four line cat

[hayden]

now that i am sure i am keeping my 90 and i am fairly sertan i want a comunity tank the only fish i have made up my mind i want is a four lined pictus cat. from what i have read they get up to a foot long and like a lot of places to hide with as big of a foot print as possible.

let me know if any of this is not true and i would love to see some full grown pics.

 

[WyldFya]

Not sure what your question is though.

I'll move this to the catfish section for you.

 

[Tongue33]

Yup and they can fight if needed for their territory I;ve seen two lately.. One was just over 12" at the lfs. and my buddy has one around 9" in his 125 g . And he has equally long whiskers

 

[X24]

my 4 line loves 2 things......hiding and eating.

they do get to be about a foot long and do go psycho during feeding, so make sure the other fish aren't shy eaters or else you'll wind up with a very well fed pictus and not so well fed other fish.

 

[hayden]

i had a spotted but he was eaten by mr pacu. i still dont know how he got him down but he did.

 

[Tongue33]

Pacu's eat like pac man they CHEW

 

[benzjamin13]

If you're talking about a Spotted Pictus Cat, they only get 6"-8" and they're really active and do good in a group. The 4-Line Cat hides a lot...A LOT and it's definitely a pig at heart.

 

[Tongue33]

If you're talking about a Spotted Pictus Cat, they only get 6"-8" and they're really active and do good in a group. The 4-Line Cat hides a lot...A LOT and it's definitely a pig at heart.

Neither of the two large 4-lines i see hide much.. But they are not small and they are not shy .. But this is only two fish of the species.

 

[hayden]

i just read that the four lines do better in groups of three or four would that be too many for life in the 90 with other tank mates?

 

[Tongue33]

You will be fine with one. They may do better in groups , but the maintenence will be greatly increased in that size of tank. I have only seen people keep them in Groups of one But I haven't seen them much myself.