Shy Cichlids ???

I have some Zebra Danios in another tank, would it be ok to put them in my
cichlids. I was thinking about moving 6 or so over to the cichlid tank, as
the "dither" fish. Or can someone recommend another "dither" fish species?

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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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Danios are good. I have about a dozen rosie barbs. They're a little riskier
because of their small size. Sometimes the smaller, and the less red
colored ones, get picked off by my N. venustus. I like the addition of the
red in my tank. Wide assortments of tetras are used, but they don't always
like the water conditions that cichlids do.



--
"The task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what
no body yet has thought about that which everyone sees."

Schopenhaeur (1788 - 1860).


"Samuel Warren" wrote in message
...
I have some Zebra Danios in another tank, would it be ok to put them in my
cichlids. I was thinking about moving 6 or so over to the cichlid tank,
as
the "dither" fish. Or can someone recommend another "dither" fish
species?

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"Samuel Warren" wrote in message
...
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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