FishGuyBri
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Hello everyone! I thought it was time to start documenting and working through evolution of our 227-gallon Freshwater system. This is a previous Reef tank that we turned into a freshwater aquarium. It is currently stocked with 5 (well, 4- will explain in a minute) Oscars and 4 Pictus Catfish. We went minimalist with the design and while this tank is capable of much more, we just love our Oscars. As I mentioned before, I'm Brian and my husband Brad is a huge part of this as well. We have had a reef system before and will be starting one up soon, but for now we have to work on getting everything up to speed on this current one.
This system is 227 gallons- a reef-ready peninsula 6' x 2' x 2' with extra-large 50-gallon sump. The only decoration is 2 large pieces of driftwood, so there is a lot of Oscar swim space. This is one of (currently) 7 tanks we run at home and love to see the growth and spend time with our Oscars.
Just a few weeks ago when we started on this forum, we actually had adult Oscars and clown loaches, however we have changed it up a bit. The clown loaches are now with my friend in his 240 (which was the original plan) and the adult Oscars are in another tank.
So let me explain why we only have 4 Oscars instead of the 5 that WERE in there this morning. Oscar #5, now named Jumper, decided to take a quick vacation to the floor, where my beautiful Samoyed picked him up and carried him around. I thought he was a full goner, no breathing, no signs of life. I threw him in our 20-gallon hospital tank with some antibiotics and fish protector - and this beast is moving around the tank, breathing, holding himself up. He's looking OK with some scale and fin damage, so we will be nursing him for a bit to see how it goes.
I wanted to get this thread started and will post some more system pictures! -FGB
This system is 227 gallons- a reef-ready peninsula 6' x 2' x 2' with extra-large 50-gallon sump. The only decoration is 2 large pieces of driftwood, so there is a lot of Oscar swim space. This is one of (currently) 7 tanks we run at home and love to see the growth and spend time with our Oscars.
Just a few weeks ago when we started on this forum, we actually had adult Oscars and clown loaches, however we have changed it up a bit. The clown loaches are now with my friend in his 240 (which was the original plan) and the adult Oscars are in another tank.
So let me explain why we only have 4 Oscars instead of the 5 that WERE in there this morning. Oscar #5, now named Jumper, decided to take a quick vacation to the floor, where my beautiful Samoyed picked him up and carried him around. I thought he was a full goner, no breathing, no signs of life. I threw him in our 20-gallon hospital tank with some antibiotics and fish protector - and this beast is moving around the tank, breathing, holding himself up. He's looking OK with some scale and fin damage, so we will be nursing him for a bit to see how it goes.
I wanted to get this thread started and will post some more system pictures! -FGB
