This has probably been asked a bunch of times already, but here goes. I have a GT in one 55gal and a Butti in the other 55. They are both outgrowing their tanks, so I bought a 150 gal. The GT is about 5-6" and the Butti is 7-8". What are the odds of the Butti not killing the GT in a 150 gal. They have never been together in the same tank. Right now the Butti is in a tank with some mbunas that are about 4" and he doesn't bother them.
GT and Butti
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Butti are vicious ive never seen a nice one. Why not sell your 55's and get a 75-90 for the GT and just leave the butti to himself. Or atleast leave the 55 up just incase
i think 55gal each of them is ok... size of gt in tank 8-10in and butti 10-12in in my experience...
PMK;1516310; said:
I agree, this is a great idea
I read a post yesterday where a guy showed a pic of a 17" buttikoferi
I also thought they only got to 12 inches. Guess we were wrong. They're ba$tards too, at least the one I had was
If I were you I'd use one of the 55's to grow out a tankmate for your butti before selling noth tanks. Not sure what kind of fish it would be (female festae maybe?) but I bet you could keep another fish with him in a 150, if its long enough. Might want to consider it anyway
Good luck
The butti will most likely trash the gt it may work for a little while but there's no way i see this being a life long set up.
bettapits;1516716; said:
I've seen alot of butti's on the net and here is nice sized one and looks alot bigger then 12 inches. One thing is they are slow growers though.
http://anythingfish.com/images/Ted/PhotoGallery/TigerBut.htm
