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Old August 8th 04, 06:46 PM
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Default how do you decorate a cichlid tank?


"Eric Gutierrez" wrote in message
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I've got a 3month old 100 gal tank (72" x 18" x 18")

It's got 2 large red tiger oscars 6-7" that eat anything that fits
into their mouths.

1 large tilapia 8" (1.5 yrs old) and about 15 smaller tilapia 2"-4" (4
months old) I caught these while they were still about 1/2"

2 large plecos 12"

How would you decorate the tank? They dig-up everything and even move
rocks the size of a fist. They would also eat-up the roots of my
floating plants.

I am also using a UGF with no gravel, just some kind of thick
polyester pad on top of it, held down by a few rocks.


Thanks for any tips.
eric


Eric,
Have you looked into building a 3D background for the tank? How bout
siliconing rocks together. Or using a crate with rocks siliconed to it to
make caves. All these things should be too large for an Oscar to move and
can make a tank look quite nice.
Amateur