I have been searching similar events by typing the key word " baby crawling contest", "infant crawling contest", or "baby crawling race" etc, but wasn't able to pull any information about this contest anywhere in the USA, but it is popular in Asia countries. is there any restriction about such...
Im don't know much about cichlids but I know they can get aggressive. I would remove the pleco and add pair of angelfish if you cichlids aren't aggresive.