fish behaviour

pictus_man_77 · Post by **pictus_man_77** » 15 Sep 2004, 19:40

its me again !!!!! What is normal pictus catifish behaviour????????????

Post by **Silurus** » 15 Sep 2004, 20:13

Kinda hard to answer that unless you indicate what exactly it is you are looking for. Err, otherwise, they school, they skulk. Kinda like that.

pictus_man_77 · Post by **pictus_man_77** » 17 Sep 2004, 17:36

if i get another one of the same size will they fight ????? how do u know so much????? ur so usefull

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Sep 2004, 17:42

They probably shouldn't, if the tank is large enough . Get more than just two and they should behave a lot more normally (schooling fish are known to exhibit strange behavior sometimes when placed with just one other conspecific).

pictus_man_77 · Post by **pictus_man_77** » 17 Sep 2004, 19:55

god how do u know so much, who r u where do u live, do u work for an aquarist centre

pictus_man_77 · Post by **pictus_man_77** » 17 Sep 2004, 20:28

this is slightly wrong seeing as this is planet catfish, but how agressive could a rainbow shark get at 4 inches (rainbow shark is a red finned shark with all red fins and he is more brown than black). Could he ....ooooooo.... say...... Kill a guppy slowly by nipping at his fins untill he couldnt swim properly and then ambush the poor guppy in the night leaving me to find a corpse in the morning

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Sep 2004, 20:33

pictus_man_77 wrote: this is slightly wrong seeing as this is planet catfish, but how agressive could a rainbow shark get at 4 inches (rainbow shark is a red finned shark with all red fins and he is more brown than black). Could he ....ooooooo.... say...... Kill a guppy slowly by nipping at his fins untill he couldnt swim properly and then ambush the poor guppy in the night leaving me to find a corpse in the morning

Short answer: yes.