Pictus Catfish Pregnant

However it depends on the environment the catfish is living in. The lifespan of pictus catfish is usually about 8 10 years. It s a sign that their eggs are fertilized which means they are starting to grow inside their belly.

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It s unlikely any of the family could breed in a normal aquarium but not impossible.

Pictus catfish pregnant. Do you mean pictus catfish. One of my 2 pictus catfish i have looks pregnant and has been hiding in a small cave created by the way my driftwood lays. Pictus are pimelodids so they don t get pregnant.

Pictus catfish with goldfish. One african butterfly 1 figure8 puffer 1 bronze cory catfish 2 pictus catfish 1 angelfish 1 betta 1 red tailed black shark 2 fruit salad tetras 2 zebra danios and two pearl danios 6. The trouble with pictus is they may not be pictus and there is more than one sub species.

At first it may be a faint looking spot but it gets darker and brighter as the pregnancy period goes by. The other catfish died and then 3weeks later my pregnant catfish started hanging out in the cave and only came out to eat and ran other fish out of the cave. What s the reason for the spot.

I don t even know whether this catfish is male or female. By newfishmom 7 years ago on tropical fish. As it happens they aren t very inclined to lay those eggs either.

Catfish pregnant or bloated. The catfish is also more aggressive for food and seems to be a little more active. Two days ago i noticed one of my catfish had a swollen belly.

What tank mates are in the tank. Catfish pregnant or bloated. A pregnant catfish develops a black or red gravid spot right near the back portion of the abdomen.

My auto correct decided not to spell it right haha obviously 4. I ve got port hoplo and i have to keep a surface current to stop him building a bubble nest or they would be trying all the time. The malaysian fishfarms which produce them do so by injecting the adults with spawning hormones thereby forcing gamete production and then stripping the eggs milt from them mixing it up in a big bowl and hatching the resulting fertilized eggs.

While some goldfish may acclimatize to about 74 and the pictus may also acclimatize to about 74 this doesn t mean that either fish is the best choice. I just noticed today when i feed them when it came out to eat its stomach is big but the rest of its body looks normal my other one is the smaller of the 2 and is doing fine not hiding or anything.