Spaghetti Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hello all, My name is Vanessa, I'm from Ballarat in Vic. I've been a great admirer of fish all my life, and first started with goldfish when I was a kid (like many I'm sure!) In recent times, I've discovered tropical fish and have been enjoying learning about keeping them. My first was an Oscar, who I sadly lost a few months ago after 5 years. Currently I have an AquaOne 620 tank that has been set up for 2 years, with black widow tetras, cochus blue tetras, emporer tetras, black neons, mossy barbs, a pair of congo tetras, a kribensis and a bristlenose. I'm also trying with mild success to have plants in this tank. This weekend I pick up my AquaOne Grande 120 which has been on layby for some time. I hope to set this up for a new Oscar and hopefully a couple of friends for him too. I'm looking for ideas and inspiration to set up this tank, which is my main reason for joining Thanks for letting me be a part of this forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Welcome to the forum Vanessa. How big is the new tank? I know I could Google it. Being lazy. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delyall Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Welcome! I grew up in Ballarat Your tank sounds great.. Oscars are amazing, I hope to have one one day Good luck :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hi Vanessa. The Aqua one tanks aren't the best for plants as the lighting is mostly inadequite for anything but lowlight plants. I heard somewhere that trickle filters were bad for plants, don't remember where I heard it but probably something to look into before investing any more cash in plants. Hope you enjoy the AG 120, it's pretty sweet. Oscars are cool fish. Find one that's grown up/been raised from quite young with other fish so it's not just going to attack and kill/eat his tankmates. Off the top of my head I believe the AG 120 is close to 300lt. About 280lt? 4ft but tall and wide... Correct me if I'm wrong, had a tiresome day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Posted August 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Thanks for the welcomes The AG 120 is 120W x 67H x 46D cm and 285L - should be good fun to set up Thanks for the plant advice Yan, my sister has one of the Aqua one corner style tanks and she has heaps of success with plants, where as I only have about 5 that are still alive. Nevermind, even a couple look better than none! Having 2nd thoughts about the Oscar now, will keep researching and probably ask for ideas here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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