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Ok. The tank is cycled (fish-less with ammonia), decorated and ready to go. Tried to achieve a river theme. Eventually i will put in a couple of Tiger Oscars a Plycostomus and one other large fish yet to be determined. For now I will test my cycling with something smaller (which I'll transfer...

I currently don't run charcoal in my fluval fx5 canister because I have it loaded with bio mass while I'm cycling the tank. Everything was fine till I added some wood I thought was leached really well. I guess it was t leached enough because the water is a little murky. Is there a way to...

Howdy. Need a little help. Cycling 125 gallon tank. Ammonia dropping from 4ppm to zero overnight (hooray). Nitrites very high (as expected). Did large water change and brought them down a bit. Here is my question. Should I continue bringing my ammonia up to 4 ppm daily or should I bringing them...

Howdy. I'm setting up a 125 gallon aquarium and plan on keeping 2 Oscars, 1 Jack Dempsey and 1 Plycostomus. I will use a Fluval fx5 filter. Are 2 Oscars to much or should I stick with 1? Opinions?

I am getting ready to set up a tank for an Oscar. I have settled Oma 72 gallon bowfront but haven't decided on filtration or substrate I am considering either a fluval 405 canister or an aqueon under cabinet wet/dry sump system. I am also open to other ideas as I'm early in the research...

Hi all. I'm glad to have found this forum. What a wonderful source of info. I have had a couple of tanks for about a year now and am looking at putting together a 3rd. Yeah I'm hooked. Will be doing a lot of research and FAQ reading before I start asking the obvious. Don