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Photo thanks to Capitan Primero
Temperature: 20 - 27c
pH Level: 7.0 - 8.2
General Hardness: Moderate - Hard
Max. Size: 13cm
Realistic Max. Size: 13cm
Tank Size: 3x1.5x1.5
Feeding: Carnivore, preference for live or frozen food, can be difficult to wean onto pellets.
Temperament: Generally Peaceful but will eat smaller fish.
About: Butis are known as Crazy Fish because they are often seen swimming upside down or at strange angles and sleeping, much like a sleepy cod, in any random position.
As adults they do better with a little marine salt in the aquarium though there are plenty of accounts of adult butis being kept in fresh water.
Like other sleeper gobies they are a particularly interesting looking (ugly) fish. The attraction of these fish lies in their oddball behaviour and the ease in which they can be kept.
Crazy fish sell for about $30 - $35 each and are pretty easy to come across in Perth at some of the better LFS. Having said that, they are not always available.
Article reproduced with permission of the author, Paul Cuttriss (murrayman85). Many thanks for this excellent contribution.
DE
Relevant threads:
Spawning/ feeding fry:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
Sourcing:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
Tankmates:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
Biotype pics & other species living there:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
Pic:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
List of gudgeons:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ht=Butis+butis
