My husband being angry that our 3 yr old had killed his HUGE Oscar came home with a small puffer and 2 " painted Parrot fish" from town. He knew they were part of the Cichlid family (getting revenge, the whole family wanted mellow fish like mollies, guppies, zebras, tetras, which I'd already put in the tank 4 weeks prior). Well leave it to a 3 yr old, she killed the puffer, over fed them and the pH, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites all went shooting thru the roof! Puff Daddy died. But to my disappointment the " cichlid" kin did not. Now they've laid eggs on my big rock in the 75 gallon tank. Now, no one really seems to be an expert around here but I'll ask anyway. My little unwanted guests are pink/orange and yellow/orange, their color is getting brighter! They've lived here a month now. Are they really painted? Could 2 females get confused and lay eggs pretending to raise them? I don't want more " cichlids" ! But I can't kill them, that's my daughters job! lol Anyone really know anything out there? bogglesme@yahoo.com
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Chances are that the bigger fish will eat the smaller fish after they hatch, if the eggs are fertile. If the eggs have not turned orange yet and are still white, remove the stone and clean the eggs off of it as fungus can grow on unfertile eggs. At least that was my experience.