I have had horrible Pictus luck since I got one. My first one looks more like a dalmatian (I understand there are 2 breeds)..For months it sat in a corner, swimming up and down up and down day after day, never really venturing or being pleased with the tank.
I have read all about these fish and tried hard to accommodate for it. There are caves and shadowy places all around so it could travel the entire tank in style, and the tank is all live plants, and I set it up to have plenty of current, the right P.H., right temps, pellets for food and more.
This fish is still weird to this day. Although it does venture more during the night, it just constantly acts like it wants out. Always swimming up and down at the glass never stopping unless to rest. Given this has been months now.
Well I helped out some people who got in over their heads with a big tank and took in some of their fish, including two more Pictus. These are striped, and you could tell had been abused and was scared seems most people have no clue how to actually handle them raise then etc..
Well these two have been in my tank only a few days now, so I am not surprised that they have not done much but hide, but they seem literally no different. I cannot get them to venture, eat, or live like the usual Pictus is viewed to be.
I have been watching for progress, hoping the two new ones will make the original feel more confortable, but so far they are all buzz kills, with two who will not come out or eat at all and the original one non stop trying to find a way through the glass.....
I have experimented too, with less or more shade, less or more current, less or more food, idk anymore! I have never seen a fish day after day only think about the glass and one corner of a tank!!
I read they like clean soft water and usually need bio-filters, although I do not have bio-wheels I do however have two large power filters managing my tank with really good water that I treat and condition. I test my water like most, water changes, tds testing, etc....
Does anyone have any advice at all? What will make these guys feel happy?
I have read all about these fish and tried hard to accommodate for it. There are caves and shadowy places all around so it could travel the entire tank in style, and the tank is all live plants, and I set it up to have plenty of current, the right P.H., right temps, pellets for food and more.
This fish is still weird to this day. Although it does venture more during the night, it just constantly acts like it wants out. Always swimming up and down at the glass never stopping unless to rest. Given this has been months now.
Well I helped out some people who got in over their heads with a big tank and took in some of their fish, including two more Pictus. These are striped, and you could tell had been abused and was scared seems most people have no clue how to actually handle them raise then etc..
Well these two have been in my tank only a few days now, so I am not surprised that they have not done much but hide, but they seem literally no different. I cannot get them to venture, eat, or live like the usual Pictus is viewed to be.
I have been watching for progress, hoping the two new ones will make the original feel more confortable, but so far they are all buzz kills, with two who will not come out or eat at all and the original one non stop trying to find a way through the glass.....
I have experimented too, with less or more shade, less or more current, less or more food, idk anymore! I have never seen a fish day after day only think about the glass and one corner of a tank!!
I read they like clean soft water and usually need bio-filters, although I do not have bio-wheels I do however have two large power filters managing my tank with really good water that I treat and condition. I test my water like most, water changes, tds testing, etc....
Does anyone have any advice at all? What will make these guys feel happy?