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(Other members of the genus Myleus)
ADULT SIZE: 12 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C
FOOD: Feed Myleus rubripinnis anything, a true omnivore
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Guyana
AQUARIUM CARE: This species prefers a planted aquarium with open areas for swimming. They are a shoaling fish, and should be kept as such. These attractive silver dollars are true omnivores and will eat some plant matter fom the aquarium as well as dried and live foods
BREEDING: Rarely (if ever) achieved in the aquarium
Have you bred Myleus rubripinnis? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?, or examine existing Myleus rubripinnis breeding reports
Other members of the genus Myleus
Other characin species
Other species from Guyana
The red hook silver dollar. Rubripinnis means "red finned", as can be seen here.
BREEDING: Rarely (if ever) achieved in the aquarium
Have you bred Myleus rubripinnis? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?
Sorry no records.
Give your fish a treat! Flaked fish foods are excellent nutritionally, but most fish really enjoy tucking into live, or frozen live foods. Insect larvae such as bloodworms can be collected in summertime from your water barrel, but it is also very worthwhile to attempt to culture Daphnia or white worms for a free food source absolutely relished by aquarium fish. Frozen bloodworm are almost as good and are widely available, though freeze dried live foods tend not to go down as well. See more on feeding fish
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