I have a 90 gal tiger oscar tank and was wondering if i could use a set of massive deer antlers that were just obtained this year.i have a piece of driftwood soaking to realese the tannins but keep thinking how cool the antlers would look in the tank. The only reason im sceptical is that i have a pleco and know wrasping on the driftwood would be benificial. I belive antlers are mostly calcium but not 100% sure. Just wana see if it would hurt my water peramiters in any way, and as a hunter would love to have them in my tank.
Deer Antlers in oscar tank
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would probably just raise your ph a bit but could be a cool idea. post pics if you end up doing it
Besides messing with your water parameters, Oscars tend be very clumsy, mine is always gouging himself on our driftwood.
is it this years kill or a old shed you found? if its fresher i would worry about rot. like you said they are mostly calcium so they will dissolve in time alot of what i read on putting bone or skulls in the tank suggest you coat them with a clear epoxie
I had a friend do this with a bunch of native fish in 30g. He actually put the skull with maybe a 7-8 point antlers in there. It looked great, but he said it had been outside for a couple years. I suggested against it and since then the tank looks a little bit better. I just figured there would be too many things that could mess with water chemistry for it to be a good idea.