Silver Dollars aggression..

[thutton]

Hey So I am just wondering if I should do somthing to help or if it is natural..

I have 2 5 inch silver dollars that have ever since I bought them loved to chase (normal for the most part).. latly they have gotten to the point where the chas'ee' has been caught and scales come off which as far as I recall is signs of stress or of course damage..

I added 4 more silver dollars (finally), they are only about 2 inches at this point. Will that stop/ease the aggression? or do I just allow it all to happen..

FYI, it is a 75g with the 6 SDs and 2 Severums

Thanks

 

[Gruff Master]

Adding the other SD should help with aggression. They are schooling fish and prefer to be in groups. Tiger Barbs are the same way.

 

[andyjs]

I would think you should be in good shape now that you have 6 of them, but keep an eye out

 

[thutton]

So they are kinda being ignored by the large SDs, is this just because they are too small at this point?

My larger ones are red hooks, and I beleive the new 4 are regular it was too early to tell at the time of receiving them will that pose a problem?

 

[DMD123]

I have 4 Red hooks and 1 regular SD and they do have a pecking order with the largest Red hook being in charge. Having a school of them does help spread out aggression problems and make the fish more at ease.