Sarcastic

I'm pretty sure that my "red hook" silver dollars are eating up my mixed cardinal/neon tetra school.

I know, I know - they should be vegetarians, but I just don't think they are.

Butterfly

But they will also eat anything small enough to go into there mouth. Most fish will.
carol

Sarcastic

To true, Carol, too true. I'd read that before, but was gambling that I'd get away with it.

Butterfly

sometimes we gamble and win and some times we gamble and lose
Carol

Wilhelm Joshua Tan

I think he wants to be a piranha.

Sarcastic

The aggro one definitely got a good piece of my finger this morning while feeding them. No blood, but it hurt well enough for me to jerk my hand out of the water - and he held on!

Butterfly

Metynnis argenteus) are Herbivores.
Myleus rubripinnis are Omnivores both are silver dollars but their eating habits are a bit different. He still needs some vegetable matter as well as animal protein.
Carol

Wilhelm Joshua Tan

See I told you!