the South American Scheibensalmler, near relatives of the Piranhas, is harmless, peaceful fish, who live mainly from water-plants, in contrast to its notorious cousins.
Shape The silver-shiny, partially spotted fish are from very high physique and leveled off at the side very strongly. Some types are also called "Mühlsteinsalmler" apt. they usually gain lengths of 15-20 cm, some become over 50 cm long.
Besides at the higher shape, one can distinguish the Scheibensalmler from Piranhas also at the Bezahnung. The razor-sharp edge-teeth are missing, the teeth also are more weakly trained altogether, however been suitable in large numbers and very well to the grinding of plant-sharing.
Way of life Scheibensalmler are swarm-fish, who populate above all plant-rich jungle-waters in its home. Without its "pasture-walks", some quiet additional-waters would overgrow so, that no more light could penetrate, and all the life would have to suffocate. To times, they execute hikes, whose meaning still is completely unsolved.
The Scheibensalmler of estimated food-fish are in the jungle-areas. Above all the bigger types like the Pacu (Myleus pacu, until 70 cm) deliver a remarkable quantity of meat with approximately 10 kg.
Attitude While these types are to be actually always seen in show-aquariums, they have not become custom in the room-attitude until now yet so. This probably is to the one that they let hardly arise plant-growth as predominant vegetarians, even if regularly one it with salad and similar feeds, and to the other, that they let themselves breed only heavily.
its care causes big aquariums, that offer much place to the Ausschwimmen. Scheibensalmler should be held necessarily only as small swarm. Since the animals eat very much and accordingly many retire, an efficient filtration and frequent water-change are appropriate.
The types been in the habit of by lovers belong to the types Metynnis, Colossoma, Piaractus, Mylossoma and Metynnis hypsauchen (until 14 cm), that most aquarianists know under the name Metynnis schreitmülleri.
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