My Bol rams been at it again, Only this time they have laid the eggs up the inside wall and close the the roof on the coconut cave. I can see that the very upper ones are white and therefore must not have been fertilised. the lower ones are all orange now so some might make it this time. The other thing is, they are making holes in the substrate everywhere and not spending much time fanning the eggs. They also started fighting alot today, I think Mum wants to take care of the eggs and Dad wants to care for the fry when they are ready to hatch. The fighting is getting quite bad though, I dont think they are physically harming each other but Ive never seen them fight like this before, is it common?

Ok so I got wigglers now, the Mum and Dad had a huge fight though, Mum got a little hurt but shes ok. Dads got the wigglers, and he moves them about every 3 hours. They're growing fast. Im just concerned about Eva (the mummy) shes tame enough I managed to treat her wounds indervidually without stressing her, but I dont know if should remove her, and if I do will i be wrecking the pairing? Hes very aggressive towards her, but as long as she keeps her distance its seems ok. The problem is they have split the wigglers slightly, Marco (dad) has the majority, but Eva snuck a few off to a different spot. 5 times as many as i thought I was going to get too! They should be free swimming shortly, will the aggression change again then?

Sometimes this happens with cichlids, you are best to remove one or both of them or the babies, one way to do it would be to divide the tank with a temp divider with male and female on either side so they can't harm each other, you just have to decide which one to leave with the babies Good luck!

Thanks for the advice, Eva has taken up refuge in another part of the tank, she took the wigglers she had and placed them with the others, even though Marco was nipping her the whole time. Some are free swimming now, others seem a lil slow, got the free swimmers on infusoria or w/e its called. Made it using tank water, flourish excell and liquifry.