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08-18-2008, 07:23 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Jul 2008
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|  Addicted! SO, some of you may know me and some of you might not! My name is mike and probably about 3 or 4 weeks ago i started a 30 gallon (tall) tank and i jumped the gun on not letting it cycle! Well guess what! its pretty much done cycling and i have a nice healthy Oscar living in the tank and he seems to be enjoying him self to the fullest! The downside is this tank has a small leak in it and is simply just a turn off to me, i know it is fixable and probably easy to do at that but i just don't like how tall the tank is itself... so i went out on a lim and i bought a new fish tank! a 55gallon tank at that! and now i want some ideas of what i should do with it! First things first is if i want to put plants in it or not or if i should wait to put plants in after the cycle! heres a picture of my now cramped room but rather enjoyable hobby hangout!  |
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08-18-2008, 07:42 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft. Campbell, Ky
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| Well, I'd say cycle the 55, no plants...and put the oscar in there...then you can fix the other tanks leak...and plant it! The oscar is going to need that swimming space of the 55 anyway.
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08-18-2008, 07:57 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Where else?
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| yea, its better if you put the oscar in the 55. You could make the 30 a planted community tank.
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08-18-2008, 08:04 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft. Campbell, Ky
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| In fact...you could use the 30G as a breeder for oscar food. Guppies and whatnot. Save yourself some cash when you want to give the oscar some live food
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08-18-2008, 10:09 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kansas city, ks
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| a tank that tall would suck to plant because the light wouldnt reach deep youd have to stick wit really low light plants. and yep, oscar would be happier in the 55  make the 30g a community and if it gets overun with babies yo could feed them to the oscar, but he needs to be on a pellet/frozen food diet mainly.
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08-19-2008, 01:41 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PA
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| suggestion While you wait for the 55g to cylce, I would strongly suggest that you get the 30g fixed. I am not sure where the leak is but that it has created a weak point in the tank. THe last thing you want is to wake up to a pool of water OR the sound of rushing water. |
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08-19-2008, 01:43 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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08-19-2008, 01:44 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Jul 2008
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| The 55 gal is up and cycling! with no fish in it! The Oscar eats and enjoys Hikari Cichlid mini pellet (floating type), i also caught what i believe to be Ich on his fins and i am currents treating him in the 30 gallon (i know lot of space but its not being used for anything else currently) In the 55 gallon i am using a product called cycle to see if it will help out It seemed to help my 30 gallon, lemme know what you think and how long you think the 55 gallon will take to cycle! |
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08-19-2008, 01:52 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| I don't think it would be a good idea to plant the tank with the Oscar in it, if I'm not mistaken they like to move things around a alot and are not very nice to plants! I would definitely go for fixing the 30G tank and planting that one for some community fish. Yes this hobby is sooo addicting!
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