Bananalobster Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hey there everyone! It has deffinitely been a while since I have visited this site.. I find myself in need of a bit of advise with my new arrivals. I went to the pet store yesterday and saw a pair of keyholes spawning on a piece of driftwood in the midst of about 30 other cichlids lol. They were doing an awesome job of it, the female was laying eggs and the male was racing around keeping a ten cm perimeter clear for his partner. I had a spare Aqua one 620T tank at home with one little cockatoo cichlid in there, so just had to have them, (dont worry the cockatoo has been rehomed). They are in there by themselves with large pieces of driftwood and teracotta pots on their sides, with largish dark grey gravel for substrate. 1000lph filter and temp is 26 degrees celcius. My question is should I add a few upper level swimmers? They seem to be rather nervous at the moment, shying away when they see someone enter the room. I thought maybe if they had some dither fish they might be a little more relaxed, as they were anything but timid in the shop and that particular tank had alot of fish in it. Any advise on these guys would be very welcome I am feeding them Petmaster small cichlid pellets and frozen brine shrimp both of which they have no problem chucking back. Just a little worried they may be a little bit stressed from the move as they have only been in the tank for about 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Any fish will be Sh*t scared for at least a week when you move them from one environment to another. Just give them time to settle in before doing anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananalobster Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Thanks maybe I am just getting a little carried away lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addy Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Yep I would wait, Im not super experienced or anything but we bought a breeding pair of yellows and they were very timid for a few weeks before they finally stopped hiding and started swimming around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananalobster Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Thanks for the advise yes you are right they are alot better now, not pacing the glass anywhere near as much as they were and seem alot more chilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananalobster Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Last night when I came back from work they were doing little jiggy dances and shoveling bits of gravel round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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