Why the holes!

[BOD]

yay first post since comming back of holiday.....came home and the cichlids have dug holes everywhere in the tank what are they doing!? One of the holes is quite inventive....theres a piece of bogwood which is like and archway in front of a rock and they have dug under the rock..so now they swim through the archway and down under the rock looks pretty good!

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

getting ready to breed? or just the facts its cichlid nature, my red devil has holes everywhere in his tank

 

[BOD]

2 of my yellow labs sorta circle each other and one does a shaky thing...is this breeding or agressive behavior? all the fish seem to use the hole thou....oh well they must be happy digging there holes so ill leave them to it!

 

[sylvia]

Sounds like breeding behaviour to me.

 

[BOD]

YAY hopefully!!!

 

[Ferris]

Rearranging the tank is actually normal Mbuna behaviour . They love to dig and move things around, particularly when you've just got everything how you like it.

The 2 labs circling each other and "shaking" is normally a sign of agression, generally 2 males trying to decide who's top dog (fish). Very common and nothing to worry about unless this display turns into mouth fighting on a regular basis.