Cichlid laying eggs! (Blue-Gold Peacock)

This was our first cichlid that laid eggs. We watched with amazement, while at the same time, observed what we could, for future reference. Our goal is to create a cichlid farm in our local county but for now we're starting small. My boyfriend creates beautiful river rock "shelfs" that our cichlids LOVE to lay eggs on (since this vid has been posted, we've had 2 more cichlids lay eggs and hold them in their mouth). We have beautiful aquarium rock shelfs that are naturally from the river. You can stack these however you want them to w/out worrying the rocks will fall and break your tank. You can check out some of the pics on ebay if you put into the search box "Natural Aquarium Rock Art" If you have any questions, feel free to ask us on here! Our Cichlids (and plecos) LOVE our Rocks, we believe yours will too! Thanks for taking the time to read this and watching this amazing video!

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• peacocks

[amazingcichlidtanks]

i dont have a male yet, she just started laying eggs. I have several other cichlids in the tank, but there was no obvious male mating with her. I dont think any will hatch, the next day she started eating regularly again. At least we know she's a female now...

[BryanWithTube]

What is the laboratory name for this fish? I have two of them and I can't figure it out.

[kjdinesh1]

Her eggs are not getting fertilized and so will eventually spit them out or eat them.

[ilovecats972]

is she eating them or protecting them from the other fish

[bostonred915]

she is soo cute

[OobobmarleyoO]

how long they have the eggs in their mouth until they are baby fish ?

[smexybaby120]

Why the heck

[BritishKid925]

y are my fish eggs flat?? but theres not baby fish?? help

[AvatarKid4]

@ilovepuppies312 oh i know that but in this video the cichlid probably did that cuss she had to many eggs and was wanting to be a parent but there was no male so she probably just eat them!

[ilovepuppies312]

@3000carriers no that is bad to take it out its like taking it out at the wrong time but if you really want to u can

[ilovepuppies312]

@AvatarKid4 no thats what all cichlids do to help them be sfe they grow up in there and then spits them out when they are old enough but make sure u have LOTS of hiding places or else she WILL eat them