how do you decorate a cichlid tank?

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 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

In message , Amateur
Cichlids writes
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.

I have a description of how I created a polystyrene background for my
tank here ...

http://fish.alansilver.co.uk/Mark3/background.asp

Admittedly I'm dealing with more peaceful fish, but the background is
stuck in so well that I don't reckon an Oscar would shift it !!

Ta ra

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Alan Silver
PSG Fish Tanks - http://fish.alansilver.co.uk/
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)


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