View Full Version : Help Asap:my Silver Dollar Is Hurt
andyman98
10-01-2003, 10:47 PM
I have 1 smallish silver dollar in my tank along with a sucker loach they don't ever fight (because the loach hides all day and barely comes out at night)I have had a heater at 77f(i normally work in degrees)and it has been mopeing around the heater most the time.i have some plants which it barely goes near i belive that it has burnt it self on the heater.I have put some anti bacterial into the water,at the moment i have bettas breeding in all my other tanks at the moment and i'm setting up a silver dollar tank at the moment but it's not complete.
MY PROBLEM's
1.Do i move it to a tank where it can't scrape it self (if thats what it's doing)
2.what is the best way to heal the burns/cuts?
3.do i make it so the heat is turned up
4.do i make a netting around the heater to stop it going so close
Sum-X
10-01-2003, 11:01 PM
Well, being a tetra, silver dollars are natural schoolers. In saying this, it is best to have them in groups of 4 or more, or else they become quite skiddish. They're are basically mindless fish, and are fairly stupid, so will run into anything.
What size is your tank?
andyman98
10-01-2003, 11:39 PM
Yea it's big enough to house 4-5 silver dollars (not sure exactly how many gallons)He's going to be put into a silver dollar tank which will be very large so i can have a big school of them(which are on the way).
I have turned the heat up and he is so far staying away from the heater.
Sum-X
10-01-2003, 11:44 PM
Well ok... But if you want to figure the gallon size of the tank now, then measure it for me, and I'll get it for ya.
125gJoe
10-02-2003, 2:07 AM
I would say it's impossible for an aquarium heater to burn a Silver Dollar. I'll bet a genunine US Dollar on that!
The only way for that to happen is if the fish got stuck between the heater and tank glass.
I would look for other causes. Right now, I can't think of anything other than it is sick..
andyman98
10-02-2003, 6:17 PM
sadly he's got worst,but i've moved him into a tank with no rocks or plants and i've covered it with mesh netting.i agree thinking about it,it wasn't the heater it was just the rocks and plants .