Freshwater Tanks

[Anonymous]

Get ready to place that Oscar in a 60 or even bigger. They are cool fish but to big for me.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a 20 gallon with 1 oscar...his name is two face. why two face? well one side of his face is black and the other side with the lightish brown. i put white gravel on one side, black on the other, clearcoated a gashed quarter and tossed it in there...i think its a kickass theme tank =) chicks love it hehe..oh my backdrop is a collage of a ton of pic of twoface. incase you dont know twoface was a twisted batman villan =)

fwiw-

putting an oscar in a 20 gal. tank is like putting a tang in a 50 gal. :wink:

that fish needs a 90 to be comfortable

oscars reach a foot in length, and about half that high, and a sixth that thick.

please either return it to where you bought it, or get a larger tank now.

they are far too graceful and intelligent fish to be subjected to that small an environment

 

[Anonymous]

an aside: janus was the god of two faces.

if you feed the oscar bugs and fruit he will eventually become very good eating.

bango, did you know it's theorized that rift valley cichlids were saltwater fish that were stranded when the lakes were cut off from their oceanic origins? (at least, it's something i read once.) the african rift tank is the only situation i can think of where it might be possible to duplicate something like the l/r with fresh.
btw, i think you're fresh.

 

[LtSmash]

About my Oscar. since i work at a local pet store, i work with about 5 other people that have giant tanks. hes ony about 2 inches long right now so hes real young. this was only for fun and wont last more than a couple of monthes....in march hes going to a 90 gallon with another oscar.

 

[Anonymous]

About my Oscar. since i work at a local pet store, i work with about 5 other people that have giant tanks. hes ony about 2 inches long right now so hes real young. this was only for fun and wont last more than a couple of monthes....in march hes going to a 90 gallon with another oscar.

:wink:

 

[Anonymous]

an aside: janus was the god of two faces.

if you feed the oscar bugs and fruit he will eventually become very good eating.

bango, did you know it's theorized that rift valley cichlids were saltwater fish that were stranded when the lakes were cut off from their oceanic origins? (at least, it's something i read once.) the african rift tank is the only situation i can think of where it might be possible to duplicate something like the l/r with fresh.
btw, i think you're fresh.

I ate a carp once........fried it.....pickled it.........broiled it.....poached it. Forget it! Nasty! Never tried an Oscar but I almost stole one out of the hospital aquarium to try it. LOL I did read something about what you are talkin about.....I think I have some literature here about these Cichlids. I will check on it in a day or two and let you know what I find. Still sober.......tonight. LOL :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

We have a couple of big "South American" ponds at the shop. Two 350 gallon livestock waterers with one forming a water fall into the other. We keep turtles and big SA's that people return because theyv'e gotten too big. Most of the oscars will eat right form your hands. Have a SA Red Tail cat thet we are growing out too. Have a awesome red pike in there that looks almost like a wrasse, he's so brilliantly colored.

Glenn

 

[leftovers]

whats a freshwater tank?

 

[Anonymous]

I have a 100 gal fresh indoor goldfish 'pond'.
I have a 20 gal brackish. with a shark cat and a Mono.

Pic:
B

 

[Pineapple House]

Nice Plant Tank............I often play with the Idea of setting up a tank just for plants. Do you have to spend much time keeping it up? :?:

Thanks! To answer your question, I hardly keep it up. The only thing I do to it is:

1. As needed: Prune Plants (usually every 4 days; only takes about 3 minutes)
2. Water top off (as needed. Usually every 5-8 days; only takes about 3 minutes)
3. Water changes. Two gallons every 2 weeks (only takes 6 minutes).


Really not that hard at all, I've found planted tank extremely easy, hardly any time involved. Quite fun to have, and only costed me $100 so far, I would love to have a 75 gallon tank, just for Planted and Discus

PH =)

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info..I may just do that instead of my 55 lionfish tank.... .just don't tell anyone ok?

 

[Pineapple House]

lol, I wont :wink:

Here are a few more pics (my best ones, some even better than the reef photo's 8O ) These pictures gotta inspire ya.

PH =)

[EDIT: Also, today's the day that i've been here for exactly 7 months :wink: ]

 

[Anonymous]

Oh man.................my thing is gettin hard. Tell me more .show me more.talk dirty to me...............please..ohhhhhhhhhhhh! What plants would you recommend for a plant only tank? My water is hard and alkalinity is up there. Can you recommend a book.I have some but hey.....I like to have an excuse to buy more books.LOL

 

[JeremyR]

I totally missed this thread heh.

I have a red devil that is 10 now. Had him since he was a youngin'.

 

[Anonymous]

Seamaiden,
FYI, all cichlids are SECONDARY DIVISION freshwater fishes. Meaning, they are all derived from marine fishes. Primary division freshwater fishes were ALWAYS freshwater fishes. If the rift valley cichlids had come from different origins as the rest of the cichlids - they wouldn't be cichlids anymore, if you follow me. :wink:
Jim

 

[Anonymous]

I have a 30 gallon with a Madagascar Poleni as the dominant inhabitant. Also houses an Albino Chocolate Sailfin Plecto, a runt of a Convict, and a rainbow cichlid.
The Poleni is 2nd generation captive, I had a breeding pair 5 years ago, purchased them right before they were put on the endangered species list, and this one is one of their offspring. I had sold the pair to an aquaintance that had a 90 gallon to keep them in in an effort to breed them, they had one brood that survived before his house burned down. IMHO he Polenis are THE most beautiful Cichlids on Earth. Black with iridescent(sp?) spots that change colors according to his moods.colors range from yellow to pink to green and a really sharp blue when hes feeding...

 

[LFS42]

I keep checking the url as I read this,
This is reef.org?????

Pinapple,
I agree, planted tanks take up so little time, it's scary.
On my 55, It was my old reef.
1'st I ran an air driven box filter int the sump.
then i took that out, along with the heater.
then I disconected the pumps altogether.
Started to get hair algea, and found a reason to get a canister filter(always wanted one, didn't know what to put it on)
I hooked the canister up to the drilled holes in the tank.
Now I just change about 5-10 gal evrey other week
and feed the plants.
(I think I'll set up one of my dosing bottle to drain Iron into the tank)

I haven't seen a full shot of my pleco in 1-1/2 years

 

[wombat1]

It isnt a matter of sand as substrate so much as creating enough depth in the substrate to creat a low/no oxygen zone at the bottom.

I disasgree on this one. Although it doesn't matter what the chemical composition of the substrate is, the particle size does matter. I don't know if this is what you meant.

 

[mongo]

Seamaiden,
FYI, all cichlids are SECONDARY DIVISION freshwater fishes. Meaning, they are all derived from marine fishes. Primary division freshwater fishes were ALWAYS freshwater fishes. If the rift valley cichlids had come from different origins as the rest of the cichlids - they wouldn't be cichlids anymore, if you follow me.
Jim

Sort of... All marine teleost fish are derived from freshwater fish. In other words, all of the oldest teleost fishes are freshwater. Cichlids are a failrly old group, none of which are marine. You're right in that the African cichlids would not be cichlids if they had a recent marine ancestor. That would mean the Cichlidae family was not monophyletic.

You can follow the "tree of life" starting at the lowest teleost link herehttp://tolweb.org/tree?group=Teleostei&contgroup=Actinopterygii. The base of this branch is all freshwater, most of what you put in your tank are in the Acanthopterygii branch at the bottom of this page. These are all very derived groups from a common freshwater ancestor.

 

[TheRookie]

I have been into the fresh water thing for a long time. Long before even thinking about a reef. I have, a 10 gal for feeder fish. A 29 that is home to a shovel nose cat and a needle nose gar. A 2.5 bow with 2 pair of guppies. (my GF wanted it) A 150 with a pair of oscars and a buch of random others that get along. Oh and a 1500 pond with 2 butterfly koi and 2 japanese koi. Also in the pond is 2 shubunkins. The koi are amazing fish. Its always neet when a fish will not only eat out of your habd but want to be pet.

Yeah there is no way you can leave an oscar in a 20. I was at a LFS the other day and watched a 12 year old kid buy an oscar to put in a 10 with 3 goldfish. I picture that oscar growing and upsetting the kid when it eats his other fish. Shouldnt the LFS ask before selling to be sure that propper arangements are going to be there? I gues that isnt really possible.