Hey, aledk85.. thanks for the comment! Yes, exactly as mats said, the Oscar is unfortunately too much of a macho man (fish?) to leave anything as frail as a plant alone. Real plants are out, and I don't particularly like the look of plastics in this tank. The airstone will be moving at some point in...

Arrgghhhh... Fluval ext. filter broke down (plastic rim locky bit broke off) so I'm living with an internal filter for the time being.. thank god for ebay! (and for having multiple tanks running...) Does anyone else have any info on changing gravel for sand.. and any differences that makes to your t...

Looking seriously cool so far. Can I ask.. what are the dimensions of the tanks you are using at present.. and to which tanks will you be transferring the fish you relocate during the move?
Oh.. and can I visit when you get finished?

Thank you muchly

Okey doke.. here is the tank is it was about an hour ago... I'm still waiting for the sand to settle properly, but I do feel that so far it is an improvement. I'm not happy with the bogwood in the lefthand corner of the tank, or the airhose in the centre of the tank, but I'll leave sorting them out ...

Thanks, Mats, Bas Pels. The sand is now in! There is also enough cover for all the cats to get out of sight, but looking at everything in the tank, I feel I'm going to be adding to the bogwood very soon. I have rinsed the gravel using some tank water, that has now gone back into the tank, I may do t...

Welcome to Planet catfish :thumbsup: I work in Nottingham so might see you around :?: Fantastic.. Whereabouts do you work? And where do you shop for your fish/advice/bits and bobs? I've been trying to get about and check out all of my LFS, and some that aren't so local.. My favourite, and the one I...

Thanks for the advice.. I was wondering on how to cover the back of the tank for ages... I had got rid of the old stand that the tank came with, as it was rickety and unstable, and bought a new bookshelf that has the strength to hold the tank. The bookshelf came in a huge box, as it was flatpacked.....

andywoolloo wrote:ohhh!! can we see pics please!! Welcome!

Thanks a lot.. and yes, there will be pics coming soon.

MatsP wrote:Welcome to Planet Catfish.

Thanks! Good to be here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/moosifer/5foot.jpg This is almost exactly how I bought this tank from the previous owners. I got it home and set it up almost exactly the same way they had.. as I wanted to get the fish back home ASAP. As I have some rather nice cats living in it, I want them ...

Amazing looking set up, Kostas.. Please, more pics!

Hola all. I thought I should throw my hat into the ring, and introduce meself, like. I've been using this site on the quiet for some months now, but just decided that I need to get further to grips with the whole thing. I live in Nottingham, in the UK - purely through chance.. I'm a southerner by nu...