Dempsey and Oscar

[Hutch]

Anyone have a Dempsey Oscar tank... I have a small dempsey now and I was thinking id have an interesting tank if I got a similar size oscar..

I need a fish thats agressive enough to not let the dempsey bully it... any other suggestions?

 

[Menagerie]

What size tank is this? Oscars can easily reach 10" and most oscar keepers will not recommend anything less than 50 gallons for a single oscar.

 

[bungle]

a friend of mine used to have an oscar and a dempsey (both similar in size) together in his tank. they both had their own territories staked out, and never really hassled eachother. although i can't say if this was an exception, maybe someone else can add more info?

 

[Hutch]

Thanks for the post

Im thinking Oscar is too big I just read some posts and they can get huge... my dempsey will get big to but it will take 4 years to reach full size and thats plenty of time to upgrade

Right now I have some where around 28 gal tank with a small dempsey a very hardy pictus and this other thing the pet store told me yesterday would stand up to my dempsey - they were wrong and im gonna sell it back to them

any other south american cichlids that would be a good match... I don't really like green terrors btw

 

[Menagerie]

Here's a great link to info on oscars and links to other South American cichlids:
http://www.mongabay.com/fish/other_samerican_cichlids.htm

Look up the Red Devil, but I do not know any thing about them.

 

[poppab02]

Don't get a Red Terror. I've heard nothing but horror stories. About a week ago I met someone with a Red Terror and asked them about the fish. They said they can't keep it with anything, it kills everything, even larger fish. It killed 3 Dempseys and 2 Oscar that were all bigger than it before they finally gave up and put it in its own tank. They had a particularly large tank as well so that was not the problem. I don't know what to tell you to get but I would definitely avoid a Red Terror.

 

[oscarbreeder]

At one time I had a Dempsey in with an Oscar and all it did was chase and nip the Oscar so I had to remove it.

I wouldnt suggesst a tank any smaller then 75 for 1 Oscar.
A 28 is not big enough at all.
Check out Menagerie's link it's a good one.