Yes,
swimming/living room per fish isn't the key issue in stocking, though it does factor in with some cichlids when it comes to availability of and maintaining individual territories...
But we digress...
I'm looking into the future with these fish a grown mature adults.
The key issue with 4 BPs' (4 X 6"-9"+(SL)) and a Oscar (10"-14"+(SL)) is water volume and the ability to dilute NO3(Nitrate) and keep it within acceptable limits between regular maintenance.
No additional filtration is going to keep up with increasing NO3 output as the fish grow.
Only water volume and water changes will maintain it and frankly 25gal per fish, especially with these heavy bodied cichlids, just isn't enough volume in my honest opinion.
Doing water changes twice a week gets very tedious, really fast, imagine if you needed to do'em thrice weekly.
If you decide to keep this stocking level then I suggest you feed lightly and every other day and pay diligent attention to tank/filter maintenance...
Or you'll have problems maintaining low NO3 (ideally 20ppm or less).
BP's can be fairly aggressive and territorial, it is in their genetics.
Which very aggressive cichlid(s) is used in breeding this hybrid???
Granted they are not usually overly aggressive but wait till they and the O mature...
Overstocking breeds territorial aggression.
Just my semi-educated/experienced $0.02.
swimming/living room per fish isn't the key issue in stocking, though it does factor in with some cichlids when it comes to availability of and maintaining individual territories...
But we digress...
I'm looking into the future with these fish a grown mature adults.
The key issue with 4 BPs' (4 X 6"-9"+(SL)) and a Oscar (10"-14"+(SL)) is water volume and the ability to dilute NO3(Nitrate) and keep it within acceptable limits between regular maintenance.
No additional filtration is going to keep up with increasing NO3 output as the fish grow.
Only water volume and water changes will maintain it and frankly 25gal per fish, especially with these heavy bodied cichlids, just isn't enough volume in my honest opinion.
Doing water changes twice a week gets very tedious, really fast, imagine if you needed to do'em thrice weekly.
If you decide to keep this stocking level then I suggest you feed lightly and every other day and pay diligent attention to tank/filter maintenance...
Or you'll have problems maintaining low NO3 (ideally 20ppm or less).
BP's can be fairly aggressive and territorial, it is in their genetics.
Which very aggressive cichlid(s) is used in breeding this hybrid???
Granted they are not usually overly aggressive but wait till they and the O mature...
Overstocking breeds territorial aggression.
Just my semi-educated/experienced $0.02.
