Zaqyshadows
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2015
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- 17
I am starting up an Oscar tank. I want input and opinions. I have never owned Oscars or a tank this size. 125 gallon. I will have an FX6, two Aquaclear 110s, and I have a old Fluval plus 4 (and maybe a plus 2) I'm going to put in there for a bit of agitation. I have some Driftwood I got from the river bank that I am currently trying to treat (too big to boil). Some rocks from the same river and from my backyard. Have vinegar tested, yet to boil. Ill use black gravel and and fake decor since Oscars like to tear up ****. I want to use some of that artificial water grass but idk if it will mess with the loaches. For lighting Ill have a USA Satellite Freshwater LED 40-60" which I know nothing about other than amazon reviews. I'm thinking about using a mirror as the background, but use solid black or natural vinyl and cut natural shaped holes and tears into it to show bits of the mirror... May be interesting. Maybe a waste of time and effort. I'm going to build my own stand out of 2x4's with double brace the design. I don't trust the composite wood the current one is made from to support 1000 plus lbs for ten plus years. Im just going to use standard glass lids. Maybe later down the road get a couple of the underwater filters that replaced the plus 4. As for Fish; Two Oscars, 3-5 clown loaches, 5ish silver dollars. maybe add some other cichlids later. (convicts, fire mouth, Jack Dempsey.) I don't want to over crowd the tank. (big input on this please) I want to see how it looks and feels when they grow a good bit. but I do want a bit more variety. Also what is the best thing to feed the loaches to get them to grow faster in the first year.