Predator: may eat fish up to about 4 cm.
Check a tank with Pictus catfish
Good tank mates for Pictus catfish
These species share its temperature range and temperament, with no fin-nipping or predation risk under our rules. Still check your tank size and bioload in the checker.
African butterflyfish · Angelfish · Betta (male) · Black skirt tetra · Blue acara · Bolivian ram · Bristlenose pleco · Bronze corydoras · Buenos Aires tetra · Clown pleco · Cockatoo dwarf cichlid · Colombian tetra · Congo tetra · Dojo loach · Dwarf gourami · Flying fox · Gardneri killifish · Glass catfish · Gold barb · Golden pencilfish · Jewel cichlid · Kribensis · Kuhli loach · Pearl gourami
Avoid with Pictus catfish
African dwarf frog (predation) · Agassiz's dwarf cichlid (temperature) · Amano shrimp (predation) · Assassin snail (predation) · Black neon tetra (predation) · Black phantom tetra (predation) · Boeseman's rainbowfish (temperature) · Bumblebee goby (predation) · Cardinal tetra (predation) · Celestial pearl danio (predation) · Cherry shrimp (predation) · Chili rasbora (predation) · Clown killifish (predation) · Common / comet goldfish (temperature) · Convict cichlid (temperature) · CPO dwarf crayfish (predation) · Crystal red shrimp (predation) · Discus (temperature)
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Checked 2026-11-09 · confidence: high. These are cautious community guidelines, not guarantees. Not veterinary advice. Report an error.