toom wrote:
beretta96 wrote:
What do the nitrates run in the Oscar tank immediately prior to a water change? What is your water change schedule?
The more bio burden can be overlooked ins case like that. An adult Oscar has like 100 times more body weight as an female convict.
You will not be able to see an significant increase on Nitrate. Regulary you don't need even to feed her while there are enough leftovers from the Oscar.
The main Problem is still the possibility to get eaten or get crewed to death because Oscars are Oscars and there is not alot of footprint and possible hidouts for a fish.
My thought is if the nitrates are either just right or high then the type of fish to add is immaterial due to the tank not having the capacity to take on additional bioload. However, if the nitrates are low, then the tank has capacity to take on another fish from a bioload perspective. Assuming the tank has the capacity for additional bioload, then the discussion turns to what type of fish to manage aggression while not exceeding bioload maximums - getting eaten is part of the "managing aggression" discussion.