Is It Possible That None Of My Keyholes Will Ever Bond?

[totally tropical]

I suppose this an obvious answer, but is it possible that if you rear 6 small keyhole cichlids into adult size (assuming that there is at least one female) with the intention of a pair bonding, - it just never happens?

I ask this question because my 6 keyholes are a handsome size now and as previously posted they now bicker with each other - seems more territorial than anything else.

Also a previous poster mentioned that you 'would know' if a pair was bonding as it was pretty obvious yet I have never ever seen any mating type signs.

Maybe, it is just down to bad luck on my part?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[snowflake311]

When I had just 3 blue acara I had 1 Female 2 males. I knew this after 3 week. The one male got his butt kicked. The other too always stayed together they fight but the shimmy at eachother and a week after adding them to thier tank they spawned.

But blue acara are easy.

It could be you were very unlucky and don't have females. I'm sorry man. And even if you do have a pair like I got they might not stayed bounded. My blue acara were not a bounded pair. They like to spawn but really did not like eachother. Weird fish I had.

So im sorry.