Pictus Catfish Question

[bcroft]

I've been looking around trying to find fish for my new community tank, and I found a pictus catfish. Don't worry I'm not going to get any because they need a 55 gallon tank. I've seen these at petstores all of the time and they are very interesting. One thing that I noticed online is that everyone says "Do not use a net to catch" If this is the case then what would someone use in order to catch them?


BTW My future community looks like this:
2 clown loaches
2 dwarf gouramis
1 honey gourami
1 pearl gourami
1 female betta

[twoluvcats]

you herd them into a cup. They have very sticky, barbed whiskers and they easily get caught in the net. I am ALWAYS helping stupid petsore employees disentangle them from nets after they've been SURE they can just 'net them out quick' without the poor fish getting stuck.

Pictus are beautiful!! I can't wait till I have a 55g and can get a pair.

this was my Bastet

[bcroft]

Yes they are beautiful! Whenever I am in a pet store I see them and I want to just buy them all