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how big do they get , what kind of tank mates can it have it`s 3 inches long i think ....ty

They get about 8-10" long they'll eat little fish, so I wouldn't put them with anything to small. most cichlids are good with these cats. Or any other community fish that cant fit in his mouth.

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A wise fishing guide once told me "catching fish is just like picking up girls at the mall" I replied "that is true, but with the girls your not going for the big ones"
FEEDER NAZI

yah, they're pretty good with cichlids in a big tank. i had 1 oscar in a 55 with 3 of these and they didnt do anything..too scared. anways, they should be kept in a group, its a lot better looking and it probably helps the fish. i think pictus cats get around 6"...whereas the 3 or 4-lined pim cats get around 8-19 inches

i have two albino pictus in with 6 jack dempseys and two texas cichlida also in there is two plecos. they are all in a ten gal. the only fish that exceed an inch are the cats and plecos. i have a 29 waiting to be set up but my cats seem to get along just fine.

hmm i never heard of any albino pictus cats.. are you sure they arent albino channel cat fish? http://aquariacentral.com/species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0416&view_records=1

by the way, as you probably know, you're gonna need a bigger tank

well i dunno. it was first advertised as an albino chnnel cat then i saw them as albino pictus. doesnt make much of a difference either way.

heh, a pictus and a channel is a big difference. one gets 3 feet the other gets 6 inches..

in captivity, one would assume, it'd take a lot of water for a channel cat to grow to its full potential.

actualy fish will still grow to there potensial in less water, or die trying. When fish are put into tanks that are to small they may seem to grow slower but what is realy happening is there skin has stopped growing but the ogans haven't. This eventualy leads to serious deformitys, and eventualy death. Another thing that commonly happens to fish that are put into tanks that are to small is that they produce to much waist for the tank to handle, and the poor water quality kills the fish.
So it is partly true that fish won't reach there full length in a small aquarium because they die before they do. They still do usualy get way to big for the aquarium before dieing though.

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A wise fishing guide once told me "catching fish is just like picking up girls at the mall" I replied "that is true, but with the girls your not going for the big ones"
FEEDER NAZI

well as mine grow they will be upgraded to a larger tank and the small one will be filled with more babies.at one of my lfs they have a55 gal with like 8 fish over 12" and it disgusts me. is there any animal cruelty rights for fish?

No but there should be. People only reconize mamales, large birds, and large reptiles as animals, everything else is just products.

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A wise fishing guide once told me "catching fish is just like picking up girls at the mall" I replied "that is true, but with the girls your not going for the big ones"
FEEDER NAZI

truth is, if there was any animal cruelity rights for fish, there will probably be only 1 left in a local region, and it would probably cost around 10 bucks to buy a baby convict.
is there any fish store that gives every oscar its own 55 gallon tank? or every tank its own personal filter?
if there is, it gotta be expeeennnsive.

At least they don't stay long in the tanks in the fish stores usually. I think its sadder to see large fish in the small fish store tanks because they out-grew home aquariums. Then often times they just end up going to another too small home tank. Unfortunately, thats a way of life for too many animal species. They look so cute and irrisistable when they're small or babies and people don't consider that one day they will be large adults. Owning any animal, fish included, requires a commitment to care for it in the way it needs to be cared for, for whatever period of time its lifespan is expected to be.

Candace

i agree that its different when the fish mve quickly through a pet store. the fish i was talking about are not for sale fish. they are way too cramped and ive complained but they do nothing about it.

Thats stuppid that they won't sell them. What they don't want to make money?

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A wise fishing guide once told me "catching fish is just like picking up girls at the mall" I replied "that is true, but with the girls your not going for the big ones"
FEEDER NAZI