Silver Dollar Species?

[Bogwoodbruce]

So red hooks start as "blue" hooks.

Hey Bogwood what size is your Silverdollar tank.

I have them split into groups between several tanks, red hooks start out with pale to red hook,s black bars start out with blue hooks

 

[Chefken]

I have them split into groups between several tanks, red hooks start out with pale to red hook,s black bars start out with blue hooks

I have a pretty Big " Blue Hook" that looks like its staying Blue to me! Is there such a thing as a Blue Hook Sliver Dollar????

 

[RedDwarf]

There are two different forms of Myleus schomburgkii, the thin bar version which has a red hook (ERH) and a thick bar version with a blue hook (EBH). The EBH's get much larger than the ERH's, 13" compared to around 8".

 

[Allan01230]

What RedDwarf said!

 

[Chefken]

There are two different forms of Myleus schomburgkii, the thin bar version which has a red hook (ERH) and a thick bar version with a blue hook (EBH). The EBH's get much larger than the ERH's, 13" compared to around 8".

No bars at all on my Blue Hook....And its a big fish....6.5" nd thick.

 

[RedDwarf]

No bars at all on my Blue Hook....And its a big fish....6.5" nd thick.

That just means that your blue hook isn't a Myleus schomburgkii. I have some juveniles that were sold to me as Myleus rubripinnis that have more of a blue color hook than normal.

Post a pic of it, it would help more with the ID.