Tripping out on Silver Dollars

[spiff]

The natural reflection on their scales sometimes looks like an Ick spot at a certain angles. To me at least. Are these false alarms going to get better as they get bigger?

 

[Yanbbrox]

I've kept large silvers in the past(hmmm simpler times) and yes they do look like they have been coated in strange stuff at weird angles, nothing to be worried about but a picture would help for sure.

 

[Yanbbrox]

BTW the last time I looked for a decent shot of that tank it took me ages to find and then I posted it in the wrong section and it got delete and now I'm looking for it again

 

[justonemoretank]

As they get older, especially if you keep them with other SDs, which, obviously, you should, they start looking a little beat up. Not bad, but just obviously an older fish. There might be a place where a fin nip went a little too far, a scale or two missing on the head where they've run into things in their frenzy to swim away, etc. I would provide a photo just to be sure if you think it could be ich (any new additions? Any flashing or heavy breathing?) but otherwise, what you're seeing is pretty normal, IMO.

 

[spiff]

Cool, thanks for the replies. Its good to know that I'm not the only one who has a mini-panic every time I see it.

I have no pictures of it tho, sorry. My POS radio shack camera would never show detail that small anyway. I need a new camera.

 

[Cichla dude]

the silver dollars are probably fine... some ones have spots like that!
-Alex

 

[BPags52]

I wouldn't worry too much. I noticed the same thing on my dollars a couple months ago, pretty sure its just damaged scales/minor injury from spooking and running into something.

 

[uncwnells]

through some of my reading on fish I swear that I read that silver dollars will rarely ever get ick.

 

[BPags52]

through some of my reading on fish I swear that I read that silver dollars will rarely ever get ick.

My common silver dollars broke out in ich pretty bad about 24-48 hours after I brought them home in late February.

 

[spiff]

I wouldn't worry too much. I noticed the same thing on my dollars a couple months ago, pretty sure its just damaged scales/minor injury from spooking and running into something.

Yeah, I think this is exactly what it is... just a few scales reflecting differently from the rest for whatever reason. But dang, it sure looks like early ick manifestation. As soon as the angle changes it disappears.