Really? I had no idea pictus were sociable. He's been hiding in the cave since I got him, but he does come out sometimes, more frequently in the last few months. The algae eater's a pleco, a huge one at that. Should I maybe get another big fish for Alphonse to be buddies with? Most of my others are ...

USA over here. Wisconsin. I've never been out of the country.

I'm new here, and I joined up because this seems like a good place to ask about how to take care of my pictus. In a week or so, I'll be getting a new 20 gallon tank, because my two big fish (pictus and an algae-eater) are really getting too big. The problem is that the decorative cave I have for my ...