tukituki Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 hi, i've just bought a trio of silver dollars from my lfs. they all have a red stripe on their anal fin, does this mean i have a trio of males? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 have a look at this thread http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/i-got-new-fish-vt27766.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukituki Posted April 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 thanks for the link. they've been in the tank a few hours now but still a little shy. i'll try and suss out what sex they are when they come out from behind the plants. so there are 2 different breeds of silver dollars is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 There a quite a few different species but only a couple in NZ i think. These are the ones we can get. Metynnis hypsauchen Silver dollar Metynnis maculatus Spotted metynnis Myloplus rubripinnis Redhook myleus Mylossoma aureum Silver dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 There a quite a few different species but only a couple in NZ i think. These are the ones we can get. Metynnis hypsauchen Silver dollar Metynnis maculatus Spotted metynnis Myloplus rubripinnis Redhook myleus Mylossoma aureum Silver dollar Metynnis hypsauchen Metynnis maculatus Myloplus rubripinnis Mylossoma aureum And don't forget Metynnis Argenteus Hmmm a phrase i just found on www.fishbase.org about M. Argenteus. but might be a misidentification of M. hypsauchen The hypsauchen/Argenteus are the most common ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 you have plants ? good luck :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 you have plants ? good luck :lol: :lol: Good point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukituki Posted April 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 thanks for the pics, very useful! i think they are Metynnis hypsauchen. I did a google image search and they seemed the most similar and look like these guys: http://www.pecesdevenezuela.com/images/ ... S%20IM.jpg i have taken some photos of them but have no idea how to post a pic! yes we have lots of plants, the silver dollars are nibbling away on one plant that grows very quickly (i'm not sure of its name but we end up throwing handfuls of it out every couple of weeks) which is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukituki Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 this is my attempt at putting a picture of 2 of the silver dollars (very tricky to get the 3 of them in one photo!). i'm hoping this will work! http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn28 ... 1207199346 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Nearly. You need to put the at the end of it, and the url needs to end in .jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Plus you somehow ended up with a bunch of numbers after the .jpg, which stops it working. Just copy the IMG code below it for best results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Also, the Metynnis maculatus are awesome! If bloody silver dollars didn't get so big I'd love to have some of those and the Myloplus rubripinnis or Mylossoma aureum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Metynnis maculatus stay smaller than the others, only about 12-15cm instead of 18-20cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukituki Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 so i have the smaller ones? they are very small at the moment but i'm expecting them to grow and grow and grow! i'll have to work on my picture uploading technique! thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukituki Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 ooops i read the post wrong, i don't have the smaller ones do i?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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