Buttikoferi and Central Americans
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in my experience buttis are impossible to keep in a community even with other buttis. they are the meanest cichlids ever from anywhere. they are usually kept isolated in their own tank til they die. they are beautiful though. their stripes are perfect. i think they should be called CONVICTS, not the other convict. maximum security.
I haven't personally seen anyone keep a large male Butt with anything...I have seen smaller specimens in tanks with larger Centrals, but I have never seen them successfully mixed with anything. I think Sauroid is on to something here..we should just call them 'Giant Convicts'.
Fossochromis rostratus is a large Malawi Hap. You really have to see an adult male if full color to really appreciate it. Highly irridescent - rather spectacular looking. I will probably buy another one again, but I am definitely going to wait until my Centrals grow out quite a bit more, if nothing else just to avoid getting 'scarred up' by such a persistent and lively fish.
Fossochromis rostratus is a large Malawi Hap. You really have to see an adult male if full color to really appreciate it. Highly irridescent - rather spectacular looking. I will probably buy another one again, but I am definitely going to wait until my Centrals grow out quite a bit more, if nothing else just to avoid getting 'scarred up' by such a persistent and lively fish.
these pics are not mine. These fish were in a 500g tank.
The butti was ~14" TL, the dovii ~20" TL. The dovii ruled the tank with an iron fin. One day, the dovii got tired of the butti. And he got tired of a couple of smaller parachromis species too, now that I think of it.
The butti was ~14" TL, the dovii ~20" TL. The dovii ruled the tank with an iron fin. One day, the dovii got tired of the butti. And he got tired of a couple of smaller parachromis species too, now that I think of it.
