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| Posted | dollars with my sevs and sajicas? |
| 05-09-2006 17:41 by jonie |
been told i can keep silver dollars as dithers and they only get 5-6" is this true? |
| 05-09-2006 17:43 by jonie |
fish help make shy fish come out more |
| 05-09-2006 17:43 by keith t |
sorry for being thick but what is dithers |
| 05-09-2006 20:26 by heros hero |
They're actually pretty skittish so don't work so well as dither fish.Better bet with tiger barbs or swordtails.Multispinosa are great companion fish for heros and work well with sajica too |
| 05-09-2006 20:33 by sonia |
sevs and sajicas dont need "dither" fish jonie |
| 06-09-2006 08:29 by jonie |
so if theyve been in the tank almost a week and still only the bigger braver ones are coming out i dont need dithers?
THINK AGAIN |
| 06-09-2006 08:34 by PaddyD |
To be honest, this is just due to their size. baby cichlids are quite shy when young because they are likely to be eaten, as soon as a few start to get bolder, you will find they all start to come up.
but yes common silverdollars grow to about 6 inch and would be ok. Occasionally you will se red hooks, these grow much bigger. |
| 06-09-2006 16:05 by jonie |
are silver dollars hard to find when young eg. 1-2"max |
| 06-09-2006 16:18 by wymcot |
The word "dither" is used mainly on American sites.
There is little practical use keeping fish soley for this purpose, especially if the owner only gets rid of them when the shy fish settle down and become happy with thier surrounding. This is something they will do naturally if kept correctly |
| 08-09-2006 10:49 by Alan |
No silver dollars are not hard to find at the 2" mark go to your local shop and see if they would be willing to get them in for you. Alternatively as suggested on another thread try congo tetras or the suggested barbs do not be tempted by tinfoils though they get huge and also avoid silver sharks these also get quite large.
Congo's max at about 4" and silver dollars at about 5-6" depending on the particular metynis species you go for spotted metynis are very nice if you can get hold of them. |
| 09-09-2006 22:13 by jonie |
how big do spotted metynis get? |
| 11-09-2006 09:17 by Alan |
about 5" not easy to find though. Incidentally if you want to have plantys in the tank don't bother with metynis/silver dollars they will eat everything. |
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