View Full Version : Silver Scats- MUST HAVE
Oddball~
03-03-2005, 4:58 PM
How big a tank should a small group of scats have? Like, 3-4 scats... a 100 gallon tank? Could I keep one solo? I was wondering because PetLand has tons of 1" ones, and this way I wouldn't have to pay the ridiculous $25 shipping fee, like I did for my puffer fish (but it was well worth it).
I know monos are schooling, and I was pretty sure scats are, so if they do happen to be schooling, I won't attempt it unless I get that 150 gallon tank I drool over, that I cry to sleep at night because I know I probably will never get it.... :(
MonoSebaelover
03-03-2005, 7:22 PM
Yep, definitely a schooling fish. Silver Scats are the smallest of the scats but still easily reach 10-12 inches per fish. They will need bare minimum (this is not even ideal) of 125g for a school of them. Anyway, hope this helps and good luck!
Oddball~
03-03-2005, 7:33 PM
School meaning?
cdawson
03-03-2005, 11:52 PM
5 or more, not recommended for any tank smaller than 200 gallons. These fish are very active and suffer without proper excercise. They also require a hefty diet and good clean water. Definately a tankbuster. My monos alone have shattered two glass tops and the silver scats I had were WAY bigger. Scats are alot more friendlier than monos but extremely messy and can degrade the quality of water very quickly. If not fed well at least 2-3 times a day everyday these fish will waste away.
However, if you can dedicate the time and have enough space for them these can be one of the best schooling BW/SW fish to keep out there.
Oddball~
03-04-2005, 5:23 PM
Argh. Oh well, thanks anyways.
I had a Silver Scat but it schooled with my 5 Argentine Monos and 5 Sebae Monos. My Green scat would chase it around every once in a while. Laps around the tank, that was all, nothing ever happened. They would zip around the tank 2 or 3 time and then stop. When it came to other fish it got along with ever one. Even my Target fish would swim with the sliver scat. Which was weird because my target fish would attack almost all the other fish in the tank. Taking its gill spur and poking it into the sides of the monos and archers. Stand-offs with the tigers. Staying away from the other scats (green and red). No problems with the puffers or the chromides.
Of course that didn't go on for every long.
It was nice having a silver scat.
At the LFS they had a few, all different sizes and they would all school together.