Keyhole Cichlids

convict360

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Pics of set-up first, keyholes are being shy lol.

I basically just added them to my "river" tank, raising the water level a few inches. It's helped the white cloud mountain minnows as well, they're far more comfortable in the raised depth

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shy is right, where are they? haha. that tank will be perfect for some keyholes though. lots of places to hide and stuff
 
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jamntoast said:
shy is right, where are they? haha. that tank will be perfect for some keyholes though. lots of places to hide and stuff
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They really don't like my phone camera lol, so annoying as I keep trying to get pics for you guys when they go into the brightly lit section :p

I think they're doing a reconnaissance of the tank, to maybe establish a base of operations haha; they munched on some bloodworm there as well, look fairly comfortable :)
 
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Good luck with them bro. Really nice looking tank too. Looking forward to some pics.....
 
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Update on the keyholes.

Female is out and about, she's in the pics. The male has been guarding the bit of slate I put in yesterday, which is in the darkened part of the tank next to the air sponge. Really hoping he's trying to entice her over lol

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jaws7777 said:
That tank is really nice bro. Such a cool fish too
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Thanks mate, its easily my fav tank just now; dead easy to plant as the depth is only 8 inches, total volume only comes to about 16 gallons :)

Used Java moss, hairgrass, Java fern, anubias, jungle val, hydrocotyle; and some other grass type, not had to use ferts or 02 yet, all good so far; so its been really easy to maintain :)

I like that it's peaceful too, I love my cichlids; but sometimes their plant wrecking sprees and murder notions leave me more stressed than relaxed haha!
 
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am i right that your fist post was about getting some and 6 days later they have laid eggs or am i being thick
 
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