Balton what do you feed yours ???
i had some a year or so ago and when they would get in to the cichlid pellets they always seemed to get bloat
and no it will not be drilled.
also i will be moving the filtraton off of the 125 to the new tank. that is 1 FX5, 1 XP3 and 2 Emp 400. so i will be fine on the filtration.