Jack Dempsey and/or Tiger Oscar?

[Ktom]

I own a 60 gallon tank.

I was dead set on a JD with some convicts, but a recent visit to the fish store I really would like a tiger oscar. I was just wondering if a JD and an Oscar would be ok in a 60 gallon with any other fish? I would really like to get more than 2 fish so if thats not possible id have to decide one or the other, so also what are the best tankmates for either JD or an oscar?

Thanks!

 

[pops]

JD fine, 60g a no go for an Oscar IMHO. need a 75 at least for an oscar by himself.

 

[jameshenry]

Really both are a good choice on their own, but may be very hostile towards the rest of. Both get excited and look like a little puppy in the tank.

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[convict360]

I wouldn't do an Oscar in a 60 gallon, can do a JD; but from my experience (and many others), JD's very much like to hide a majority of the time, definitely not on the same level of cruising about and interacting like an Oscar

 

[Layne Conitz]

I hand feed my Oscar. Very playful and fun to watch. The jd I had was shy and hid a lot of the time. Oscar will get too big for a 60 gallon.

 

[kevbc03]

JD fine, 60g a no go for an Oscar IMHO. need a 75 at least for an oscar by himself.

+1
I Think the Oscar would outgrow that 60 in no time