why do my pictus catfish do this?

[bball4life]

I have two pictus catfish in one of my tanks. Every once in awhile one of them will get really big and hide in a cave and really wont come out while the other will swim around and go in and out of the cave. I dont know what they are doing, anyone have an idea?

 

[julibob]

Sorry I cant help you, but mine do exactly the same. I was abit worried last week beacuse the one with the fat belly was just hiding under a rock, but I got some excellent advice on feeding Pictus. Have a look at the thread

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Hope this helps.

Julia

 

[bball4life]

o ok thanks that was good info on them

 

[julibob]

Glad I could be of some help .

I'm sure you will get some other replies.

Julia

 

[andywg]

It may be just that one is claiming a certain spot.

Pictus (like most predatory catfish) can eat enough food to massively swell their body and they will often sit for a coupld of days while digesting their feast.

Another point to remember (and I'm not having a go here) is that pictus prefer groups with 3 being the absolute minimum and 5+ being prefered. Outside of these numbers you may find they act a little differently.

 

[Fishy411]

my 3 do that. these things will eat forever if they had that much food. mine gets so swelled sometimes after feeding time.