Can i keep a single butti in a 75 gallon?

[duanes]

When I kept buttis they went from 2" to 12" in about a year, and surpassed that soon after. They can be very active if given space, and in nature follow hippos eating their dung. They are quite voracious feeders, and in a 75 would require lots of water changes, with heavy filtration to stay healthy.
Not saying it couldn't be done, but would be the equivalent to keeping a Great Dane in a closet.

 

[Guapoteguy291]

Their length isn't crazy its their bulk I've seen buttis 4" thick. Nasty as they come though imo

 

[Rafini]

I would be fine putting a butti in a 75g until I saw one a week ago surrendered to a store that was literally 15"+ it was HUGE. in a 4ft tank it would have to be a 120g even better if you could get a 5 or 6ft footprint. you could easily grow one out and hope its female?

 

[pagdenjohn@]

I personally wouldn't do any less than a 5 foot long, 20 inch wide tank 120ish gallon for a single Butti; they get ginormous

If you want to keep a single fish other than a butti try a cichlasoma hartwegi , if you get a male they are beautiful and more slender bodied than a butti ,also they are full of character and max out at about 14 inches.

 

[Iron Cat]

I got my Butti growing in a 75,hes went from maybe 1 1/4" to a little over 3" an almost 1/2" thick in under 2 months with every typical Butti characteristic(attitude), as in finger chasing, water breaching for food, glass biting, rock spitting, finger biting etc...the list goes on.. I'm sure the growth rate will slow down eventually but I KNOW the 75 isn't his end home. With that said, he's the most entertaining fish I've ever owned and I look forward to the next 10-15 yrs with this tenacious piece of sh*t, albeit in a bigger aquarium.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I think any cichlid that gets much more than 8inches will have a crap existance in a 75.
Sometimes it's not so much if we could,it's if we should.