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posted 03-16-2004 05:32 AM         

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How big do Pictus Catfish grow? r they breedable? I keep 4 in a 120cm aquarium with angels, and gouramis and i plan to keep firemouths and rosy barbs. Could ya help?

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posted 03-16-2004 07:47 AM         

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Pictus cats will get about 8" and they are egg layers, although I'm not sure how difficult they are to breed in captivity.

Also, how big is your tank (volume) and how many of each fish do you have?

-Chelle

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posted 03-16-2004 08:33 AM         

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my tank holds 25 gal. ive got a pair of dwarf gouramis and 2 angels in with the 4 cats. i plan 2 add a 1 male firemouth and 4 rosy barbs.

Thanks for yr help about the size!

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posted 03-16-2004 09:26 AM         

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the angels alown need the 25 gal to them selfs... if your unlukey an they pair off they will kill everthing.. or get eaten buy the firemouth or get eaten buy the pictus cats... if you want to keep all those fish you will need a very VERY large aquarium... becuse of the fire mouths agreation... i would sugest not getting the fire mouth and getting at least a 80+ gal aquarium for the angels and picts..

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posted 03-17-2004 03:10 AM         

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Ok, i hav sorted out dis tank. I hav an 80 gal tank on order 4 the picts and the angels and i plan to house the gouramis and the rosy barbs which i want 2 by in the orig 25 gal tank. I realy wud like 2 keep a firemouth though; maybe a breedin pair in another tank??? Answers gr8ly apreciated>

RTBShark...

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posted 03-17-2004 08:17 AM         

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If you want a pair of firemouths, you will need at least a 40 gallon tank.

-Chelle

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posted 03-17-2004 12:52 PM         

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i owned a pair of firemouths...you'll nver get the fry to live long if you keep them with anything else. they'll eat their own babies before they let something else eat them. also they get super aggressive when they do have fry. some times they eat the first few batches of babies. make sure you have lots of plants and rocks. they like to hide the babies under them. i wouldn't suggest keeping firemouths with anything else if you want to breed them.

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posted 03-17-2004 12:54 PM         

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oh yeah and the pictus cats...are really ugly when they grow bigger...in my opinion anyways.

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posted 03-17-2004 12:54 PM         

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oh yeah and the pictus cats...are really ugly when they grow bigger...in my opinion anyways.

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