Silver Dollar/Hook Collection

[Decker504]

Gotta have dither right? I think of them as more than dither, but they sure do go good w/ my other fish and can only remember ever losing 1 in the last few years.

4.5 inch wide bar red hooks in w/ baby cichla, festae and spectabilis.

4 to 4.5 inch hard bellied pacus in w/ atromaculatum and Geo. brokopondos

Spotted silver dollars in w/ Heroina and company

6 to 7 inch red hooks in 240

 

[strollo22]

Very hardy and good looking active fish. I just hate how they eat EVERYTHING!! Lol


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[aclockworkorange]

Very cool. Those aren't thin bar? Do the bars thin out as they grow? I have some around 6" and the bars are WIDE. I like both!

Or are wide bar red hooks different than what I have... Obviously looking at them they're different. What do I have them? Picture coming.


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[aclockworkorange]

So?

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[Decker504]

It's possible they were mislabeled. I was wondering if bar got wider as they grew actually. They were very small when I got them.

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[aclockworkorange]

It would be great if someone who knew much more than me about these fish would chime in.

Which are your favorite?


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[strollo22]

Definitely thin bars. Bars are at least 3x thicker of wide bars


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[isde02]

Very cool. Those aren't thin bar? Do the bars thin out as they grow? I have some around 6" and the bars are WIDE. I like both!

Or are wide bar red hooks different than what I have... Obviously looking at them they're different. What do I have them? Picture coming.


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I think they're both myleus schomburgkii, but there are thin bars and wide bars. The first ones that the op posted are thin bars, yours is a wide bar. Widebars are called emporer blue hooks because the hook turns blueish and the thin bars are emporer red hooks because they get red hooks like the ops and those hard belly pacus are mylossoma aurem.

 

[joe jaskot]

Nice collection. Ever feed them duckweed? They go crazy for it.

 

[jadedreams]

Hmm, on the second group you mention "4 to 4.5 inch hard bellied pacus" - I have some that look just like that and didn't know they were called that. Do you know the scientific name for them?