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[ant86]

Another update l have a decent size convict in with the others and going well. alil bit of chasing going on but nothing to rough and l abit more wood too..

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[Bowdy]

It's strange how driftwood does the rounds they look familiar

[ant86]

abit from dazza , abit from jimbo and some my own..

[ant86]

Changed my tank around so heres a few photos of it now and the fish in it

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Edited by ant86, 21 April 2013 - 08:06 PM.

[Bowdy]

Looks good man good work.

I'd move that spray bar from the front of the tank though.

What happened to the cabinet you made ?

[ant86]

That cabinet was for my 5ftr. will be sorting something out for my 6ftr as l dont want a baby under there playing with filters and power cords

Edited by ant86, 21 April 2013 - 08:21 PM.

[emille]

the tank looks great

so tell me the 6 foot, how much litre is that?

so are river rocks 'no ph' and limestone increase the ph, i assume?

i have limestone in my tank - how long do i have before it has negative consequences?

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[ant86]

River rocks do nothing to Ph but limestone will increase the ph and a higher ph isnt good for oscars, lve been told it can cause hole in head dease.. pull the limestone out mate, just stick with the wood and river stones pretty cheap from bunnings for a bag..

[Bowdy]

Emille the calculation for litres is in cm

Length x width x height divided by 1000

So 6x2x2 is 180x60x60 divided by 1000 = 648L

[ant86]

Sorry forgot to awnser that one but what bowdy said

[Angelo]

nice looking tank mate, I've kept oscars for several years and loved them. great fish and lost of character.

[ant86]

My red albino oscars is my favorite his colour is unreal and hes a pig haha. still.worried about my lutinos eye its still swollen out of its head after 6 weeks lve spoken to ollie and its looking like a tumor which is common in older oscars. lve treated the tank with salt and melafix but nothing really l can do about it...

[emille]

thanks bowdy for the calculation.. god i will calculate mine now

by the way i took the limestone out last night (12h00 am!). I still have 2 rocks in but i dont think what kind it is

this weekend i want to go to bunnings to get river rocks and sand - although not sure if the rocks will create an amazon look (but then again probably not white sand either). do oscars like rocks or would they be happy with driftwood only?

i like this look - its amazing:


ive had 3 suggestions for sand:

pool filter sand
play sand
lime sand

which of these are the whitest? I see on youtube that pool filter sand is best due to texture etc?

your opinions on sand would be appreciated

Edited by emille, 22 April 2013 - 01:47 PM.

[Bowdy]

Using LIME sant would defeat the purpose of taking the LIME stone out don't you think

Judging on what your saying you want things to look natural as possible. Play sand looks fake. The best stuff I'd river sand as already mentioned.

Edited by Bowdy, 22 April 2013 - 02:26 PM.

[ant86]

just a quick update on my 6 ft

 

l have just had a cabinet and hood made by Mr David k, And what a awesome job hes done!! Its exactly what l wanted..

 

http://s1347.photobu...html?sort=3&o=3

http://s1347.photobu...html?sort=3&o=4

http://s1347.photobu...html?sort=3&o=2

 

Big thanks again david

[DavidK]

My pleasure mate, looks great!

[Westie]

Wow that looks nice! Good work David you little legend!

[DavidK]

Hahah, thanks mate

It looks better than I expected haha

 

I love the oscars! How old are they? Great colour

Edited by DavidK, 22 June 2013 - 10:46 PM.