Keyhole Cichlid (aequidens Maronii)

[tigerclaw]

Hi i am new here and i have what you may think is a stupid question???

I have just bought 2 Keyhole Cichlid (Aequidens maronii) and i have been told by a friend that they have been eating his fish and he saw one with a molly in its mouth this Keyhole is about 2inches long.
I am a bit worried by this info as i have a community tank with mollys,tetras,zebras and others
Will this happen when they get bigger mine are about 2 cms in length???

I am not sure that his are the same as mine but i thought i would ask just to be on the same side because if they are i will remove them from the tank

Thanks

 

[Dwarfs]

IME keyholes aren't aggressive at all. But, as with any fish, they will eat what fits in their mouth, including tankmates

 

[RadaR]

Ive got 2 Keyholes in my 125 litre and when I introduce anything new to the tank they won't stop hasseling it but it's mostly of of curiosity of the new tank mate. They just follow it around and then after a day they leave it along. Most peaceful Cichlid ive had.

 

[someguy]

It depends on how fond you are of your tetras. Our keyholes live with tetras and I think they have eaten a tetra or two but we've had stable numbers now for about 6 months.

 

[basia]

I've got 4 keyholes and the largest is about 3.5 inches now. I had to move my pygmy cories out of the main tank because 6 became 3 I bought 6 more and put them into the endlers tank. Other than that the keyholes live with neons, glowlights, x-rays and platys and they only seem to eat the platy fry.

 

[kev_kb]

I had two males and one had to removed as it was constantly chased. Then I moved one into a tank containing albino corydoras and the Keyhole actually eat one of the Corys eyes! I don't think this is typical behavour, but in my experience Rams are more peaceful.

 

[vancouver]

Most fish will eat anything they can get into their mouth.. so if your tetras could potentially fit into the keyholes mouth, they could potentially become food.

 

[tigerclaw]

thanks for all the replies

i seem to have lost a tetra

but all the other fish i have are to big for the keyholes to eat(i think )

Cheers