hey rd!-) im saying it will work, im just throwing out the fact that many are living in communitys. op, there is a very real chance of a butti flipping out as i have read on here. ime ive kept 5-6 butti and they are no worse in my aggressive community than midas or rd, ive had blackbelts that were nastier! obviously you wont be able to keep oscars or severums in there, and there will be huge fights at times.... i lost my festae due to a system crash but i was on the verge off moving either those or my butti due too a couple of huge fights! now however the butti lives in realative harmony in my tank... if two cichlids dont like each other its game over in the long run. there are two video of my butti and festae establishing there position in my tank when i added the butti, they can be found on my youtube page in my sig, there were a few scraps but no major damage.