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silver dollars different types, sizes

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#1 ·
Anyone know if silver dollars will bite your fingers, hands when cleaning a tank? Sites I have been reading say they have teeth and do give wounds when netting them so be careful. Anyone had problems with this in the common silver dollars and the bigger types too like Myleus schomburgkii and M. rubripinnis?
 
#2 ·
None of these fish bite painfully and will not do so as much as other people think they do. Metynnis species are mostly herbivorous and relish predominantly on plants.

Serrasalmus sp. and Pygocentrus on the other hand will if provoked or threatened. These species are mostly carnivorous and have sharp teeth designed to tear away on their prey.
 
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