I've owned my African Butterfly fish for about 2 years now. It is an extremely unique looking fish, everyone tells me it looks like a dinosaur. Despite the fact that it is aggressive, I put it in a community tank with tetras, hatchetfish, and coreys. It doesn't bother any of them. It is a very shy fish so it usually runs and hides behind the filter when I open the hood. The hardest thing I found in caring for this fish is finding some sort of food that floats on the top long enough for it to actually feed. Because it's shy it doesn't really come out to eat until the hood is shut and it also takes it some time to find the food. I've found large cichlid pellets to be the best food for it because they never sink and they are large enough for this fish to actually notice the food (it doesnt see flakes or small pellets unless you put a large amount of food in the tank at once, so much that you are overfeeding). I also feed it moths whenever I get the chance. I would not mind having a few of these once I get a larger tank! If you have the space and want an exotic fish to fill in that space at the top of your tank, this is the fish for you!

Beautiful fish - I have it in with cichlids such as blood parrots and blue acara; these are the only fish out of my 66 cichlid species it can live. It is a very good fish, but can jump - though it is not likely. I feed mine small guppies and it has grown fast. The fish is easy to tame and hand feed.

This is a very interesting fish to watch. Don't leave the tank lid open because these fish jump. I kept mine with 3 Jack dempseys in a 55 gallon. I fed it flakes, tubifex worm cubes, and it even ate feeder minnows and guppies!

I had one for years and they are the best fish ever! He was always the first one to food when I was feeding the tank... I had him in with my community tank and he never bothered anyone... But be careful when feeding because I think mine ate something it couldn't swallow and died... :(

I just bought this fish and it seem s knd of shy and likes to hide behind the filter in my tank. Although its aggressive it seems to fine in my tank with it community of a Gold Severum, Leopard Ctenopoma, Red-tailed Shark and 2 Gouromies. Its eating bloodworms and flake food and doesnt seem to be aggressive with and of his tankmates. If you are looking to add some character to your fish tank then an African Butterfly will be right for you. I get many compliments from friends asking what kind of "oddball" fish that ? What a great addition to my tank. I love it !!!!

This fish is a great addition to your tank and very interesting to look at. They look like they would be a mean and aggressive fish but, we have yet to see any aggressive nature from our 2, in separate tanks. They are both in tanks with Hatchets, Killifish, Rams, Kribensises, Gouramis, Mollies, Platys, and a few other community and bottom feeding fish. We bought them floating plants, which they love to hang around in. As for food, we feed them TetraMin Tropical Flakes

Extremely peaceful! Beautiful addition to our 60g tank. Aggressive eater, but doesn't bother anyone else when eating.

I love these little guys. My 55 gallon tank currently has 3 and I plan on breeding them in the future. They gobble up just about every meaty food I give them. Watching them eat is one of my favorite parts of the day because of just how energetic of eaters they are. Mine are housed with leaf fish, plecos, and loaches and never leave the surface long enough to bother any of them. A great fish, very beautiful and interesting!

I ordered four of these unique fish from LiveAquaria. Unfortunately two arrived DOA. I contacted customer support and they refunded my money on the two unfortunate souls within two days. They had literally JUST died in the bag. I have no idea why, they looked very healthy and young. The two that survived were very healthy and active. The female(?) commenced eating flake food right away. She hasn't stopped. The male is stubborn so I feed him moths and will soon be feeding him BSFL. These fish are TAME. They are so tame that I have to move them out of my way in order to do tank stuff. The female comes up to the front of the aquarium and watches me. She creeps the heck out of me. Like shes planning to eat my eyeballs when I'm asleep. They have not even looked at my teeny, tiny Ember Tetras. Even in a feeding frenzy, with them swimming all in their faces, they do not even try to gulp one with those huge mouths. The tetras don't fin nip but they school all around them often. They are constantly in the butterflies faces. After a while the butterflies get really annoyed and swim off back to their favorite corner. The two butterflies hang out together. They curl their tailfins together like they're holding hands. I am ordering as many more as I can for my community tank. These fish are awesome and LiveAquaria ships healthy fish!