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Hello everyone...I am going to be moving two hours away from my current residence.I have a 55 gallon with 2 oscars.It is all cycled and water is currently at 0 ammonia,0 nitrites and 30 nitrates.My question is what do I do in this situation?What do I need to do to get my aquarium to my new...

OK,I am quite confused.2 months ago I had a 3 inch convict and a 2 inch pleco in a 10 gallon tank.I went to the pet store and bought 2 convicts.One was about 1 inch long and the other was about 2 inches.I put them in with the 3 inch convict and the pleco.They spent one week all together and the...

How often should I do a gravel vac on my 55 gallon with two 7 inch oscars.It is all cycled.Will the gravel vac upset my balance of water parameters.I would like to do a DEEP gravel vac at least once a week if I can.Is this ok.?

Hello everyone,My question is after I have cycled my tank,How often and how much should I do pwc.I have a 55 gallon with 2 emperor400's giving me 800gph.I have two 7 inch oscars in it.I dont know if I am suppose to do pwc everyweek or every other week.Or do I just do them when my nitrates get to...

Hello everyone,I have been into another site and reading about oscars.In this article it said that If you have had two oscARS and they were together since they were about 1 inch long and they are now at 8 inches long and they have always been right beside each other since they were little and...

Thanks for the advice..I have everything moved over to my new 55 and it looks good so far..I put 40% of the old water in 5 gallon buckets and put all of the ornaments and plastic plants and rocks in the buckets with the water covering them so I would not kill all of the good bacteria that was...

Can anyone tell me what the right fish would be to put in with a texas cichlid?10 gallon tank with just him and one small algea eater.The texas is about two inches long.

I have a fully cycled 55 gallon tank with two oscars and two plecos.I have to move everything from my old 55 to a new 55.If I move everything over to my new tank,[Both emperor 400's,all rocks and decor,and substrate]will my new tank be instantly cycled or will I have to go through the cycle all...

ok,I get it now.Maybe My tank for him is to small and probably to much surface agitation.I have a 2.5 gallon hex for him with a nano filter[very small hob]that is for a 3-5 gallon tank.Wish he would make one though.

What are they?I hear people say that there betta's are making bubble nests but could someone please tell me what they are so I can see if my betta does this at all.

Can anyone please tell me if the water for bettas can be done the same way as other freshwater fish or should you be buying the special conditioners and stuff that they sell just for bettas?

I used to give mine live fish for a treat also, but someone told me that the feeders could bring diseases to my aquarium so I stopped giving them live food as treats and now use just the krill and pellets.

Hello everybody!I would like to know what people that own oscars like to feed them.I feed mine Cichlid Gold pellets by Hikari and freeze dried Krill by San Francisco Bay.They come up and snatch the krill right out of my fingers.I love to feed them the krill.They seem to enjoy the krill so much.I...

Is the ph ok