how many silver dollars?

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Garrett.turbo

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So my oscar and or lima or eclipse cat ate my bala sharks so I figured Id give silver dollars a try how many should I get? it stinks that I just now thought about getting some because like last week petsmart had them for like a buck and some change a piece... but anyways let me no :)
 
personally i wouldnt bother with em, they get fairly bulky are very active and theres a good chance IMO that ur oscar i gonna go ham on them
 
I have six and I'm happy with it. Just right for me. So I'd say start with six you could always get more.
 
I have 6 in my 300 all about 4-4.5". Unless you have a good sized tank, I wouldn't bother with them. There are even times when I think about pulling mine out. They do get big, are very skittish and are absolute pigs at feeding time.

Unless in a big tank, I think they are more trouble than they are worth
 
I went with gold giant danios instead they were cheaper and look really pretty in my tank

Well I bought 4 now im down to 3 already... so much for them being fast... :irked:
 
I've become a big fan of my silver dollars...no live plants though, they'll just eat them, java fern seems to be ok though.
Rav
 
thanks rav I just went with giant gold danios, which i guess arent as fast as everyone says... I had 4 yesterday im down to 2
 
I've got 3 SD's in my 65 with my Jack Dempsey.
They liven up the tank alot and get along o.k.
Jack sometimes chases them a little but no damage ever happens.
HTH
Eric
 
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