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Hey catfish enthutiast

I would like to se the biggest Panaque and who owns it.

I have just started my Plecotank 3xPanaque L190 Broken Line 8-12cm so not much to see yet.

Come on guys, lets show them Plecos

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=35842

what a truly beautiful fish.
how old is he\?

liamrobin1 wrote:what a truly beautiful fish.
how old is he\?

I have no idea.....someone sold them earlier this year

Have a look at this beauty that Pier Aquatics in Wigan imported in. They donated it to Bolton Aquarium.

This is my biggest, a 40cm/16" Panaque nigrolineatus.

He's not the biggest but we think he's pretty good looking.

Awesome Panaques Some of the pictures cant open, maybe it os my pc that struggles

Thanks for sharring. Some of those are huge

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=28492

Not mine, but saw this the other day and thought it was worth mentioning here...
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/c ... p?sid=5338

This is not the biggest out there, but it's still pretty impressive since it's a blue eye. It belongs to my friend Erlend Bertelsen, and it's a very cool fish with algae growing on it's odontodes





Haakon

Hi Haakon.

Awesome blue eye Pleco. Really nice. Thanks for sharing the pics

Hi Haakon.

Where should I look if I want to buy 2 small blue eyed panaques, they look Awesome

Mark,

This is a good place to start:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=31

Have you checked the price of this species these days...? ;)

Haakon

Mark Panaque wrote:Hi Haakon.

Where should I look if I want to buy 2 small blue eyed panaques, they look Awesome

Both of the two 'blue eye' species, and , are rarely, if ever seen at that size (5-10cm). I've seen a couple of photos of ones quoted at 10cm-12cm, and the smallest I've seen in person was about 15cm. They are far more commonly encountered as large adults 30cm+.

Hi Haakon

Thanks for the link.

I heard some roomer that the price range was very expencive (500 - 600 EUR) Pr unit

Hi Matthew

Ok I have only seen one 25 years ago in the same size as you mention.. 10-15cm is also ok

matthewfaulkner wrote:Both of the two 'blue eye' species,

Panaque cochliodon

and

Panaque suttonorum

, are rarely, if ever seen at that size (5-10cm). I've seen a couple of photos of ones quoted at 10cm-12cm, and the smallest I've seen in person was about 15cm. They are far more commonly encountered as large adults 30cm+.

Apparently, young ones are not encountered in the same area...? I hear that large Loricariidae species like these (and other big Panaque species too) migrate for breeding. I recently had a conversation with Daniel (username Acanthicus here at PC) about this, he did some interesting observations while he spent a longer time in South America.

The blue-eyes are from areas inflicted by guerilla warfare, maybe the young/small ones occur in an area that isn't visited by fishermen these days.

Has anyone ever encountered adult Panaques protecting eggs or young in the wild?

Haakon

HaakonH wrote:Has anyone ever encountered adult Panaques protecting eggs or young in the wild?

Nope, and it is a mystery. I've have collected 2cm -12cm Panaque at the riverside in upto waist deep water. The mystery (to me at least) is how they get there is the adults are spawning in deep water. The "common" Blue eyed plecos (P. cf. cochliodon from Honda) were commonly offered for sale at the "standard small panaque size" in the early to mid nineties.

Jools

I remember the 15 cm blue eyes in the mid-90's. I had one, and gave it away. We sold plenty of them back then, for like £50 per fish...But I never ever saw any under 10 cm. It must be due to collecting site. I don't suppose every Panaque migrates very far from their habitat to breed, but it does seem likely that they wander off somewhere to breed when the water is high in the rainy season. If they breed in deep, cloudy water, where fish aren't caught, this could possibly explain why we don't see the small ones. Just a theory.

Haakon

It could be collecting site, but it might be collecting method. I don't know. I do know that at least Panaque nigrolineatus breeds all year round.

Jools

20+ years ago I bought a10cm TL specimen for £19.99. The were fairly often seen back then but you didn't see large specimens - perhaps this is indicative of different size fish inhabiting different areas ( although this is only a vague suggestion )

Interesting reading. The story about them living in a conflict area should be true. Perhaps that is why they have the huge price tag. Hopefully they will once again be in the trade as the old days.

I can't compete with the size of your panaques but this is my biggest and only panaque at this point. I thought i'd share.

Thanks for sharring, its a beauty panaque

what size tanks do all of you have??? haha

I've got a 16" L330 which I think is pretty awesome. It's fully spotted too

Im not sure if im allowed to post a link to another forum here but it shows the growth progression of my panaque.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... 90-or-L191

CanadaPleco wrote:I've got a 16" L330 which I think is pretty awesome. It's fully spotted too

Do you want to show some pics, would like to see it

lmt6600 wrote:Im not sure if im allowed to post a link to another forum here but it shows the growth progression of my panaque.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... 90-or-L191

Thanks for the link

A friend of mine kept his LDA65 till 30" !