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PostSubject: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 1:57 am

I have only had him 3 weeks.
but he's grown about a inch in that time both in length and width
if he keeps going at this rate
Elvis wants a very large tank for christmas..lol
he is now very tame, nosey, and watches everyone in the house.
i had visitors yesturday but he shyed away for a while.
but was ok when they had been in the house about half a hour
and he had a good nosey at them.lol
i love this fish he is so intellegent.
if anyone is thinking of getting 1 i would say go for it.
alot friendlier than the usual community fishes.

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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 2:02 am

You can see how much he has grown chez, he looks great!
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 2:26 am

I know Diane i can't believe the size of him in this short time.
i love him to bits..lol
he's so funny very very nosey.
i had to do a water change again today ;o(
the amonia was at the iffy stage.better safe than sorry.
so i have changed about a quarter of the tank.
i will test it tomorrow.
i think its because i havan't a cat fish.
i have gravel cleaned as well today.
with my new cleaner from argos.
i understand oscars like clean water.
when i get the bigger tank i'm going to have just a large piece of bogwood in and thats all.and sand instead of gravel.
i'm getting the fluvel 4 filter i have the fluval 3 now in the 3ft tank.
and its a great filter.
and a 12 inch airstone at the side of the tank
i love to see bubbles.
roll on christmas
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 2:57 am

Yoou will need to do a weekly water change even if you do have a catfish chez. Your lovely oscar is weeing and pooing all the time, and swimming round in his own little toilet, and as he grows he will be weeing and pooing even more.

All the wee and poo turns into ammonia and the amount will just get more and more until you change the water. Adding another fish into the mix = more wee and poo.

Your filter will convert some of it, but when the amount of ammonia gets too much for it, instead of it being converted, it just stays in the water and makes your fish ill.

A once a week water change, of about 1/3 of the water at a time, and a 50% gravel vac should keep the water nice and clean and ammonia free.
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 3:33 am

Thanks Diane
dont want Elvis poorly now do we.
i really dont want a catfish anyway
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 9:13 pm

Chez, I dont know if you have done this, but it's best to have some sort of routine for the fish (apologies if I am teaching granny to suck eggs here).

Pick a day when you have the time to do the tank. I do mine on a Sunday, when the OH goes out for her run, its either that or she tries to get me to jog with her affraid

I check the water before I start just to check if there is any ammonia. I then do about a 40% water change, clean the inside of the glass, wash the filter pads, and do a 50% gravel vac and then refill the tank. Once a month I also remove ornaments and wood etc and gravel vac under them and give them a bit of a scrub in the tank water I have taken out, just to make sure no algae builds up too much.

If the first water test has shown any ammonia (it never has), I would retest the water after the water change, and do another water change if there is a hint of ammonia still left.

I am not sure why you are getting ammonia in your tank if you did the fishless cycle and only have one fish in the tank. If you are doing regular tank maintenaince this shouldn't happen I dont think dunno
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 9:51 pm

it doesnt sound right that you have ammonia, agree with fishfan. What is your current tank cleaning regime?

Remember that ammonia has the same effect as acid on the fishes skin, so it is really important to keep the water really clean or you end up with a really sick fish.
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Oct 29, 2008 10:03 pm

thanks guys
Just had my chemestry set out
and everything fine.
0 Amonia
0 NitrAte
0-3 NitrIte i dont like this test kit so will get the tetra one when this runs out
it shows different coloured purples
this colour is fine 0-3
this colour is on border line
this colour is bad.
mines this colour first on the chart
heater is on 75-76
i do about 2 bucket change every saturday
its a big bucket the water goes down to just under the filter outlet.
maybe 5 inch.
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeThu Oct 30, 2008 8:43 am

Best water testing kit to look for chez is the API Masterkit. It's said to be the most accurate. I'm not sure how deep your tank is, but you need to remove about 1/3 of the water. If that is about 5" of water then that's great Very Happy

Sorry if you have been asked this before but what is the size of your tank?
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeThu Oct 30, 2008 6:41 pm

Hi Diane
its 36x12x20
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeThu Oct 30, 2008 8:58 pm

That gives you about 130litres (roughly), so you need to change about 40-45 litres every water change.

If yoiu measure how much your bucket holds, you will know then how many buckets you need to remove/replace.

easy-peasy! Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeSun Nov 02, 2008 8:27 pm

oh took some better pics with video camera of elvis for me ;o)

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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeSun Nov 02, 2008 9:09 pm

He's great chez, really like him. He's a beautiful colour isn't he - hasnt half grown too!
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeMon Nov 03, 2008 9:13 am

Oh he's lovely, chez. Gorgeous colours. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeFri Nov 21, 2008 2:11 am

Elvis says look at the size of me now.. Smile
and you guessed it thats where the food goes in.

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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeFri Nov 21, 2008 9:31 am

Woah, he's getting big. Wink
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 20, 2009 2:04 am

new pic;s taken today 19/1/09
on the close p you can see the mark on his head im sure he does it when he jumps up for food.as it has come back again today


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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 20, 2009 2:13 am

lovely pics chez, doesn't he have vibrant colouring Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 20, 2009 2:32 am

I'm sort of warming to oscars, they look good and seem to have character.

Yet another one on the 'to get' list!
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 20, 2009 3:00 am

lol
you can see his features now. (fat lips)
the bottom half of him is a lovely orange/brown
but as he is getting bigger the top half is getting like leather.lol

today hes had a mussle only give him the flesh bit
not the inner.
a couple of hikiri < wrong spelling...gold pellets.
and some frozen blood worms but not many.........
he just begs for food all the time l@@king at me through the glass.
pleading l@@k at me you havan't fed me.. eyebrows lol
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 27, 2009 8:51 pm

here you go tank alot clearer now changed another 2 buckets
2 more buckets and i think we will be clear.
oops you can see my p.c through his tank.lol
i am wondering if the cloudy water was something to do with the tree stump????
as i used that as a breaker to stop the water hitting the gravel.

elvis by day and by night..lol



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i have just added this pic i have just taken. Megs sleeps on this cushon
and Elvis isan't fazed with her one bit..lol
can you see him looking at her hes in the right hand corner of the tank....
i bet hes thinking mmmmm snack time.lol
i think Megs is more scared of him shark

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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 27, 2009 8:58 pm

Wow, i bet he loves it in there, loads of room for him. Well done chez!!! tongue
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeTue Jan 27, 2009 11:29 pm

ok i have just added the bogwood i have been soaking
and if you saw how he went on in fact if you look at his face you can see
Shocked
scary piece of wood.lol
he is now doing the impresion of a plane banking round it. Smile

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NOPE IM HAVING NON OF THAT...LOL

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ELVIS THE AEROPLANE..LOL

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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Jan 28, 2009 12:43 am

Hes looking good chez Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My Oscar Elvis.   My Oscar Elvis. Icon_minitimeWed Jan 28, 2009 8:55 pm

he's still aeroplane'ing around the bogwood
i wonder if he thinks it's a croc Shocked
he now swims bacwards to it so his tail touches it..lol dunno
i mean whats all that about? unless hes wanting it to chase him..
he never ceases to amaze me..lol
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