Freshwater Fish
Red Spot Silver Dollar.
A tall, mirror-bright silver dollar marked with red — a fast schooling fish related to pacu. Peaceful in a group but big and active, and a determined plant-eater; keep a school with tough or artificial plants in a 75-gallon-plus tank.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Semi aggressive
- Community
- Semi community
- Adult size
- 8"
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Scientific name
- Mylossoma spp.
Good tank mates
Semi-aggressive only in the sense that it's big, fast, and best in a school; it needs similarly sized, not-timid tankmates and isn't suited to a peaceful nano community. Good company includes other large peaceful schoolers, bigger barbs, larger catfish, and peaceful cichlids that won't bully it. Avoid small fish it can startle or that get nipped in the rush at feeding, and skip live planted setups, since silver dollars are determined plant-eaters; use tough or artificial plants instead.
Good to know
Red spot silver dollars are closely related to pacu and, like them, belong to the same broad group as piranhas, though silver dollars are plant-eaters rather than predators.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.