Can Oscars handle Blackwater Environment?

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Title sums it up. But Can Oscars handle Blackwater Environment? My PH is 6.0 and probably will hover around 5.8 with driftwood still being added. If the consensus is yes, I'm going to test my luck and keep an Oscar and My Gulper in my 110. I know Gulpers eat most anything with their size, but and oscar will have 1-4" on a gulper and being round fish, one of the roundest cichlids, I was hoping he wouldn't fit in the Gulper Cats Mouth/Belly. Is that even an option?
 
Yes but i would be careful with that low of ph cuz your beneficial bacteria may suffer below 6.0. May be ok but if it were me i would add a bag of crushed coral to your filter to bring up the ph a touch. Generally you'd only run into problems at 5.5 or below but id still try to get it stable at 6 or a bit higher

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