well, Oscar has moved up in the world--finally!...18 gallon to 55!..will let the bio filter get stabilized then move him in his new home!...thanks to all the members info to help me along! larry

looks good, bet your oscar will be a happy chappie))

love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks guys!..yep, sure makes a great change to the room!!.kinda like having our own "seaworld!!"..LOL!...anwyays, question for the experts if i may?....to "seed" the tank i used "stablitiy" by Seachen, and put in about 50 % of the old tank water!..tests show temp stable 75 f, about ph 7, T.Alk 120, T Hardness 130, nitrates 0, nitrates 10?!..so, should i keep waiting, or slowely introduce Mr. Oscar?..thanks again larry

ps, i am not known for my patience!!..,6 weeks is a LOONNGGGGGGG time!!...LOL!

if your moving the same oscar from the small tank with no fish increase jsut tranfer your filter from the 18 to the 55 and run it along with the new filter and add the oscar. jsut be sure to keep an eye on your water readings and stay on top of your water changes until your sure things are ok


btw nice tank

just keep checking the ammonia? nitrite? nitrate?
raised the temp at 78 to 80 to make your o
comfortable.

nice set up you have there now.

i would not put the oscar or any fish you care about in there for 4 weeks or untill your readings for ammo ,nitrite hit zero and your nitrate starts to rise (which will be about 4 weeks).........or you will be posting in the emergency section in about 5-6 weeks from now....

hi all....just thought i would report in after 4 months now!..Oscar is doing great(getting bigger, about 11 inches now) and so are his tank mates, a jack dempsy and plet!... the jackdempsy has sure grown too, and the plet..alls well! ....off course i could not wait 6 weeks, so after i added the filter media from the old tank into the new one, and one week later all the fish went in!...no problems!...thanks agian for all the help,,,larry

hey Larry, looking forward to see pictures!

great looking tank

hi again....here are some pics of the three fish..oscar, jack and pete!...not sure what "jack" is?..is it a dempsey??..alls well in the tank!..thanks again for all the help, and the "fungus" is all gone from oscar! larry




man, is that glass dirty!!!

:...better get out the pledge!!


oh, i took out a large flat stone, that was proppped up next to the others. lets just call it "jack's castle" :angry: ,,,he dug a huge whole in the gravel, and i guess he felt king of the tank, and turned, well, real COCKY"!!!..he was always attacking oscar and pete, and the two(oscar) would spar all day!! ...now that his house is "downsized" the two get along great now!!..LOL!!

Larry nice tank... Looks good.