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Posted by Justin Boucher on April 18, 2005, 12:58 am
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Sorry, but I liked the way the fish looked and thought they would be nice.
Obviously, I do not have a good setup for the Oscar at this time and now
having learned more about them, they may look nice, but they also carry a
lot of baggage that I don't want.
I knew that this newgroup would provide me some valuable insight into
cichlids since I have never had any myself. I may be ignorant of the
cichlid world, but I also know where to go to find experts.
Justin
> An Oscar moving gravel is the least of your problems - keeping up with
their
> waste output is near-impossible.
>
>
> > 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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