Pictus Catfish

[markandhisfish]

do pictus catfish sged their whiskers and re-grow them once they reach a certain length? if not mine has had a right kicking as his once glorious whiskers are now mere stumps barely an inch long

 

[Davo86]

do pictus catfish sged their whiskers and re-grow them once they reach a certain length? if not mine has had a right kicking as his once glorious whiskers are now mere stumps barely an inch long

Hi mark
my guess is that one of your cichlids is responisble for nibbling at the barbels, I have known a GT from work to bite off a pictus barbels before now

although if the substrate is dirty i believe the barbels can get infected and almost seemingly disappear.

 

[markandhisfish]

i keep my substrate spotless i do weekly water change of 30 to 40 % and gravel vac every time my gues would be my blue acara as he has been getting a bit lordy lately

will they grow back ?

 

[3ndl3r]

i'm not 100% sure but i would say no. But again i'm no expert on pictus catfish whiskers

Try asking in th catfish section. You will get better response

James

 

[markandhisfish]

hes deffo had a kicking as he is swimming around in circles mid to top water like he dont want to go back under his root

 

[Davo86]

hes deffo had a kicking as he is swimming around in circles mid to top water like he dont want to go back under his root

Yeah with clean water they should grow back in no time, provided he isn't constantly getting stressed by the attacker,
how many caves are there in the tank? might be worth adding a bit more cover for him

 

[markandhisfish]

water is kept good and clean have a strict weekly maintinence regime. he is being left alone now the tank has 2 big mangrove roots a rocky area piece of bogwood and 2 hollow logs so loads of hidy holes . apart from the whiskers he seem healthy enough just seems to be almost dazed

 

[markandhisfish]

poor fella didnt make it he died im assuming due to stress

 

[3ndl3r]

aww so sorry to hear that mate.

James