How common are Keyholes in stores?

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Are Keyholes a common cichlid to find were fish are sold? My local petsmart does not sell them. I went to next closest petsmart, and an employee told me that they are kind of seasonal. Once in a while they get them in the employee said. that doesnt make any sense to me.
I'm thinking of getting 1 or 2 more small cichlids that i can mix with my other small semi aggressive fish. I alreay have 1 firemouth, but do not want to get anymore fish that get over about 5''.
I know i do not have many options sense even most smaller cichlids that are 4-4.5'' are just to agressive for the typical 3-4'' semiagressive fish i have. I have had a few suggestions in another forum, but still considering. Not many of the cichlids max out at 4''.
I do have a Krib Cichlid. It stays mostly on bottom not bothering anybody.
 
Chain pet stores do not generally sell keyholes. A mom and pop joint is a better bet, or if you are willing to pay shipping, then Aquabid is a good choice. I would not recommend keeping keyholes with a firemouth, as they are very passive and are likely to be stressed by the FM.
 
Rare from my experience.
 
Never have seen them around here, but i'll have to ask our store if they have ever had them.......:)
 
my LFS has them in quiet alot, maybe you could ring around some FS that is what i do if looking for specific species.
 
They are normally hard to come by, and when I've worked at pet stores they usually aren't on the order form from the wholesaler.
 
Well if Firemouth becomes a problem when an adult with my smaller semiagressive fish, I can find a home for it. I'll only be out 3$. Maybe by then if i want to keep the firemouth, then i may have larger tank. I've heard though that Firemouths grow slower than the average cichlid.
Well, not big on getting fish shipped.. I dont need it that bad. May need to go to a fish only store and see what they got.
Is there any common cichlid that would work in this situation? Like a Krib cichlid for example. I already have one though.
Looking for one that gets up to maybe 4.5'' but not super agressive for its size. Not many fall in this class, beacause they are cichlids and generally agressive.
I have a bolivian ram in my community tank but know it wont work out in this semiagressive tank.
Thanks for everybodys help and opinions.
 
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i see keyholes all the time at my lfs... heck, ive even seen them at petsmart/petco.

but i do agree, keyholes are very passive, i wouldn't look too much into the fact that they are called cichild, there very much so a community fish.
 
Pic of new Krib cichlid,

Its doing well, Fits right in. Some kind of reflection under it. Nothing wrong with fish. I'm thinking it is a male.

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