So I've got this 55g that's home to Bruce, my oscar. He's the only occupant in the tank and always will be.
I was staring at his tank and decided that it needed an overhaul. It's currently kind of spartan and not all that pleasing to the eye. I'm getting a new light from BML (the original series Dutch 6300K at 48") so the tank can be planted. I'm upgrading his filtration to a big canister filter as well, since he's getting to be a big boy (all the way up to 8", he's still a baby).
So what can I potentially plant in an oscar tank and have any hope of survival? He's ignored the two swords in there to date. I'm looking at the BML light with a dimmer, so probably medium light (60 PAR max at the substrate, probably dimmed down closer to 30-40), Eco-complete substrate, weekly fert dosing. I'm really hoping to give him some more spots to hide, since he's not particularly secure when I run the vacuum by his tank or do water changes. Caves aren't really an option with a growing boy, so hoping some Vals in the back will give him a place to duck.
Feel free to also tell me this is truly an impossible mission and that I need to convert to an angel or discus tank.
I was staring at his tank and decided that it needed an overhaul. It's currently kind of spartan and not all that pleasing to the eye. I'm getting a new light from BML (the original series Dutch 6300K at 48") so the tank can be planted. I'm upgrading his filtration to a big canister filter as well, since he's getting to be a big boy (all the way up to 8", he's still a baby).
So what can I potentially plant in an oscar tank and have any hope of survival? He's ignored the two swords in there to date. I'm looking at the BML light with a dimmer, so probably medium light (60 PAR max at the substrate, probably dimmed down closer to 30-40), Eco-complete substrate, weekly fert dosing. I'm really hoping to give him some more spots to hide, since he's not particularly secure when I run the vacuum by his tank or do water changes. Caves aren't really an option with a growing boy, so hoping some Vals in the back will give him a place to duck.
Feel free to also tell me this is truly an impossible mission and that I need to convert to an angel or discus tank.