SILVER DOLLAR FISH - FULL CARE GUIDE *MASSIVE Schooling fish for Cichlid Aquarium*

[@Ignifaxus]

Got 6 from petsmart, all looked pristine, noob employee took 15 min catching them, stirred all the crap from the bottom of the tank, got them home, next day 1 died, 2 developed fungus, bumps, damaged scales and fins, So far remaining 5 are in recovery mode and doing better. Hopefully they will grow one day to nice chunky size.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Oh that is really sad to hear! sounds like they got super stressed out or maybe a rapid ammonia burn from the dirty tank. I hope they recover well for you!

[@Arandu17463]

Thank you for the information is amazing thank you very much this is what I've been looking for someone who has kept silver dollar fish . There is no someone better than you who has kept a fish like you self.thank you from UK

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey Oscar, thank you so much for the extremely nice comment! It really made my day and gives me so much motivation to make further videos!

[@GTFC_]

Silver dollars are great tank fish mine do well with my angel fish no trouble they've been together for over a year now

[@jayr6796]

I was just in a pet store and they had the blackberry silver dollars they look so cool

[@dhammaboy1203]

Well made video! I that like you flew to Sourh America to get that drone shot of the Amazon river. 😉😂 That’s us Australian’s mate - hard bloody workers! Nice peacock bass too - you’re not afraid of large fish & tanks.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Thanks a tonne for the comment mate! haha I wish I went to south America to get that shot lol but it'll happen eventually lol.

[@donaldhall8785]

My Silver Dollars absolutely love Corydora pellets and algae wafers. I feed them in one particular part of the tank and come feeding time they are patiently waiting for me to drop the pellets. We are getting a much larger tank soon and it will be interesting to see how big they will eventually get.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Totally agree! Hahaha my silver dollars love eating pleco wafers and I think the harder food really helps in wearing down their teeth as well. I’ve been feeding mine some Xtreme pleco scrapers recently and they’ve loved it hahaha. And exciting times ahead with the new tank it seems!

[@flamboyantpotato4004]

I would like to note these fish will absolutely jump out of the water if spooked. I've had two jump to freedom so far (they lived). Really suggest lids on the tank because of it. Its way too damn easy to spook them as well. They're an active fish but will dart when spooked, occasionally jump, and eventually hide in the corner until they feel safe again and come out.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

oh yeah absolutely agreed! Just how incredibly skittish they can be is crazy

[@flamboyantpotato4004]

@@BodgieFromStraya For sure. I will note they do absolutely eat a lotttt. They devour duckweed overnight. I have them currently picking on some hornwort and they aren't eating it as fast but they're still making progress. But just three baby silver dollars clean up and entire 20 gallon tank surface worth of duckweed in one day and still look for more food after hahahaha

[@jayr6796]

They can dart faster then most fish I own about 200 different species

[@cheveburkinshaw860]

Gday first in . Great fish with any larger fish. Big fan of red hook silver dollars .

[@BodgieFromStraya]

hahaha awesome stuff cheve! I love red hooks as well, the red speckling they get on the scales is super awesome and of course the red hook!

[@mapd6831]

I love the spotted ones

[@BodgieFromStraya]

right!!! I so want like a school of 20 spotted silver dollars hahaha. it might happen.... soon...

[@cheveburkinshaw860]

Sound like there’s a bigger tank to come soon

[@andysmith3756]

Hi from the UK. I enjoyed your very informative post. Here are mine, still small atm, but moving into a bigger aquarium soon.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Thank you so much! Glad to hear you have some as well!

[@almaskhan2040]

Nice information young man.I have juvenile silver dollars in my 45 gallon tank.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

thank you very kindly! that's awesome to hear, I am really considering to get more of these silver dollars haha and I hope yours go well!

[@stevemacdonald2303]

I got angelfish with mind. They get along great

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Awesome to hear!

[@jayr6796]

My two xl silver dollars use to pick on my angelfish fin nipped

[@Gutbomber]

I wanted to get clown loach, but too pricey. But now I think ill get some.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Stunning fish for sure!

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

cool fish

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Right!

[@bacon6496]

their awesome fish i wish i could get some for my self but the largest tank i have is a 3 foot tank, but when i get a job i will buy a tank for them

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Awesome plan Fisher! that's the best way to go.

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Just rescued a 4 foot tank with three common silver dollars and a hill stream loach. They are 3 1/5 inch. They are going in my 125 gallon tank in a few months.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Oh that is awesome! might be really cool to get a few more hillstream loaches as well!

[@lolavanenburg1647]

I give mine Courgette as well as sinking and floating pellets

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Sounds like a great diet!

[@Clandfieldscorner]

Thank you so much for this video! Really enjoyed that, would you make a video about fire mouth cichlids as that’s what I am considering and can see you have at least one in your tank,

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey Chase! thank you a tonne for the kind words and support! id love to make a video on fire mouth cichlids but I actually have never kept them before haha. at what time in this video did you see a similar looking fish? id be happy to clarify its ID

[@Clandfieldscorner]

@@BodgieFromStraya 5:05 tbh looking at it now it’s clear it’s not a fire mouth but yeah I really think you’ve done a mega job in this video mate, I’m looking to get 6 stripped silver dollars for my 125 gallons

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@Clandfieldscorner ohhh that would be a black belt cichlid! fantastic fish and thanks a tonne once again for enjoying the video. Striped silvers are one of my favs! they are unfortunately pretty pricey in australia haha. I think around $40 each! but you will love them!

[@Clandfieldscorner]

@@BodgieFromStraya in England my local fish store sell a pair for 14 pounds which is mega I’m not sure how how that would be for you tho. I wanna get a group of 6

[@staceydoe3287]

I would love to have silver dollars. I'm going to purchase a 200 gallon community freshwater aquarium. I would like to have silver dollars, dennison barbs, pearl gouramis, pictus catfish, and angelfish. Does that sound like a compatible group of fish?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey hey Stacey! That sounds super exciting and 200 gallons is an awesomeeeeee size, I would probably the silver dollars only because of the angel fish and gourami which are firstly a bit slow and also long fins meaning that young silver dollars might nip. but the silver dollars, Pictus catfish, bronze cories and a bunch of large bodied tetras would be amazingggg

[@Althazarcrts]

Soooo I've only ever used natural sunlight in my tank with 5 silver dollars for over a year because they flip the f*** out when I use to put the light on. Even tried super dim light and they are not having it. They are all beefy and about 5-6 inches. Any suggestions on what I could do to eventually turn the light on

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey mate! It’s annoying how skittish these fish are right?! I’ve actually got a new batch of 9 fish which are way better but in regards to getting them used to lights, it might be a long task. I would start with having a slow ramp up period, a lot of the wifi control lights offer this function where you can set the light to slowly come up to full intensity over and hour or so. I would also look at feeding just as you turn lights on. So maybe over the course of a month, turn the light on, throw in food and leave the light on for 5 mins, then make it 10 mins and just double it. Once they realise light means food, they might get better. Final thing is to maybe add more silver dollars if you have the space. Adding in 5 more might diffuse the skittish behaviour they have. Hope this helps!

[@ajman36]

I have 3 young ones they are not that big in a 36 gallon should I upgrade my tank? When they get bigger

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Yep! I would recommend it :)

[@tanmayy1]

Hey I bought today two. Just let me know if they can eat floating food? hikari or optimum

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey mate, sorry for the delayed response! yep, they will be fine with floating foods!

[@tanmayy1]

@@BodgieFromStraya Today is 5th day, still they are in buttom not coming up to the tank for eat. i ahve tinfoild bard big size and monoangel from before. might be for that reason ? can i have your number pls

[@BodgieFromStraya]

I do not think that the other fish are the issue. You may just have shy silver dollars so I would recommend to give them sinking or frozen foods. The silver dollars may be more comfortable when the lights are turned off to feel free to try that as well.

[@ert-wert]

I've seen white sparkles on my new silver dollars. It looks like ich to me. But I see even yours have it. I've been wondering if it isn't just something natural with their scales and maybe not ich

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey ert wert! its totally normal, silver dollars have those glittery scales and you might even see them floating around your water since they fall off so easily. Ich will be all over the fish often starting in places like the tail and won't shine like these scales so you are in the clear!

[@ert-wert]

@@BodgieFromStraya unfortunately mine is deffinety ich and spreading :(. Thank you for replying! Ugh I feel terrible, quarantine, quarantine, quarantine.....

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@ert-wert Oh no! sorry to hear about that. If its spreading then for sure its ich, hope they recover for you!

[@cheveburkinshaw860]

Ha mate is the vid u posted today ment to be private? It can’t be viewed

[@BodgieFromStraya]

hey cheve, yeah I had some issues with it haha. its gonna come out soon!

[@augustinepinto4887]

@@BodgieFromStraya very nicely put together, but you had no mention about the water quality and filteration, please add these and we are grateful for the video thanks

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@augustinepinto4887 hi augustine, thank you tonnes for watching and I seriously appreciate the feedback! Ill make sure to include that in my care guides to come!

[@warrenfinn4557]

I have 4 silver dollars in my 500 litre tank with my Severum fish. Is 4 enough or do I need to buy more? I do not wish to get more but if I have to I will.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey Warren, honestly I do think 4 is enough in the tank. though more look better and I think you could fit 2 more and make a nice school of 6 I dont think it is necessary in any way.

[@warrenfinn4557]

@@BodgieFromStraya Thanks for answering my query. Much obliged.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@warrenfinn4557 any time!

[@williamgonzalez6849]

I got sirvel dollar they doing good

[@BodgieFromStraya]

awesome stuff!

[@herpdiversity9152]

Also nitpicky detail but it is a species of tetra not sub species since a subspecies is below a species and tetra is above species and silver dollar is it's own species. However there are even multiple species of silver dollar

[@BodgieFromStraya]

oh wowsers! hahaha thank you for the detail! love that!

[@blakemcclurkin4842]

How big does spotted silverfish get?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

They only reach around 15cm :)

[@herpdiversity9152]

Wow i missed a lot of videos lately.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

hahaha seems like it!

[@joeisabelle5080]

180 gallons !!!!!? dude I have 5 in my 30 gallon..... now I feel guilty but also don't want to go buy a huge tank ... ='(

[@BodgieFromStraya]

hahaha a 120 would work as well! its just that these fish get surprisingly big but I mean you can enjoy them while you can and then re-home or always upgrade slowly haha!

[@airborne15545]

@@BodgieFromStrayaIt’s unhealthy for the fish and cruel but won’t they stay small in a smaller tank? Idk

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@airborne15545 keeping them till adult size in a 30 gallon 100% is and im not at all advocating for it haha. But you are totally right, having those silver dollars in a tank that small will most likely stunt growth which means though yes the fish will sort of remain to the appropriate size of the tank, it causes a tonne of internal problems, organ issues, bone growth deformities. a great alternative to large growing silver dollars would be like a black widow tetra.