Would keyhole fish live with these fish?

[Banana mouse]

IM not sure where to put this but putting it here seems appropriate.
I'm setting up a freshwater tank and iv just started to cycle it today. (fishles cycle)
I'm not sure how many litters the tank is but it's just under 100L I'm hoping to stock 2 keyhole fish with 6 neon tetras or 6 mountain minnows.
Would these fish get along?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Moved to FW getting started. Please read the sticky in the profiles section.

 

[absolutangel04]

Do you mean keyhole cichlids? If so, IMO one would be fine, but I personally wouldn't do 2 just because of space. JMO. If you picked a smaller cichlid like Bolivian rams or the dwarf striped cichlid, then IMO 2 would be fine.

 

[Banana mouse]

What if I left the mountain minnows and just got two keyhole cichlids?

 

[absolutangel04]

No, the issue is more the amount of available floor space. What are the dimensions of the tank? Keyholes are like 4 inches.

 

[Banana mouse]

30 inches, 14 inches, 12 inches
Or
76 cm, 35 cm, 30 cm

 

[absolutangel04]

Ok, I am sorry, I should have asked the dimensions first. Yes, I think 2 keyholes are fine in there. Sorry, I assumed it was taller. Yes, that stock sounds fine.

 

[Banana mouse]

Honestly don't worry it's fine I'm just wondering would you class my tank as understocked with the 6 mountain minnows and the key holes?

 

[Banana mouse]

btw I'm not 100% about mountain minnows I'm looking at similar species at the moment

 

[absolutangel04]

A fish I like that swims a bit higher than neons and keyhole is harlequin rasboras. Another cool one is pearl danios or purple passion danios.

 

[Banana mouse]

I like Danios I'm buying some Monday to go with my tiger barbs iv seen the 'Vietnamese cardinal minnow' that's a good looking one

 

[Banana mouse]

Say I was to forget the keyholes and I only have the mountain minnows how many could I have roughly?

 

[absolutangel04]

Well, even if you have the keyhole, I would still say start with 6 minnows and see how it looks. You can always add more later if the water parameters hold up well and all the fish get along.

 

[Banana mouse]

Okay, I think they will hold up I'm using a old fluval 405