kathiej Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I had Jewel Cichlids but got rid of them as they had started harrassing the SDs. So I have a 200ltr tank with 2 silver dollars and some baby bristlenose. I just read elsewhere on the forum that SDs strip plants pdq also. In my other tank I have just started replacing plastic plants with real ones but my angels (I think) are stripping one of them, which just happens to be the nice big one. Trying to find out what the plant is called. Do they eat the plants coz I aren't feeding them enough or are they like labradors and eat for the sake of it... or maybe they are just being perverse and destructive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Hi All. The question was!!!! "WHAT CAN I PUT WITH MY SILVER DOLLARS"? My advise would be to them in a bank vault for safety from the Tax Man. :lol: But seriously:....................... PLENTY of Plant material. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathiej Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 OK but apart from lotsa plants what other fish will they live with?? I read somewhere that they are quite aggressive to other fish??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 One of our members has just dismantled a tank of silver dollars. Yes, they strip all plant life very quickly. In the tank with the SDs she had clown loaches, severums, black tail red shark, gouramis, platies and bristlenoses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Silver dollars are the big dopey, wusses of the fish world. Yeah the usual rule applies - If it fits in their mouth they will eat it. But they are other wise fine with most fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Sam Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 In a tank with a large silver dollar I had a plecostamus, severum, synodontis, several corydoras, and at times smaller fish like guppies. No problems from the silver dollar. I think their temperament can vary though. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathiej Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Thanks everyone. The tank looks quite bare with just 2 hiding SDs. I will get a few more fish to put with them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 if they are hiding then probably the best thing to get would be more silver dollars. even getting 2 more and i think you will see a huge change in their personality. They are a true schooling fish and benefit from being in a large group. I have 12 silver dollars in a 660L tank with convicts, and a pair of severum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 i have 4 SD in a 540L tank with a 20cm silver shark, 3 10ccm parrot fish, 18cm gold spot pleco, 2 20cm tinfoil barbs, 10cm festivum cichlid and a 12cm albino shark and they are all fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 for awhile had plants with SDs the problem is, unless you keep them so well fed wiith food they love better than plants. then no such luck. mine love bloodworms most but that shouldnt be their staple so hence my plants are gone:D you can get hard plants, like java ferm, or sowrds, sometimes they dont eat it but apart from that, silver dollars and that whole family of fish, will eat plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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