Recent content by KRGilley23

https://www.petsmart.com/fish/decor-gravel-and-substrate/aqua-natural-aquarium-sand---galaxy-black-70463.html?cgid=300201&fmethod=Browse I have heard (after I purchased the sand I linked) that you can use black blasting sand from tractor supply as long as you rinse it well. I haven't tried that...

Hello all, I am currently in the process of acquiring a 180 gallon tank. It has two corner overflows. This will be a freshwater set up. I have read that you need to have enough sump for at least 1/4 of the tank size. Is this enough? I was thinking maybe I could use a 55 gallon for the sump. Any...

Thank you Colin. I had not even considered being able to have plants with oscars. I'm definitely going to give some a try. I so appreciate all the advice getting started.

Excellent! Thank you again.

Hi Andy, and thank you for your response. This is definitely some of the information the I have been looking for. Yes, I had fish from other tanks in there for the last month. I moved them back to their old tanks before I moved the oscars in. Any advice on some kind of bottom feeder that...

Thank you for your very thorough response. I greatly appreciate the time you have already taken with my questions, but here come some more :fish2: Assuming you have talked me out of JDs (I was already on the fence anyway) and that I am not interested in breeding, would I have enough tank to...

I am new to oscars, as well as cichlids in general. I have several tanks of various sizes but the tank I have the oscars in is a 125 gallon. It has been up and running for about a month now and this evening I purchased two 2 inch tiger oscars to add. There are currently no other fish in the...