Silver dollar

Jeox

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I just got a silver dollar about 5''+ Is it normal for them to have a spotted dorsal fin? This thing is so battle scared too. He's complety missing the pelvic fins..Will these grow back? Can these guys take brakish?:D
 

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Variations such as spots are common.
Battle wounds should grow back with some TLC.
No they will not take brackish.
And they ideally need to be in a small shoal...
 

Jeox

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Aww...Lfs had him in brakish for a month. So....Which tank should he go in? The SA cichlid tank with a 9'' jd a 6'' trimac..a few plecs and a wallago...Or the tropical/mutant goldfish aquarium.
 

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What is it in at the moment? If it is in brackish, slowly adjust him to freshwater.
Definably not a brackish fish and will not last long in such conditions.

Silver dollars do well with cichlids, even semi-aggressive ones, due to their speed.
But i would really recommend a small school of them!
 

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Jeox;600152; said:
Aww...Lfs had him in brakish for a month. So....Which tank should he go in? The SA cichlid tank with a 9'' jd a 6'' trimac..a few plecs and a wallago...Or the tropical/mutant goldfish aquarium.
Are you sure its a silverdollar and not a mono or a scat? If his a SD indeed, then a JD/Trimac tank will be good for him.
 

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Stab;602305; said:
Are you sure its a silverdollar and not a mono or a scat? If his a SD indeed, then a JD/Trimac tank will be good for him.
exactly what I was thnikijg. if so, he may even be better off in full marine as an adult.
 

Jeox

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Nope he's definatly a SD. Is he as mauverable because he's missing BOTH his pelvic fins?
 
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