Buttekoferi tilapia and Mbuna set up

[Wildcat157]

I want to know if anyone has tried multiple Mbuna as tank mates for a Buttekoferi before?

I love my Buttekoferi and originally had him in with a red devil and Texas Cichlid of similar size. He exerted his dominance over them and the Texas and red devil never readily swam around the aquarium. They were just plain scared of the Buttekoferi.

I sold the Texas and devil and temporarily moved the buttie to a separate 65 gallon tank by himself while I set up a Mbuna 125 tank.
After the 125 cycled I put my Buttekoferi in with his new smaller and quicker tank mates. It's been about a month and so far so good. He occasionally Chase's a Mbuna here and there but most of the time he's very Happy swimming with the Mbuna.
Most people say you can't keep a Buttekoferi with anything. But this combination of smaller quick tough tank mates with plenty of rocks cover seems like a winning combination to me.
Has anyone tried this before and what was your success or failure?

 

[The Morning]

Good luck. I hope that continues to work. My butti killed everything but I will nay I never tried it with mbuna.

 

[cockroach]

Interested to see how this pans out. With enough hiding spots I don't see too much of an issue. I just would not try a pair of butti's in there.

 

[Wildcat157]

Thanks. I'll update in a month or so. But, so far so good.

 

[BichirKing]

good luck ,my Butt-head killed everything eventually. hopefully yours isn't of the same temperament.

 

[Wildcat157]

1. What type of fish were you keeping him with?

2. What size was he relative to the other fish?

3. What tank size?

Thanks

 

[BichirKing]

she was in a 240g 8' long with bichirs which she ignored. she killed over night a 8"
firemouth , put the hurt on a JD that was 6" ish , tore up a jurapari all while she was about 6". I put her in a 150g with a 10" black belt and it beat him up after a week. she ignored my clown knife but he's 14" or so. she's gone on to a friend who has her in a 125g by herself.

 

[Wildcat157]

Wow. My aquarium is much smaller than that. I will give updates in the future, but so far all is well.
Thank you.

 

[BichirKing]

its different fish to fish so don't be to discouraged

 

[duanes]

Your butti, is just a baby, wait until it matures a little.