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Posted by Justin Boucher on April 16, 2005, 1:31 am
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Hello all,
I have a 240gal tank that I am currently running freshwater with bala's and
Angel and miscellaneous tetras. I was thinking that an oscar would be great
for a tank this size as well as perhaps a Jack Dempsey or other large
cichlid.
I know the oscar would eventually grow to a point of eating the tetras
however I hope to find new homes for them before then.
My question (mostly a concern) is that I heard that oscars like to dig. I'm
not excited about having a fish rearrange the furniture in my tank.
How many people have experienced Oscars digging and rearranging furniture?
Thanks,
Justin
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Posted by Big John on April 16, 2005, 7:42 am
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They will most likely dig.
> Hello all,
> I have a 240gal tank that I am currently running freshwater with bala's
> and
> Angel and miscellaneous tetras. I was thinking that an oscar would be
> great
> for a tank this size as well as perhaps a Jack Dempsey or other large
> cichlid.
> I know the oscar would eventually grow to a point of eating the tetras
> however I hope to find new homes for them before then.
> My question (mostly a concern) is that I heard that oscars like to dig.
> I'm
> not excited about having a fish rearrange the furniture in my tank.
> How many people have experienced Oscars digging and rearranging furniture?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
>
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Posted by Justin Boucher on April 16, 2005, 11:30 am
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Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep all
the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of those
things that falls in the realm of "the love of the beast"?
thanks,
Justin
> They will most likely dig.
> > Hello all,
> > I have a 240gal tank that I am currently running freshwater with bala's
> > and
> > Angel and miscellaneous tetras. I was thinking that an oscar would be
> > great
> > for a tank this size as well as perhaps a Jack Dempsey or other large
> > cichlid.
> > I know the oscar would eventually grow to a point of eating the tetras
> > however I hope to find new homes for them before then.
> > My question (mostly a concern) is that I heard that oscars like to dig.
> > I'm
> > not excited about having a fish rearrange the furniture in my tank.
> > How many people have experienced Oscars digging and rearranging
furniture?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justin
> >
> >
>
>
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Posted by Sandy Birrell on April 16, 2005, 3:09 pm
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Justin Boucher wrote:
> Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep
> all the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of
> those things that falls in the realm of "the love of the beast"?
>
> thanks,
> Justin
Try nylon mesh under an inch of gravel on top of your original substrate.
Planting into this top layer the roots will go down through the mesh and
they will be harder to pull out. When the oscar moves the gravel about you
will see the mesh in patches but it shouldn't be too notoceable. Haven't
tried this myself so whether it works or not is anybodies guess :)
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Posted by bassett on April 17, 2005, 12:25 am
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Why would you want to put a Oscar, in with a tank of Angles and tetra's
The end result will be one fat [by-by tetras] Oscar and a load of dead
Angles.
He will also dig up all your plants, rearrange everything to suit himself.
and be blissfully happy with what he has accomplished.
And you want to add a Jack Dempsey into the equation. That in itself will
half the life expectance of everything except the Oscar.
As I see it, you have two choices, Forget the idea of Oscar's and Dempsey's.
or start another tank.
bassett
> Justin Boucher wrote:
>> Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep
>> all the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of
>> those things that falls in the realm of "the love of the beast"?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Justin
>
>
> Try nylon mesh under an inch of gravel on top of your original substrate.
> Planting into this top layer the roots will go down through the mesh and
> they will be harder to pull out. When the oscar moves the gravel about you
> will see the mesh in patches but it shouldn't be too notoceable. Haven't
> tried this myself so whether it works or not is anybodies guess :)
>
>
>
> --
>
> Don`t Worry, Be Happy
> Sandy
> --
> E-Mail:- news@ftscotland.co.uk
> Website:- http://www.ftscotland.co.uk
> Looking for a webhost? Try http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=2966019
>
>
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> I have a 240gal tank that I am currently running freshwater with bala's
> and
> Angel and miscellaneous tetras. I was thinking that an oscar would be
> great
> for a tank this size as well as perhaps a Jack Dempsey or other large
> cichlid.
> I know the oscar would eventually grow to a point of eating the tetras
> however I hope to find new homes for them before then.
> My question (mostly a concern) is that I heard that oscars like to dig.
> I'm
> not excited about having a fish rearrange the furniture in my tank.
> How many people have experienced Oscars digging and rearranging furniture?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
>