Blue-eye panaque
Panaque suttonorum
Parameter dashboard
20-24 °C
6.2-7.5
28 cm
Care guide
The blue-eye panaque is a wood-rasping armoured catfish with blue eyes and spoon-shaped teeth. It is a robust pleco with blue eyes, with a mouth of spoon-shaped teeth built for rasping wood.
Provide wood alongside a varied diet. Supplement with algae wafers, spirulina and blanched vegetables, and keep animal protein to a small fraction of the diet.
This is a large, long-lived fish for a committed keeper. Provide a long aquarium with fine sand and filtration that can cope with fibrous waste. Water should be soft and stable at 20–24 °C, pH 6.2–7.5. It is peaceful toward other species and fits a large community with tetras, silver dollars and the like, but it is territorial toward its own kind and other big plecos, so keep just one. The species is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN, but the collection or breeding history of a particular purchase must be checked with its supplier.
Sources
- fishbase.se — https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Panaque-suttonorum.html
- scotcat.com — https://www.scotcat.com/loricariidae/panaque_suttonorum.htm
- german.bio.uci.edu — https://german.bio.uci.edu/remnants.html
Further reading on identification and aquarium care.
Tankmate compatibility (sample)
Pairwise screening against other species in the database (prioritizing the same family when data is available).
Review first (10)
Caution or avoid from automated rules — confirm before mixing.
| Species | Assessment | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Common otocinclus Otocinclus vittatus Caution | Caution | Fish 2x+ larger may eat smaller tankmates Open pair in Compare → |
| Nannoptopoma Nannoptopoma sternoptychum Caution | Caution | Fish 2x+ larger may eat smaller tankmates Open pair in Compare → |
| Vampire Pleco Leporacanthicus galaxias Caution | Caution | close relatives, and one of them is territorial, so both claim the same kind of space Open pair in Compare → |
| Zebra Oto Otocinclus cocama Caution | Caution | Fish 2x+ larger may eat smaller tankmates Open pair in Compare → |
| Leopard Frog Pleco Peckoltia compta Avoid | Avoid | Fish 2x+ larger may eat smaller tankmates · Species with non-overlapping temperature ranges cannot coexist · the two share only a narrow band of temperature, so one of them sits at the edge of its range · close relatives, and one of them is territorial, so both claim the same kind of space Open pair in Compare → |
| Medusa Pleco Ancistrus ranunculus Avoid | Avoid | Fish 2x+ larger may eat smaller tankmates · Species with non-overlapping temperature ranges cannot coexist · the two share only a narrow band of temperature, so one of them sits at the edge of its range Open pair in Compare → |
| Royal Farlowella Sturisomatichthys festivus Avoid | Avoid | Species with non-overlapping temperature ranges cannot coexist · the two share only a narrow band of temperature, so one of them sits at the edge of its range · close relatives, and one of them is territorial, so both claim the same kind of space Open pair in Compare → |
| Sunshine Pleco Scobinancistrus aureatus Avoid | Avoid | Species with non-overlapping temperature ranges cannot coexist · the two share only a narrow band of temperature, so one of them sits at the edge of its range · close relatives, and one of them is territorial, so both claim the same kind of space Open pair in Compare → |
| Twig Catfish Farlowella vittata Avoid | Avoid | Species with non-overlapping temperature ranges cannot coexist · the two share only a narrow band of temperature, so one of them sits at the edge of its range Open pair in Compare → |
| Whiptail catfish Farlowella acus Avoid | Avoid | Species with non-overlapping temperature ranges cannot coexist · the two share only a narrow band of temperature, so one of them sits at the edge of its range Open pair in Compare → |
2 species with compatible assessment in this sampleCollapse to hide the list; use “Open pair in Compare” for the full matrix.
| Species | Assessment | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Giant Whiptail Sturisomatichthys aureus Compatible | Compatible | No rule-based conflicts detected for this pair. Open pair in Compare → |
| Royal panaque Panaque nigrolineatus Compatible | Compatible | No rule-based conflicts detected for this pair. Open pair in Compare → |
Same rule engine as Compare. Not a substitute for observation, tank size, or acclimation.
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