Will this hurt my fish?

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I know the wood is fine, what I'm worried about is the Oscars who are always swimming together, bumping each other and are far from graceful getting themselves stabbed by pieces sticking out.
They graze themselves on the lava rock in the tank!!!
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Take a look at Talava wood:- I've used this stuff loads as its kind of between redmoor and manzanita wood.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dmd= ... nkw=talava
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Spikey wood is just asking for trouble with Oscars. They want open space. They’re not great at intricate manoeuvres round sharp obstacles. I wouldn’t have lava rock with them either...
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black ghost wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:56 pm Spikey wood is just asking for trouble with Oscars. They want open space. They’re not great at intricate manoeuvres round sharp obstacles. I wouldn’t have lava rock with them either...
Thanks, ive just been looking for inspiration online with Oscar tanks.
You're right, I'm going to simplify I think, remove a lot of my rock and move the rest to one end, I need to keep a few caves as the parrots love them but give the Oscar a lot for space, I might try a few plants in the open, I've found one type that they ignore (so far anyway!).
I have quite a strong current/flow round the tank from 2 powerheads that I don't like and only have to clear the poo out from all the rocks so hopefully can remove one or both aswell as I'm not sure of the oscars like it or not (I read they prefer slower, but they do play and swim in it a bit)
Cheers for your help again!
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