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 Topic: Which of these setups look better??new twist addded!! |
oscarmadness
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 Forum: Fishkeeping and Aquaristics Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:36 pm Subject: Re: Which of these setups look better?? |
For me the first one...  aligned perfectly with Oscars ... |
| Topic: Irish Setter |
oscarmadness
Replies: 41
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Forum: Chit Chat Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:42 am Subject: Re: Irish Setter |
beautiful and fantastic grooming of the pair Sujoy da .. 
I would have hijacked a puppy , had I been at Ranchi ... |
| Topic: Update of My Jaguar Cichlid (July 17, 2010) - more pics |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:19 pm Subject: Re: Update of My Jaguar Cichlid (July 15, 2010) |
Very nice ..
Also looks like you have a master tank ...
Can we have a Full tank shot please / or a video with all the inhabitants .. |
| Topic: hey just wanted to show how quickly fh can grow |
oscarmadness
Replies: 10
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:53 am Subject: Re: hey just wanted to show how quickly fh can grow |
1 inch per month for a FH is a well achievable growth .. provided we give clean water and good quality pellets .. they will grow like this till the fist 8 - 10 months, beyond which the growth will get slowed down drastically ..
I do not see anything abnormal here - this can happen with good quality pellets too and not necessarily with tubifex ... |
| Topic: transparent leaves |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Aquatic Plants and Planted Aquaria Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:20 am Subject: Re: transparent leaves |
IMO - not a problem .. as long as Vals are shooting new leaves and there are no transparency in the new leaves, its not a problem..
I have faced always this with Vals ...
I hope you are dosing Micros too .. ? |
| Topic: WTB - Ammania Senegalensis |
oscarmadness
Replies: 0
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Forum: Want to Buy - Hobbyist Only Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:25 pm Subject: WTB - Ammania Senegalensis |
Around 30 Stems ... Anyone can ship me down .. need it urgently ..
Please PM or call me @ 9836281750 .. |
| Topic: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
oscarmadness
Replies: 41
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:30 am Subject: Re: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
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You can use rocks , driftwoods.. but be careful about the rock placement as suggested before .. for four oscars, make sure you create 6 territories to start with ...
Once you see territorial aggression going out of control .. change the rocks and drfitwood arrangement in the tank and reshuffle the territories .. the buggers will get confused and you will have peace for some time ...
Man i just love oscars 
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And how should I choose the filter for my aquarium (tank size is approx 1000 Litres), I mean the filter volume, how many litres of water should it filter and stuff like that?
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Ideally you should be going with 2 nos of 2217 (cannisters with over 1200 L/H) capacity and I internal power filter over 1200L/H capacity .. One thing keep in mind, that any filtration is not enough for Oscars being messy in nature... for a tank of this size, in abroad I have seen people going for Sump.... Place the cannister outlet little over the water surface to create surface agitation ...
Perform weekly water changes over 30% .. siphon out the dirt ... ( on the initial 3 weeks, weekly twice water changes would be beneficial..) |
| Topic: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
oscarmadness
Replies: 41
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:02 am Subject: Re: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
You can use rocks , driftwoods.. but be careful about the rock placement as suggested before .. for four oscars, make sure you create 6 territories to start with ...
Once you see territorial aggression going out of control .. change the rocks and drfitwood arrangement in the tank and reshuffle the territories .. the buggers will get confused and you will have peace for some time ...
Man i just love oscars |
| Topic: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:59 am Subject: Re: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
Red Oscars and Albino .. would go well together .. but do keep an eye .. I have always seen every time, albinos getting bullied ...
And one more point - not sure if you fascinate .. in case you want to keep veil tails, then make sure, all are veil tails, else the veil tail would become normal tail within few months, once these beauties settle by themselves... |
| Topic: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
oscarmadness
Replies: 41
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:41 am Subject: Re: Help Regarding Oscar Tank Setup |
Fantastic Specs ... Great to see one more OSCAR fanatic .. all the best .. do keep us updated ......One of my personal suggestion .. do not mix Albino with Tigers .. there is every chance of the albino being beated up .. also as compared to growth, albino are slightly slower than tigers and moreover, they may not succeed in food competition ...
Once I had these two varieties and i realized over a period of time, how much of a food i give, albinos are always deprived and tigers are used to get more than their share of the pie .. thereafter i used to use a divider and drop food on both the sides of the tank .. I solved the food problem, but you know what happened then .. moment the feeding used to get over and after i remove the divider, these tigers used to start chasing after the albinos ...
Few months down the line, whenever i used to put the divider, the tigers used to chase my hand .. some freaking tiger I had
The best mix would be a red oscar with albino (lutinos would look spectacular) ... |
| Topic: Wild Caught Discus |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Discuss Discus Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:49 am Subject: Re: Wild-Caught Heckels |
| they sure have some personality ... |
| Topic: lone ranger |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Discuss Discus Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:45 am Subject: Re: lone ranger |
| Beautiful .. Kunal .. a FTS please ... |
| Topic: How many plants are enough!? |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Aquatic Plants and Planted Aquaria Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:53 pm Subject: Re: How many plants are enough!? |
projecting probable numbers for each of the stems and others is a difficult job 
For a densely planted aquarium - go with a rule, that after you are done with planting, when you see from the top, more than 10 - 15% of the naked substrate should not be visible ... |
| Topic: New tanganyikan setup |
oscarmadness
Replies: 20
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Forum: Cichlids Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:19 pm Subject: Re: New tanganyikan setup |
| beautiful .. I would have removed the driftwood .. is not matching with a Tang setup .. IMO .. |
| Topic: Puntius denisonii - Swimming Upright and loosing balance. |
oscarmadness
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Forum: Diseases & Cures Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:16 pm Subject: Re: Puntius denisonii - Swimming Upright and loosing balanc |
Deba,
denisonii needs a tank much larger than 20 G and aadequate swimming space ... it is also sensitive to water parameters and they are usually kept in planted tanks ...
it's companioins Serpaes, Mollies and Platy's are often used for cycling and they can tolerate some adverse water parameters ...
What is your water params ..? |
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