Catfish and Plecos
Sturisoma
Sturisoma panamense
Also called: Sturisomatichthys panamense
Photo: Autor desconocido · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size20 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Panama, Colombia and Ecuador
- Size
- 20 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a pair
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- herbivore (algae, vegetables, algae tablets)
- Reproduction
- Oviparous; the male cares for the eggs attached to the glass
Notes: Elongated body with a long filament on the tail. Requires very clean, well-oxygenated water and does not compete well for food with voracious fish.
