butti + oscar = compatible?

[K C]

The only way I would do it is if the tank is packed with other cichlids so agressine is spread out

...but the butti will still continue to be the aggressor

 

[gruntaz]

r u sure they are that aggressive? ive seen buttikoferi in with jack dempseys and the jd's r definately not being pushed around. in fact it looks the other way. but these are all small fish for sale at a shop. how big do these things get?

 

[donibugs]

no good,have to agree the buttikoferi will destroy the oscar,even if its smaller.Oscars are not really an aggresive fish,just about anything they cant swallow will be fine with them.The buttikoferi on the other hand will try to tear whatever he finds into bite size pieces,regardless of how big it is.

 

[ethnics]

i have a 4" butti with my 2 5" oscars. no problems here. i bought the butti tho because i caught it fighting with an oscar at the lfs in its tank. but im assuming it was because it was 1 oscar, and 1 butti, but the butti was smaller then the 1 oscar at the lfs.


zero problems since i got it tho but its only been a few months.

 

[Darthsniper]

My 6inch butti was the tinyest guy in my tank probably at 1inch while all the devils and flowers were already at 4-6 inches and he pretty much out grew every body and killed everybody hes out grown and some that are bigger.
hes put down: mayan, red terror, 3 gts a 1 of my red devils and like three flowerhorns, he also used to beat on my gold flowerhorn but i moved him out before it was to late. he beat on my male dempsey and killed it that was meybe 9 inches, and he always nearly kills my smaller jag but then the jag find a hiding spot the butti can get to. these fish were all pretty fast swimmers to keep away, some even fought back. tlike the devil he killed, it fought back and the butti lost a couple times but it seemed like every time he lost 30 mins later hed go scrap again and eventually the devil gave up got chased and was killed. the buttis have a big will to be dominant.

u sure did let a lot of fish get killed. After the first you think you would so something about that? Not trying to start a brawl here but come on. I hear this all the time in forums and it seems like people just wait way too long before making moves that save lives.

 

[Darthsniper]

r u sure they are that aggressive? ive seen buttikoferi in with jack dempseys and the jd's r definately not being pushed around. in fact it looks the other way. but these are all small fish for sale at a shop. how big do these things get?

Trust me, they are very agro. I had one that died after about 12 years, and he was 13 1/2 inches.

 

[Killerhap]

The buttikoferi will kill your O one day, it is not a matter of if but when.

how big do these things get?

12 inches

They tend to keep large territories, so you would have to have a true monster tank to keep them with other fish.