Pictus Breeding

[octofasciatus]

Does anyone have any info on breeding Pictus. I noticed some different behaviour between my pair of Pictus that I have not noticed before that could have been 'courtship'.
I briefly googled pictus breeing and the few places I visited had no info.
Has anyone bred them or can anyone direct me to a site that "explains more"?

Many thanks

 

[basslover34]

Not much information out there, I don't beleive I've ever heard of anyone breeding them... Interesting thought though ...could be fun to try to get a few hundred of these little guys whipping around the tank LOL

 

[octofasciatus]

I've never thought of the possibility of breeding them or even sexing them. The smaller of the two was very listless yesterday and came to the front of the tank and lay in the gravel which is out of character in itself. The larger of the two has just been returned from the hospital tank where it was recovering fron being caught in the mesh of my net (see previous post - all now OK). Anyway after my main light went off the timer for my moonlight LED's kicks in and they just went beserk for nearly 2 hours I watched them the larger of the two chased the smaller all over and they put on a bit of a synchronised swimming display then repeated the whole process covering every inch of the tank. The JD and GT seemed to be following them and looked like they were on the mooch for food which made me think - Is the small one a female scattering eggs about.
Anyway just in from work and the big light is on and the small one is back laying in the substrate at the front again.

 

[basslover34]

Prob more of a greeting type of behaviour since they had been together then seperated then put bacck together... doubtful it's a breeding behaviour... sexing them in only possible with disection ...so thats out as a possibility LOL