TiffanyLuv

I've had regular silver dollars in the past and still have (1 ) old guy left. I bought (2) new silver dollars and they've grown very quickly (frozen blood worm cubes) and are now nearly as big as my old guy (approx 5-6" circ) The difference is these new guys have black fins. I've looked on the net and found there is a black barbed Silver Dollar but was unable to find any pics. Does anyone know exactly what kind they are and why they (who breed CONSTANTLY!) won't let the old guy in on the action. Any input greatly appreciated....Tiffany

***The old guy (red tail) has taken over the female. I still don't know what the blk tails are,,but at least they've come to terms with them all being Silver Dollars*****

+++UpDate+++ 1st pic new guy w/blk fins...2nd pic old guy w/red fins

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Kevin

only idea...and its a bad one... pacu?

COBettaCouple

yea, that's possible. i'm not up enough on the pacus to be sure tho. but it does remind me of them.

Jacko

Not a Pacu, they resemble a red bellied pirhana when young. Plus they have a thick body. My guess would be a regular silver dollar, do you have pics of the other one?

bhcaaron

Vintage 1950?

TiffanyLuv

PICS updated w/both kinds

TiffanyLuv

UR Funny

bhcaaron

lol thanks... now if only I could tell a joke too! Usually if I write them down its better

TiffanyLuv

Write Them Down and sell them to a stand-up Comic. I think about that with my husband and family,,,we talk so much smack to each other and just crack-up. My Grams is a bust (she raised me) and has such a hilarious sense of humor (you would never guess it from a little 'ole Irish lady). My whole family (mine & my husbands) that are here is So. Cal. get along really really well. We get together and it's constant hilarity and there's a no holds bar (wonder where that term comes from) anything is allowed and sometimes it's very dark humor,,but we know we're a bunch of loons.

Butterfly

These are the only kind of silver dollars I could find
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Tetr...r%20Dollar.htm
Doesn't look like yours at all. I would suggest you have been sold a juvenile Pacu, especially since it's growing so fast. The silver dollars and Pacu need a significant amount of grens in their diet.
Carol

TiffanyLuv

Thank you for the input,,nope didn't see mine,but I do like those red hooks. They are all breeding now (well the older red finned big guy kinda took over the female), I'm thinking I have (2) males and (1) female (unless of course they are just going thru the motions and don't know who's who). I haven't seen any eggs,but it's hard 'cause they are fast and skiddish. Would the pacu breed w/the silver dollar? I had (2) red bellied pacu when I was 15-16'ish. They love to chew their food (feeder fish)

Butterfly

No don't think pacu and silver dollars will interbreed.
Carol

Jacko

How big are they? I would doubt the sexual maturity of a pacu at less than 10 inches.

TiffanyLuv

These (2) new guys (blk fins) are definately 4" pushing 5" and still growing from 2" (6) months ago. I'm not sure about sexual maturity,,but the blk fins have been breeding together for the last month. The red fin is still a bit bigger but definately thicker( and older,like 2yrs) and pretty much took the female and now for the last week has been breeding with the female. I read the gestation was (3) days...? So I've been looking for fry and haven't seen anyone. The fish do pick clean the bottom and the eel, the birchir and the iredescent shark get all the dropping from the bloodworms chunks being chewed at the time of feeding,,so they may be having "Caviar"

bhcaaron

LoL, that's how my family used to get along. I miss that. Now, only every once in a while do I make my mom n sis laugh with my work related stories. Like this other day a lady comes to our office asking about some stakes that had gone bad (i work inventory control). When all was said and done, this other guy that works there walks in and asked what her problem was. I explained she was upset about having to reorder the stakes for the restaurants since they had gone bad. His reply was, "But that was the other day!"



"Umm, Mike!" I said, "I don't know about you, but, I'm pretty sure that if those stakes were bad a few days ago, they haven't gotten any better since then." He called me an A** H*L*. My boss, who was in the office for this all, almost fell out of his chair laughing at how sarcastically I answered!

And that's how I usually entertain myself!

TiffanyLuv

My saying "It wouldn't be so funny,, if it wasn't true" I crack myself up too,,,everyone just looks at me,,,I'll let them in on the joke someday...I figured out what I was doing wrong on fish tycoon,,I would stop time,,but when I started it again,,they would al die,,I was baffled,,then realized it would catch up all the lost time...urgghhhh. Got it now,,,bought a diver,,,ooooh Big Spender...LOL

bhcaaron

LoL, big spender indeed! And the time shouldn't catch up all at once. I know that the same thing happened to me also. The pause wouldn't stick sometimes. I don't know why.