bioload!!!!!!

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fishfetish77

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what is the greatest bioload?

pleco
raphael catfish
oscar
bichir
silver dollars

if you could rank these in order from 1-5 that'd be great!!! im thinking:

1) pleco
2)oscar
3)raphael
4)bichir
5) silver dollars
please tell me if im wrong or right! im looking foward to the replies:D
 
I'd put the oscar up on top. They are a bit messy.
Large plecos are a bio load but the other benefit is they are major phosphorus sinks which helps control algae. Only reason I know that is because an acquaintance did a study on it.

It really depends on the size of the fish and how they compare.
 
Haven't had silver dollars in years but red bellies and any high metabolism meat eater could top this list.

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yea i thought there would be a tie between the oscar and pleco thing is that these are fish i am probably going to put in my 75 gallon river tank. oscars in for sure, and so are bichirs but the others.....:1zhelp:
 
if you were compareing all of then as the same exact leanght and excluding bad over feeding habits causing amonia from scrap food then i would have to put the order as
oscar
pleco
silver dollar/Bichir
rapheal
 
Ok well I'm probably looking toward a more predator based tank anyways so I'm keeping the Oscar and bichirs replacing the Raphael an pleco for a small school of pictus. Sad thing is I gotta get rid of my awesome pleco :'(
Señor Sam


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