Pictus Catfish
Scientific Name: Pimelodus pictus
Family: Pimelodidae
About the Pictus Catfish
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Catfish ...
Pictus Catfish
Scientific Name:
Pimelodus pictus
Other Names: Spotted Pimelodus
Family: Pimelodidae
Origin: Colombia, South America
Adult Size: 4 inches (11cm)
Social: Peaceful, suitable for Community tank ...
The Pictus catfish is nocturnal, but will adjust to lighted aquariums. It likes to hide out in caves, but will come out for food. This fish makes a good scavenger and has an acute sense of smell.
Common name: Pictus catfish, pim pictus, angelicus pim
Family: Pimelodidae
Order: Siluriformes ...
Pictus Catfish (Pimelodus Pictus)
Photo of: Pictus Catfish (Pimelodus Pictus)
Scientific Name(s): Pimelodus Pictus ...
Pictus catfish
Common name(s)
Sailfin catfish, Sailfin pim, Sailfin marbled pim ...
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By: Yvonne Garcia A very fast Pictus Catfish © Yvonne Common Name: Pictus CatLatin Name: Pimelodus PictusOrigin: Columbian Amazon ...
The Pictus Catfish, also known as the Polka Dot Pictus or Polka Dot Catfish, is one of the prettier Catfish available.
I keep it in a 55 gallon tank with a weathering loach and a plecostumus, although I plan on getting a pictus catfish, 2 more silver dollars, bala sharks, black finned sharks, golden sharks, a few guppies, and an African frog.
I have 2 snakeskins, with 2 golden gouramis in a mixed 200 L tank including pictus catfish, red kribs, hatchets, plecs and a red tailed shark, and they are one of my favorites but also very timid.
Popular "night gobbling" catfish include the Pictus catfish (sometimes called the "angelicus" catfish) and the Columbian catfish going by various names such as "high-fin bull shark", "silver shark" or "Columbian white tipped shark", ...
SS: Dusky Pimelodus ( Pimelodus blochi), Pictus Catfish ( Pimelodus pictus )
HAB: South AmericA: the Rio Velhas (Brazil) to the Rio Paraguay (Paraguay).
S: bottom
TANK: 48" (122 cm) or 50 or more gallons (190 L). See P. pictus.
WATER: pH 6.8-7.
I currently have the barbs, 15 diamond tetras, a ropefish, 2 clown loaches, fiddler crab, and a pictus catfish in a 75 gallon tank. One additional note: these guys eat so much you have to be creative with their food to keep form going broke.
Catfish Tank - Corydoras Catfish, Four Lined Pictus Catfish, Small Plecostomus Catfish, Pimelodella Catfish, Porthole Catfish, Rafles Catfish, Upside Down Catfish, Talking Catfish, Synodontis Catfish.
Social: Does best as the only Oscar or in a pair. Will successfully live with fish that are either too fast or too large for it to eat, including other Cichlids, Clown Loach, Pictus Catfish, Silver Dollars, and Tinfoil Barbs.
The main aquarium is home to a stunning 2m-long Arapaima that has a shoal of Black Pacu, Redtail Catfish, Granulated Dora and Amazon Pictus Catfish for company. To add to the effect authentic Amazonian jungle sounds are constantly played.
It is also important to remember the fish's behavior when determining whether it will fit in your tank or not. A very active fish, like a Zebra Danio or a Pictus Catfish, will need more swimming space than a less active fish, ...
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