Your butti was not playing around.Ours was the same way with the Festae, then they were just going at it 24/7 and Butti had to go. I miss him, but he's terrorizing a 350g display tank at one of our LFS. They even gave me $40 credit for him. I swear I keep some of my fish at my LFS and they just hangout there.
I have a 75g specifically for mine if he decides he's tired of friends. But I'm praying that he keeps playing nice. I really like him in the community tank.