Shy Cichlids ???

Two weeks ago I purchased a male and female "Powder Blue - Mbuna Lake
Malawi" cichlids. The first day I put them in their new home, with a
unknown snail species and a Otto, they swam around and enjoyed chasing each
other. They seemed very happy.

But now they seem to hide most of the day, by hiding in some depressions in
the substrate or hiding in a shale cave I created for them, or in the plant
cover. Sometimes they MIGHT come out for feeding when I release some Brine
Shrimp or Blood Worms, but return quickly. Also in the late evening they
will come out, but as soon as they see any movement in the room that they
are in, they dart away again. At night I know they are active because they
have been burrowing under the cave walls or pulling up the smaller plants in
the tank. The water parameters test fine. I had took the time to set a
tank up just for them now I never seem them. Is their anyway to help them
get over their shyness without overfeeding them, and so I can see them
during the day? Should I remove the cave?


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