Silver Dollars on planted tanks

[G_Sharky]

I currently added live plants on my Tank and it looks so nice and natural, I'm also looking into getting Silver Dollars but I heard that they would make live plants into a salad bar buffet I only have about 3 and their all from south east asia and the SD are from south america, just wonderin if they would eat plants that's not in their natural habitat. And BTW I know my tank is not Big enough for a full grow SD but might upgrade if i have to, just how fast do they grow?.... Thanks

 

[ryan]

Silver Dollars are fast growing lawn mowers, they demolish most species of plants except the hardier species like Java Fern. They tend to take a liking to certain plants that you tend to stick away from, feeding algae wafers and veg helps stop the destruction a little.

 

[CFC]

Silver dollars grow quite quickly, mine have grown about 1" in a month. They are always hungry and will destroy any plants you add, they will even nibble on tough plants like java fern, anubias and giant vallis if a constant supply of green food isnt available.

 

[Lateral Line]

SD's are notorious plant munchers, you can try to deflect their attention with copious desirable veg, but they'll still have a go.

 

[G_Sharky]

That sucks I might have to pass with the SD. Do you guys have any suggestion on what fish i could get that would do well with the cichlids on my sig and that won't destroy my plants?. I was also thinking of tiger barbs but they are a notorious fin nippers and I really don't wanna experiment with this...

 

[drobbins27]

Whoa Whoa Whoa, dont pass on SD. I have 3 live plants, only one is disturbed by SD's. I just have a constant supply of cuccumber lettuce or zucchini in the tank. They love it, and its not a hassle at all. Get the SD's they are amazing

 

[jumpman]

Why don't you consider some other fairly large schooling fish like congo tetras or rainbowfish for example??

 

[drobbins27]

Get the SD's. Trust me, please, they are amazing.

 

[lucky62]

silver dollars are great fish ,not to big , not to small , just not in a planted tank .

like finned lumber jacks, only much faster .

bosmani rainbow fish are nice colorful fish .

 

[silver]

I personally don't think you have room for them. Maybe if you got a bigger tank, but not as is. Between the common pleco, discus and Rams you are overstocked as is. Sorry, I know that's not what you want to hear..... )

Are you looking for schooling fish specifically???

Angels school, just an idea? But you don't have room for any of those either!!

Hmmmmmmmm............................


Silver

 

[SirMinion]

Silver dollars are like vegitarian pirhana. They can strip a leaf to the skeleton in minutes.

 

[guppygirl]

Tiger barbs are perfect, as long as you keep them in more than 5, they'll take all their fin-nipping (which is not much, I only have three and lots of long finned species in my tank!) out on themselves. They come in many different colors too!!!
~Robin