Spotted Silver Dollar (Metynnis maculatus) Puffer especially under proper lighting

especially under proper lighting

Supplement occasionally with protein foods like bloodworms or sinking carnivore pellets

Needs space for ambush zones and short bursts of speed

Also known as the red line puffer

Occasional vegetable matter (spirulina-based foods)

Spotted Silver Dollar (Metynnis maculatus) Puffer especially under proper lightingThis Silver Dollar is most noted for having black spots on the body with one distinct orange spot behind the gill plate. Some specimens can also develop orange around the belly. It is schooling fish found in the Amazon Basin in South America. A relatively peaceful fish, they do best in groups of 5 or more and make an excellent dither fish for large cichlids or other predatory fish species. They also add activity to the upper levels larger aquariums