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I have a 50 US gallon 48" tank. The only problem I have is my 2 Silver Dollars. I know they like plants but they ate £10 worth of plants in 1 week. My dogs are cheaper to feed than these 2 fish. I thought if I put enough plants in the tank then they would at least leave some, but I was wrong. At present I have about 10 potted plants left with the rest just little stubs left. Does anyone recommend plants that Silver Dollars dont like. I know the obvious answer is to take the back to the lfs, its just I like having them in the tank. Its quite amusing when I put algae tablets in the tank and the pair squabble over the tablets racing round the tank.
Also why am I having sucess with this number of fish, surely I am over stocked.
10 glowlight tetras
2 Large silver dollars
4 Black balloon mollies
2 Large white sailfin mollies
1 Neon tetras
2 Cardinal tetras
6 Platies
4 Red balloon plaities
2 Flying foxes
2 Clown loaches
1 Phanton tetra
1 hatchet fish
mollie fry and platy fry
I use a 404 external filter with salt added to tank and tank temp at 79 deg with 2 airstones. 30% water change every week. Tank has been established for 2 years now.
The only thing I have learned is to be very careful about changing water temperature, You read in the books to raise the temperature a few degrees to encourage breeding but this in the past immedialtely brings on an outbreak of whitespot. For sometime now I have kept the tank exactly 79 deg and with a tablespoon of salt for every 5 gallons and that seems to work keeping disease away.
Regards
Darren
I have a 50 US gallon 48" tank. The only problem I have is my 2 Silver Dollars. I know they like plants but they ate £10 worth of plants in 1 week. My dogs are cheaper to feed than these 2 fish. I thought if I put enough plants in the tank then they would at least leave some, but I was wrong. At present I have about 10 potted plants left with the rest just little stubs left. Does anyone recommend plants that Silver Dollars dont like. I know the obvious answer is to take the back to the lfs, its just I like having them in the tank. Its quite amusing when I put algae tablets in the tank and the pair squabble over the tablets racing round the tank.
Also why am I having sucess with this number of fish, surely I am over stocked.
10 glowlight tetras
2 Large silver dollars
4 Black balloon mollies
2 Large white sailfin mollies
1 Neon tetras
2 Cardinal tetras
6 Platies
4 Red balloon plaities
2 Flying foxes
2 Clown loaches
1 Phanton tetra
1 hatchet fish
mollie fry and platy fry
I use a 404 external filter with salt added to tank and tank temp at 79 deg with 2 airstones. 30% water change every week. Tank has been established for 2 years now.
The only thing I have learned is to be very careful about changing water temperature, You read in the books to raise the temperature a few degrees to encourage breeding but this in the past immedialtely brings on an outbreak of whitespot. For sometime now I have kept the tank exactly 79 deg and with a tablespoon of salt for every 5 gallons and that seems to work keeping disease away.
Regards
Darren