Good morning to all my buddies at the Mossberg Owners forum. It's 5:30 in central California and I'm coming to life. I have to finish the shelf that matches my aquarium stand, so there is some sanding and varnishing left to do. I have to mount four iron brackets and hang it from the wall.
"Felix the Oscar"......Funny! I enjoyed their TV show.
The 55 has cleared up nicely.
I couldn't resist a bad joke.
By using four in-tank canisters, a hang on filter, two powerheads and
an undergravel filter, the 55 cleared up perfectly in just one day.
I switched that big hang on filter to the 30, ran it 12 hrs with an undergravel filter, with 3 small canister filters, & two powerheads in the tank. I filled it 18 hours ago and it's looking very clear. Felix is loving it, as he was in a 10 gal tank at the store.
I also bought a new betta: Betta Beta, who went into the 16 gallon with 9 serpae tetras, three corydoras and a small pleco. Betta Alpha seems to be doing well with Bob and the two plecos, so I threw in a school of neon tetras to keep them company.
Or as a snack. I guess it's up to Bob to determine which. I wasn't going to put them in with the Oscar because that would be a Feeding Frenzy.
Bob is an herbivore but Oscar's like live food.
I found that if I have everything all ready to go, including 50 gallons of cycled water, substrate, and biological media, all well aged, I can populate a tank in under 1 day without any danger.
Oscars are tough and I put him in after only 1/2 day. Because of that I'll probably do a partial water change after just two days. He got lots of cycled media but I only gave him about 5 gallons of green water. When I do a fast cycle I like to have at least 50% well-aged water.