silver dollars and plants

[_erik_]

hello

thinking of getting me some silver dollars. Problem is, I've heard they eat plants... so my question is: do they eat all kinds of plants? I've got some large cryptocoryne plants I'd like to keep...

Thankfull for answers

 

[killerfish]

real plants are just a saled bar to silver dollars even horn wort gets eaten you'll have to stick to plastic plants with silver dollars even they get a nibble once in a while

 

[vanimate]

I'm not sure about crypts, but I know anubias definitely are on the menu.

 

[_erik_]

ok, thx for the answers... Guess I'll have to pass on silver dollars then

 

[beeline]

If you really want silver dollars, then get them. Just make sure they get enough plant matter in their diet. I heard u can put java fern and hornwort in. Apparently the fish don't like the taste of it. Anyway, do some research first before you get them. Good luck!

 

[WhiteLineRacer]

I'm not sure about crypts, but I know anubias definitely are on the menu.

I had 7 very large SD's, they ate all exept the anubias.

Feeding them well will minimise destruction... a bit.

 

[guppy]

If you place a good ammount of softer fast growing plants in the tank they will often feed on those instead, especially those plants that grow through the mid-water strata. I have kept smaller silver dollars with a few crypts and a lot of elodea. I did have some of the crypts damaged but the fish fed mainly on the elodea instead. The drawback to this is daily clean up of plant fragments.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Dollars + plants = food for dollars

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Any species of metynnis or myleus will eat plants so i just keep them with plastic plants and they still try and eat them,