hey there, my name is Anthony, its been 20 years since ive had a tank, my brother inlaw who has years of exsperience has motivated me to get a another ! ive chose to get some oscars, rather then have what he has got, (he has over 20 plus fish in a tank), ive chosen the oscar for many reason like most of you, anyway, ill read the forums for some answers to some questions im pondering over..

my current status at the moment, is getting the tank set up proply and ill be picking up the O,s in the next (**1 to 2 weeks now)..ill be keeping you guys posted with some pictures of the O,s and tank set-up, cheers Ant

Welcome to the community Anthony. If you have any questions than somebody on here will have an answer for you.

yeh thanks , mate

welcome to the site anthony.

if you havent picked the fish or paid for them yet, be sure to not rush into it and give that new tank a bit of time to cycle before you throw those new babies in there.

btw, welcome to the community and make yourself at home! if you have any more questions fire away.

Win wrote:




yeh cheers for the welcome,

im giving the tank (what i hope is good) 1 week to cycle..slowly adding accessory's/furniture etc..

adding pix soon!

Hi hun, and welcome!

Got to tell you if you are starting with a new tank and filters, it will take 40-50 days to cycle the tank.. You will need to throw some goldfish in there to help with the cycling process! But it will take no less than 40 days!

elvis wrote:

welcome aboard Anthony.
just a point of verification, picking an o in 2 to 3 days would not be
advisable. your tank would not be cycled yet unless you have existing establish
tank where to import some materials for fast track cycling.

yup thats what i did for 2 of my tanks, just took water from an existing tank and put in there to introduce the proper biology to the tank to sustain itself. hell of alot better than 40 days. you might"borrow"some tank water from a friend to expediate the process.

Win wrote:


That's wot ive done too !! im transferring the water from my brother in laws tank..

should speed things up nicely

Welcome to OFL

Please read the section on cycling

welcome to ofl!