Silver dollar tank for 40 gallon

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Can I put 6 silver dollars, 1 firemouth cichlid, and a BN pleco in a 40G B

 

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Or do silver dollars get too bih

 

[mikem691]

Silver dollars get too big I would do tetras

 

[Dnoel5787]

Silver dollars get too big I would do tetras

I call black skirt tetras the poor man's silver dollar.

I guess that makes me a poor man. Really, though, they have a tall body, and although they get nowhere near the size of silver dollars, they accomplish the same thing for me in my tank.

 

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Won't the cichlid eat me though

 

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Won't the cichlid eat me though

*em my bad

 

[Dnoel5787]

I've never kept cichlids, so take this with a grain of salt, but my understanding is that fire mouths tend to be a bit more docile than other cichlids and would do okay with the larger bodied fish like black skirts. Smaller tetras, danios, and rasboras would likely become a meal.

 

[Fishguy856]

Silver dollars get HUGE. I have 3 in my 55 that are literally the size of my hand. I bought them 6 months ago as juvies, and honestly they grow unbelievably fast. I really wouldn't do more than 3 silvers in your tank. For now, go for 2 silvers to begin with, along with the chiclid. Try your best to get everything the same size. And if everything gets along well, you can try to add one more! The pleco will most definitely get along with the silvers as they are plant eaters.
Goodluck

 

[Jmunroe]

They do get a good size quickly. I have 10 in my tank. 40 gallon is a little small. They should be kept in groups of 6 or more.

 

[Fishguy856]

They do get a good size quickly. I have 10 in my tank. 40 gallon is a little small. They should be kept in groups of 6 or more.

Woah dude how bigs your tank?

 

[Jmunroe]

6 foot, 125 gallon. The 10 silver dollars and a wild caught oscar that's around 7 inches now in the tank.

 

[mjs500doo]

I love black skirt tetras. They're just as beautiful as the Silver Dollar but you can have more of them. They don't get as large. I raised Silver Dollars for years and once I was given 4 Black Skirts I sold the SD and continued with the BST. Love them.

 

[twiddlemuffin]

I'm not sure how big hatchet fish get but they have the same look kinda.