Silver Dollar Fish Care & Tank Mates

Silver Dollar Fish Care & Tank Mates. Silver Dollar Fish are really popular in fish aquariums! There is a reason for that, because they are awesome! Taking care of silver dollar fish is actually pretty easy. Basic tropical fish flakes for food and keeping the water in tropical temps! Watch the video for more info on caring for them.

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Silver dollar fish care (simplified)

German blue rams, danios, rummy noses, neons, clown loaches, corys, bn plecs, barbs and.. yes… a goldfish (and he’s doing fine!).

I’ve looked up the required parameters for each of them, and decided about 6.8 would be ideal.

Getting the temperature and ph right before putting the water in the tank would be a real pain!

If you try to do it In tank your going to have huge issues with the fish. This is why it would have to be done before adding to the tank.

FYI: 6.8 is not ideal for your goldfish, and it’s likely to grow large enough to eat most everything in your tank except the clown loaches. Why not give him his own tank or tub? You have the perfect pH right out of the tap for him.

OK, I’ll look to rehome the goldfish. I’ll eventually have to rehome the clown loaches, too, but that’s a while away.

I use a product called “ph down,” it’s a white powder, I don’t remember who made it or what is in it.

So, for people with big tanks trying to get their water right before it goes in the tank… How do you do it? What’s your workflow, equipment, process? How long does it take you?

Ph down is a acid. Its a poor choice to use as it has zero buffer. It will rise again and then you have crashes that occur. The proper way would be with Ro and mix tap in to a % or reconstitute the RO using buffered additives

For my reef tank I always make get ready the day before. I will add salt and small pump and mix that then mix any ferts I need and then I’ll put a heater in and let sit all night with a heater and pump.

My advice is get a small circ pump and spare heater and then mix your ph down and heat the water over night.My ph is whatever it is. I only worry about it when i need to use meds. I know its high (8.2) but all my fish dont seem to care. Seems odd that you are struggling to get the ph correct for the fish but are ignoring temp requirements. That goldfish is a cold water species and the rest are tropical. The fish adapt to ph levels because in nature different areas of the same body of water have different ph levels. I have tested some of my fishing lakes and find back coves have drastically different ph levels than areas near beaches.

Fish from your LFS are usually raised in the local Ph and are not use to the natural Ph causing undo stress.

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