my red hook

[clavinpan]

hi this my tank mate :)
red hook
thsnk bro

[lizardfishman]

nice fish. i didnt know that red hooks could have a stripe. i thought that they were 2 different color variations

[clavinpan]

thank you bro

i was told it hard to find this type of hook i was lucky :)
and i am happy
correct me if i wrong

[Heppy]

its a myleus schomburgki (aka black bar dollar)

[guppy]

Black bar disc tetra, Black bar dollar, a relative of the redhook that can get a bit over 16" long, like redhooks they have been known to bite. they have similar habits as the redhook, are harder to find, and cost a bit more. They will shoal with silver dollars and redhooks as well as other blackbars.

[FormulatedFire]

very nice looking fish kinda reminds me of a cats eye looking at the flank shot....nice fish

[mon]

nice pics...

[lizardfishman]

WOW! they get 16"? other dollars get 6-8" right?

[vanimate]

I just bought 5 of these today! First time I've seen these for sale so I took them all. As heppy said they are myleus schomburgki ,while redhooks are myleus rubripinnis. Just curious , how much did they set you back?

[vanimate]

Isnt this in the wrong forum though?

[kido]

yeah, that's a black barred silver dollar not a red hook ;)

[guppy]

WOW! they get 16"? other dollars get 6-8" right?
Silver dollars 6-8" , red hooks and black bars much bigger (and I like the clean shape, big silver dollars get odd loking).

[clavinpan]

wow thank how big can it really grow :)

[Im4u2nV]

i'm thinking of getting either Silver Dollar or Red Hook for my tank to fill the middle space...thx for the nice pics..

[Zorro]

very cool and nice pics

[brcacti]

The six bar silver dollar according to fishbase can reach to 27 cm almost a foot and the red hook to 29 cm nearly a foot in native habitat, unknown how big in a big aquarium. I think over time it could get quite big in a big aquarium if fed well and well cared for.

[Bogwoodbruce]

Thats a myleus schromburgki ive got 3 schrombrugkis the biggest is 8"+.

[brcacti]

correction the black bar silver dollar M. schlomburgkii according to fishbase max size is 37 cm way over a foot and for M. rubripinnis the red hook 39 cm way over a foot too.

[bigd00d00]

nce fish

[brcacti]

Great pics, I want some black bars and red hooks............like small type pacus

[aldiaz33]

My Redhooks eat like they're Pacus. They gorge themselves.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=39194&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=39194&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=39195&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=39195&size=1)

[Bogwoodbruce]

Nice shrhomburgki, you are lucky to get one past 10".

[REDhooK]

Yea, that's not a true redhook, but its still a great dollar.... ive had my redhook for about a month1/2 and it has already grown at least 1/2 an inch

[Mr Pleco]

correction the black bar silver dollar M. schlomburgkii according to fishbase max size is 37 cm way over a foot and for M. rubripinnis the red hook 39 cm way over a foot too.

Take a look at the monster redhooks at the Shedd in Chicago,truly monsters well over a foot in length........Let me see if I have the pics still...

BTW I'm so jealous of those Black bars, nice pick up:popcorn:

[greyhoundfan]

nice pick up.. when you see something that doesn't come around too often, sometimes you just gotta pull the trigger.

[Yanker]

Those are nice SD"s!

[Bogwoodbruce]

not a red hook its a M. Schromburgki!

[brcacti]

Yes those are not red hooks although from pics I have seen that black bar silver dollars (Myleus schlomburgkii) can and often do get the red anal fin like M. rubripinnis