Buttikoferi stories?

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Cichlids-r-beasts said:
Well that synspilum wasn't playing around.
My buttikoferi was only 4 inches when she started to take over the 125. First my convict took a beating...then my female Texas and soon after my male Texas. Even defending eggs they couldn't stop her. Eventually all 6 feet of the tank was hers.
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Some cichlids are just psychos at the moment my mixed cichlid tank is "peaceful probably due to a 22inch giant gourami intimidating them when he swims my tank at the moment has :
X2 ornatum cichlids 4-5 inches
X2 festae 1-3 inches
X1 dovii 3-4 inches
X1 Texas 2-3 inches
X1 green terror 5-6 inches
X1 salvini 1-2 inches
X1 jack dempsey 3-4 inches
X1 hemichromis elongatus 3-4 inches
X1 vieja argentea 1-2 inches (another fish which can hang with the big boys)
X1 albino giant gourami 20-22 inches
X1 tyre track eel 10-11 inches
X2 synodontis Angelicus 3-5 inches
X1 Synodontis eurupterus 5-6 inches
X1 Synodontis notatus 4-5 inches
X1 unknown Synodontis 4-5 inches
X1 bristlenose pleco 2-3 inches
X1 Chinese algae eater 5-6 inches
X2 indo tiger fish 3-4 inches
 
TheMoneyTank(TMT) said:
Some cichlids are just psychos at the moment my mixed cichlid tank is "peaceful probably due to a 22inch giant gourami intimidating them when he swims my tank at the moment has :
X2 ornatum cichlids 4-5 inches
X2 festae 1-3 inches
X1 dovii 3-4 inches
X1 Texas 2-3 inches
X1 green terror 5-6 inches
X1 salvini 1-2 inches
X1 jack dempsey 3-4 inches
X1 hemichromis elongatus 3-4 inches
X1 vieja argentea 1-2 inches (another fish which can hang with the big boys)
X1 albino giant gourami 20-22 inches
X1 tyre track eel 10-11 inches
X2 synodontis Angelicus 3-5 inches
X1 Synodontis eurupterus 5-6 inches
X1 Synodontis notatus 4-5 inches
X1 unknown Synodontis 4-5 inches
X1 bristlenose pleco 2-3 inches
X1 Chinese algae eater 5-6 inches
X2 indo tiger fish 3-4 inches
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What size is your tank?
 
My old 14" button lived peacefully in my 300g. ( Apart from the odd battle through the ranks) from 6" until he finally became boss, when the tables turned he killed two 13" Midas in two days, suspected ram attacks that are spoke off.
Great fish apart from that, personality of an Oscar and feeding habits of a giant gourami.
 
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justarn said:
My old 14" button lived peacefully in my 300g. ( Apart from the odd battle through the ranks) from 6" until he finally became boss, when the tables turned he killed two 13" Midas in two days, suspected ram attacks that are spoke off.
Great fish apart from that, personality of an Oscar and feeding habits of a giant gourami.
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Did he kill them to move up the ranks or just out of pure aggression?
 
My friends old one was huge. Still have the scar trying from helping catch it. They pack a nasty bite
 
To be boss, he was fine with smaller fish, I have some old videos on my YouTube channel if anyone's interested, my channel is 'justin mfk'
Some videos of the two battles it had with a festae to move up, they weren't always fighting like that tho, it was just a rank thing, I would have split them if it was constant.... Really shows their power tho.
 
If you had to pick a male buttikoferi or male festae in a fight who would u pick
justarn said:
To be boss, he was fine with smaller fish, I have some old videos on my YouTube channel if anyone's interested, my channel is 'justin mfk'
Some videos of the two battles it had with a festae to move up, they weren't always fighting like that tho, it was just a rank thing, I would have split them if it was constant.... Really shows their power tho.
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Could go either way, butti will outgrow and win eventually as festae take a while to get big.
I wouldn't recommend anyone mixing them in anything smaller than 600g.
 
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