my new setup

[doughnut]

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just thought you mite like to look at my new set up its 4 foot by 2 x 21/2 foot , set up as south american with shoal of tetras ,2 hoplo catfish, a sailfin pleck, 2 chiclids, 2 whiptail cats and a south amrican black shark catfish,
long term tetras will be replaced by 4 silver dollers,

pics do not do it justice realy looks stunning, will try and get a better shot one of these days,

[Bet]

Nice one matey....the tank looks great mines empty at the mo,not sure what to do with it,keep it as a growing on tank for the pond fry or turn it into a tropical wouldn't want many fish in,just a few that are easy to look after any suggestions?

[Critch]

looks the part that mate

I wouldnt mind a good tropical tank in the house. been looking at the Jewel Tanks and they look awesome.

going to read up about them abit more first tho

[doughnut]

hi ya

Bet whot size is your tank , if its a good size and you want a real pet, then
look no further than a oscar,there must be alot on web about them as thay are populer large chiclids , these fish grow quite big but know whot is going on outside the tank and almost talk to you , watching your every move, and you can almost hand feed them, you could keep one oscar , a sailfin pleck, and four silver dollers in a 4foot x 18 inch tank , if it is larger then i whould add 2 hoplo cats, or a couple of humbug catfish, and 2 more
silver dollers, some people keep tinfoil barbs with there oscars, but i do not like to see this because i like to make my set ups like the real biotopes as posserble, that means keeping fish from the same country aswell and not mixing them, i find they live alot better along side one an other , do not keep
real plants in this setup as thay will not last long, as the silver dollers will eat them, you do not need to be to fusy about your tank lay out ether, a good pice of bogwood ,a nice tank backdrop, and a heater gard is realy all you need, you can of course put some plastic plants in ,that your oscar will delight in rearranging for you to his likeing, as soon as you have placed them
where you think thay look best

critch
jewel tanks are nice ,
just remember you can never have to mutch filtration, and i would always go for the biggest tank you can fit in , I have found that the greater the volume of water the less problems you seem to have , and do not be tempted to over stock your tank at any cost, this and over feeding is two of the main problems, when starting of a new tank, take your time and do not rush ,and its a great little intrest,

[iggy]

i had an oscar.he was about 10 inches long in a 4 foot tank.if anybody he did'nt recognise came into my room he would play dead and lie on his side until the food came out.he was your best mate then. one day he decided he did'nt want the nice rock i had put in so it got pushed from the middle of the tank into the corner with such force that it actually broke the seal.i arrived home from work to a half tank.i was lucky.i topped up the tank went to the local aquatic center and bought a new one. about twelve months later my cousin put in a stripped plug of my tv.all three prongs disappeared which finished him off,

[staffordjonny]

i have a four foot jewel tank have had it running for five years, i must admit to wanting an Oscar but have never got one as i like an active tank with neons and smaller fish! i have to admit its a great hobby and not really hard work with a bit of common sence even small tanks look good but definitely spend the most you can and get the biggest you can afford!

Dependent on the tank you get see if you can give your new filter sponges to a friend and get them to run them with there tank for a few weeks before you get your own that way you can add a few more fish and not have to wait two weeks for filter to cycle and then only add three fish, your filter would be ready to rock!

[Bet]

Bet whot size is your tank

Hi matey, its only a small tank 2ft ish so I will have to go for tiny fish

[doughnut]

Originally Posted by Bet

Hi matey, its only a small tank 2ft ish so I will have to go for tiny fish

hi bet one of my faverite small tank set ups i have had was platies they have loads of coulers and are intresting as thay give birth to live young , thay need slitly alcoline water to breed them best , but its easy to do and you can have live plants with them and realy make a stuning setup, and fairly trouble free,

if you want somthing a bit more of a challange then go for a red tailed shark, and some kind of barbs like tiger ,or cherry , and some loches like botia or choli, for this set up wich is a asian biotope , there are some realy nice plants that grow on bogwood and you can have as mutch fun collecting the
different plants to finish the disply,

[wanabond]

Originally Posted by Critch

looks the part that mate

I wouldnt mind a good tropical tank in the house. been looking at the Jewel Tanks and they look awesome.

going to read up about them abit more first tho

hi jamie,
dont bother with the Jewel Tanks theres better ones out there.
pm me if your getting a tank and i will point you the right.
i have been keeping tropical fish since i was around 10, i have a great set up at the moment , but i want a bigger one.
wayne