Silver Dollar Care Guide - Complete Guide to Care for and Breed Silver Dollar Fish

Hey all,

Today I wanted to talk about a fish that I usually don't mention on my channel.

Silver dollars are a great school fish option for larger 'monster fish tanks' and can create some great shimmer and activity in tanks with large cichlids such as Oscars, Jaguars, Jack Dempsey's and much more.

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[Larry-rrko]

Any and all plants is right. They destroyed the plants in my 125 but they are the most amazing fish. So beautiful

[KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld]

Awesome video blake, silver dollars are always one of the fish I wanna get at some point, thanks for sharing mate, found this very interesting and informative

[anthonyrossi]

ive never seen fish school as tightly as silver dollar's. most other schooling fish spread out once they realise there is no threat but my silver dollars will school 99% of the time.

[edstar]

Great video mate. Never knew they got so big. Thanks for the info

[amandatuner]

Hi Blake, would you please consider doing a care guide and tankmates on Paratilapia Pollini? They look so cool.

[chevyfish]

These are one of my favorites of the larger fish. I've kept several types but my favorite was the red hook. I have not kept these striped ones and they have been on my bucket list for awhile. They are certainly vigorous eaters and plant annihilators. They have intelligent eyes and the way they shine as they school is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing. <•))))~{

[garryberkner]

Thanks for all the great advice👍
I have 5 parrot cichlids in an 80 gallon boyu tank with add good filtration tron trickle filter above and a canister filter in stalled down below...my ? is can i add a school of silver dollars to this aquarium?

[folayanjuice]

I have 2! Dolla & Penny one is more grumpy than the other. They are so fiesty when they are going for food but they don’t bother the other fish. I have them with Tetras and Goldfish n the goldfish love to cuddle them which I know they don’t like lol but again one is more friendly which makes the other nicer at times lol
They have blacks spots and red and black on their tails. They are about 3 yrs old.

[Vikingsroar]

Luv them silver dollars! Once I bought 5 silver dollars but one of them outgrew the rest and I was wondering why it Kinda looked different lol I went back to the local fish store 🐠 showed the picture to them and they said the larger one is a Pacu 😂it grew so large and scary I released it into the large pond near my home lol

[gus]

My Silver dollars are hooked on Blood worms! I’ve tried every food suggested. From shelled peas, lettuce, zucchini, etc but they only go for blood worms. Is this bad for them on the long run?

[affordableaquariumservices]

Awesome video just wondering if they eat pellet beef also, I could sure use these for my aggressive 300 gallon.

[brandons]

I have 3 spotted Silver Dollars with my 2 Oscars and they're awesome! I've never seen the striped one's though.. Very cool..

[jdssurf]

so JD or jag would be ok with silvers?

[austinVloggs]

Why haven’t i found this channel so long ago 🙌

[jttj]

hi man im just wondering what do i feed them i know fish flakes but i saw others feed them veggies like lettice.

[kenchan]

What kind of foods you give your silver dollar fish bro?

[petahgriff]

Can I go to a retail store and use them as currency?

[ginadelgado]

Do silver dollars get along with tin foil Barb?

[herpdiversity]

Silver dollars are super cool. They are way to big for any tank I have.

[kodyscott]

When I first got fish, I bought many as I wasn't educated on which fish go with which. I got a silver dollar in the same tank as a neon tetra, sad to say I found the tetra sticking out the silver dollars mouth the next day. 😬😅