Pictus Catfish behavior

[sclabman]

my pictus catfish (four of them, purchased a few days ago) seem to enjoy swimming up along the side of my 100 gallon tank. they are always swimming in the one corner up and down and never leave it, even when it's feeding time. does anyone else have this problem/how do i make them realize there's five more feet of tank for them to explore?

thanks in advance

 

[Katie217]

They'll eventually realize its a huge tank. My pictus cats in my tank do the swimming thing in one spot for a while, then they will randomly freak out and get really hyper for a good 5-10mins.

 

[sclabman]

okay, just checking to make sure i didnt get a diseased stock or my water is messed up. so would you say that most of their day is spent swimming at the side of the tank?

 

[tom91970]

Don't worry...mine do this all the time.

 

[FlyingHorses]

yeah my 4 are doing the same thing so im guessing its fairly normal if everyone seems to have the same observation