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Old October 17th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
what does a pregnant cat fish look like?

i was just looking in my community tank and one of the cat fish who's about 3.5" long has a ball under the tummy about the size of half a grape!

is this pregnant? do they lay eggs or what?

did he maybe swallow my guppy whole?
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Old October 17th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
pictus will eat fish that fit in their mouths...even tho they arent agressive, when hungry they will eat small fishies..they are carnivorous but will eat just about anything..its rare for them to breed in captivity but im sure not impossible..so id say he had a snack if it were me to guess
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Old October 17th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
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its rare for them to breed in captivity but im sure not impossible..so id say he had a snack if it were me to guess
That would be my guess as well.

Minx, I even tried looking up the breeding info for you at PlanetCatfish to answer your pregnancy question, but the breeding section just says "Unreported". The feeding section, however, says the following:

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The fish will eat huge amounts in one day, its belly swelling to resemble a marble and can happily live off this for up to a week.
Sound familiar?
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Old October 17th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
their appetites are big..and unless they each eat at least one algae wafer and the leftovers from all the others a day, small fishies do become snacks...
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Old October 17th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
oh GOSH, i just went and took another look and the other cat who's even bigger like 4" has an even BIGGER ball under his tummy.

i think i just fed my last two guppies to the cat fish

oh gosh, i'm so sorry....i feel so bad

gosh i'm an idiot
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Old October 17th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
dont say that!! you so arent an idiot...your piglets fault not yours... I think thats where my guppiess dissapeared to also... and my pictus are fed more than the norm and it didnt stop them buggers...we live and learn
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