their current tank mates:
A video update on the pictus gang and their current tank mates:
Around 20 pictus remain. And they still remain some of my all time favorites for their hyper strung nature, perpetual (com)motion, and funny antics.
20:20 - 22:30 minutes:
Here one that died of some unknown illness. I don't recall if I lost others to illnesses through the years. Perhaps one or two at most. I used to think pictus don't exceed 5"-6" but this one, apparently of the larger-growing Colombian variety, if it had its tail fin intact would have been around 8":
20:20 - 22:30 minutes:
Here one that died of some unknown illness. I don't recall if I lost others to illnesses through the years. Perhaps one or two at most. I used to think pictus don't exceed 5"-6" but this one, apparently of the larger-growing Colombian variety, if it had its tail fin intact would have been around 8":
