Animal skeleton in aquarium???

[blood1795]

My aquarium consists of 2 oscars 2 peacock eels a kissing gourimi 2 knife fish and 2 plecos if i add a animal skull to my tank do you think this would be alright this skull has to be at least 4 years old i have boiled it just want your opions ons this or if you have a skull in the tank just let me know thanks!?!?!?

 

[Citrinellus]

Was anything used like formaldehyde to preserve the skull?

 

[blood1795]

no my friends dad found in a field and he has had it on a shelf in his house

 

[blood1795]

did not use bleach or any chemicals to boil it either

 

[Greez]

If you boiled it then I don't see why not unless you also added chemicals to it to get it whiter or something. If you can maybe sit the skull in a 10 or 20g tub and set up some small amount of filtration and put a feeder fish in there and see what happens

 

[rED O]

Bones and skulls will raise the pH of the water, just like driftwood softens water. I am not sure if you fish can take a small pH spike. Oscars are hardy, so he should be fine.

 

[blood1795]

so i have driftwood if i put the skull in there would they balance out or...

 

[donut104st]

If you boiled it then I don't see why not unless you also added chemicals to it to get it whiter or something. If you can maybe sit the skull in a 10 or 20g tub and set up some small amount of filtration and put a feeder fish in there and see what happens

yups x2 i say u do this first

 

[Jakob]

Just be sure too boil it first, you shouldn't have any problems.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

depends on the skull. what type of skull? i know the horns of certain skulls with dissulve in water