My Dollars are always chasing eachother around .. i literally just saw the eggs today for the first time ... this helped .. as i have them with some community fish
Hello this is the first video i've ever seen of Silverdollars breeding , i just thought it was impossible in the hobby kind of like bichirs / bala sharks where pretty much noone even tries , may i ask where you from ? i get strong sweden/dk/norway vibes
Well it has taken a couple of years to actually figure out how to do this and get this good survivalrate of the eggs, there is litteraly no information to be found about how to breed silverdollars and the information in general is not actually accurate, so hopefully this will help people that want to start breeding them. I am from sweden :)
@@MNAquariums fasiken vad kul med en svensk fisk kanal! kolla igenom en annan av dina videos där du visar alla karen! lekte faktiskt med tanken på att skaffa silver dollars i mitt 720 när jag hade liknande setup med oscars mal osv men tog silver hajar istället , kan nu i efterhand dock tycka att silverhajarna skulle haft de större även fast jag vara hade 4 så kändes ett 720 för smått för dem! dem simma ofantligt snabbt, hände t.om under vatten byten att dem hoppa ut ur karet dem var cirka 20-25 cm så skulle nog gått på silver dollarsana i stället :P vart i sverige bor du typ ? ( skåne/sthlm/gbg )
I don't really know to be honest. I have only been breeding Metynnis, the blackberry are a bit different, they are Myleus, a bit bigger and a bit closer to the pacu.
Silverdollars do best in large numbers, but I've never kept parrots myself. Thats a very good filtration so I think it will work just fine. People think so very different when it comes to what is overcrowded or not, but thats a relatively large tank so as long as you think it works it should be good.
Happy-life RioNequa. I think other brands have something similair. I'm no expert but I know people that use it when breeding fish and to get them in condition to breed. Would probably be beneficial for betta to I suppose.
The tank I have has white small gravel on the bottom. With artifitial large leafs and fine leafs plants. Do you think it will be suitable for them to spawn then fertilize? If eggs got fertilized, will there be problem fell and stay at the gravel bottom. Do I need to remove all gravel and leave it bared floor?
@MNAquariums Thanks for the info.Hope the pair will spawn successfully. It will be interesting to see the whole breeding process and then seeing fry to grow up.
Awesome 😁 I want to get some Metynnis Fasciatus at some point and try to raise some fry from them aswell. Those are the no.1 silverdollar for me. But right now I’m all into reefaquariums so it will have to wait 😊
Off-topic question but silver dollar related, and I'm going with if you can breed them, you're gonna be able to help me 😊 There are 2 silver dollar fish that were abandoned by the aquarium maintenance company at my place of employment. My boss wants me to take them but here is my problem. I have a 40 gal bow front that needs to be refurbished. I have a 60-something gallon with a small school of Long-finned danios and my assassin snails and a 75-gallon with my old and large common goldfish and trapdoor snails. Can these silver dollars go in either of the tanks I already have up until I can repair the bow front. I am not really looking to add the population by purchasing more, but those 2 do need to be rescued because their current tank also leaks, so it is only holding about 20 gallons right now.
That should work just fine. I would put them together with the goldfish if they are fully grown. They are peaceful but I would prefer to put them with some larger fish. I would probably avoid the small risk of getting the longfinned Daniofins bitten. Mind that they also will consume any plants if you have any :)
@MN Aquariums they are not fully grown. I'd say they are maybe 3 inches in height. The goldfish tank has 2 potted crinum calamistratum, but I figured since they are pretty goldfish proof, they might be SD resistant as well, a couple pothos and lots of duckweed. It doesn't have any hides and is in a relatively high traffic area because the goldfish is a people fish and believes he is just as important as any human or the cat or the dog. Especially because he was here before both the cat and the dog 🤣 he even watches the television. So I'd have to add some hides for sure. It is also an unheated tank.
Never did any follow up unfortunatly. But freshly hatched brineshrimp or other fryfood will work perfect once they are free swimming since the fry are relatively big.
They spawned fast lo. Congrats can’t wait to see them free swimming.
Thank you for your video, I'll try this in my rescue.
My Dollars are always chasing eachother around .. i literally just saw the eggs today for the first time ... this helped .. as i have them with some community fish
Congratulations. Great work
Hello this is the first video i've ever seen of Silverdollars breeding , i just thought it was impossible in the hobby kind of like bichirs / bala sharks where pretty much noone even tries , may i ask where you from ? i get strong sweden/dk/norway vibes
Well it has taken a couple of years to actually figure out how to do this and get this good survivalrate of the eggs, there is litteraly no information to be found about how to breed silverdollars and the information in general is not actually accurate, so hopefully this will help people that want to start breeding them.
I am from sweden :)
@@MNAquariums fasiken vad kul med en svensk fisk kanal! kolla igenom en annan av dina videos där du visar alla karen! lekte faktiskt med tanken på att skaffa silver dollars i mitt 720 när jag hade liknande setup med oscars mal osv men tog silver hajar istället , kan nu i efterhand dock tycka att silverhajarna skulle haft de större även fast jag vara hade 4 så kändes ett 720 för smått för dem! dem simma ofantligt snabbt, hände t.om under vatten byten att dem hoppa ut ur karet dem var cirka 20-25 cm så skulle nog gått på silver dollarsana i stället :P vart i sverige bor du typ ? ( skåne/sthlm/gbg )
Very interesting
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Are the blackberry silver dollars difficult to breed so you know??
I don't really know to be honest. I have only been breeding Metynnis, the blackberry are a bit different, they are Myleus, a bit bigger and a bit closer to the pacu.
I have about 12 parrots and 13 silver dollars in a 125 gallon.. Am I over crowding them? I have an fx6 on the tank and adding an fx4 as well.
Silverdollars do best in large numbers, but I've never kept parrots myself. Thats a very good filtration so I think it will work just fine. People think so very different when it comes to what is overcrowded or not, but thats a relatively large tank so as long as you think it works it should be good.
What was the name of the water conditioner you use the item that adds Blackwater goodness like tannin? And would it help with bettas?
Happy-life RioNequa. I think other brands have something similair. I'm no expert but I know people that use it when breeding fish and to get them in condition to breed. Would probably be beneficial for betta to I suppose.
would it be a good idea to use methalyne blue for the eggs (it helps neutralize the fungus instead of needing to manually syringe out the bad eggs)
I would definatly think so, I have the issue that we can't buy it here anymore so unfortunatly its no option for me.
The tank I have has white small gravel on the bottom. With artifitial large leafs and fine leafs plants. Do you think it will be suitable for them to spawn then fertilize?
If eggs got fertilized, will there be problem fell and stay at the gravel bottom. Do I need to remove all gravel and leave it bared floor?
Should work just fine, have worked for me aswell. Just make sure to turn lights off, the eggs seem to be sensitive to light.
@MNAquariums Thanks for the info.Hope the pair will spawn successfully. It will be interesting to see the whole breeding process and then seeing fry to grow up.
I am from 🇮🇳. From where I like your vedio. Want to know from where I can get PH/KH minus. Please give details.
Congrats 😃
What metynnis is this? Keep maculatus myself
Maculatus is one of rhe more beautiful of them😊
These are most brobably Metynnis Argenteus, but can also be Hypsauchen.
@@MNAquariums if i only could share pictures, because indeed maculatus are fantastic have 8 2-3 males with good colour. Rest look like females.
Awesome 😁 I want to get some Metynnis Fasciatus at some point and try to raise some fry from them aswell. Those are the no.1 silverdollar for me. But right now I’m all into reefaquariums so it will have to wait 😊
@@MNAquariums Fasciatus are amazing, just so so expensive at least in Holland
More expensive here in sweden aswell, but I can get them to a somewhat reasonable price.
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nteresting. What species is it?
These are most probably Metynnis Argenteus 😊
How You catch the eggs from spawning into the blue basket pls ? Any video available?
Just used a net to scoop them up from the bottom.
@@MNAquariums Okay without substrate / sand would be possible I guess !
Metynnis Fasciatus will be the same way to breed ?
Should be possible on sand aswell. Yeah Fasciatus should be the same, and way more nice species 😊
@@MNAquariums myleus schomburgkii lamax sp III I want to try
How difficult it is to try to reproduce them
Sorry for late answer. It´s pretty easy to get them to spawn, the hard part is to get the eggs to stay healthy until they hatch.
My doller fish laying eggs but eggs was not fertilize. So what I do
They are very sensitive. Light should be turned off and instantly pick outbad ones so the moal don't spread
Well i got 30 red hook myleus rubripinnis , maybe i'll try this method this year .
Don't know if Myleus works the same as Metynnis, but definatly worth a try. Would love to know if you'r successful if you try 😊
@@MNAquariums i'll try promise you .
Off-topic question but silver dollar related, and I'm going with if you can breed them, you're gonna be able to help me 😊 There are 2 silver dollar fish that were abandoned by the aquarium maintenance company at my place of employment. My boss wants me to take them but here is my problem. I have a 40 gal bow front that needs to be refurbished. I have a 60-something gallon with a small school of Long-finned danios and my assassin snails and a 75-gallon with my old and large common goldfish and trapdoor snails. Can these silver dollars go in either of the tanks I already have up until I can repair the bow front. I am not really looking to add the population by purchasing more, but those 2 do need to be rescued because their current tank also leaks, so it is only holding about 20 gallons right now.
That should work just fine. I would put them together with the goldfish if they are fully grown. They are peaceful but I would prefer to put them with some larger fish. I would probably avoid the small risk of getting the longfinned Daniofins bitten. Mind that they also will consume any plants if you have any :)
@MN Aquariums they are not fully grown. I'd say they are maybe 3 inches in height. The goldfish tank has 2 potted crinum calamistratum, but I figured since they are pretty goldfish proof, they might be SD resistant as well, a couple pothos and lots of duckweed. It doesn't have any hides and is in a relatively high traffic area because the goldfish is a people fish and believes he is just as important as any human or the cat or the dog. Especially because he was here before both the cat and the dog 🤣 he even watches the television. So I'd have to add some hides for sure. It is also an unheated tank.
Then try the daniotank 😊 There are no such thing as SD safe plants, and that duckweed will be long gone😅 I dont think they will touch any fish.
@@MNAquariums ok we shall see. Thank you so much for all your help
Anytime 😊
Where is the other video i just have babies ❤
Never did any follow up unfortunatly. But freshly hatched brineshrimp or other fryfood will work perfect once they are free swimming since the fry are relatively big.
So the frozen one will work?
Have to be pretty small. Peeled artemia eggs work.
I have 4 , but they are showing signs of breeding .