I am totally new to Cichlids and have 21 1-5 inches in size of them now. There in my new 75 gal tank I just set up. A friend could not care for his anymore and gave me all of them. I have had them about 10 days now and all seemed happy till yesterday? This Blue one that I think is a Peacock did the mating thing with the darker one in the picture. They went in circles for a while then the female picked up the eggs and now has a mouth full. The Blue one is protecting the area (cave) in the picture they mated in. The female has left this spot and is a little beat up. Her lip is cut a little bit but OK so far. The male is stirring things up with the other fish in the tank by chasing and pushing his weight around. Not as bad as yesterday and it seems to be settling down. So is this going to happen every time they mate like once a month? I will let nature take it's course on the babies when they hatch as I do not need more and have no way to re/home them since I live in the middle of nowhere and the nearest fish store is 100 miles from me. I have 3 tanks one 75 gal for the Cichlids, one 45 gal for the 16" Pleco I have had for 9+ years now and a 10 gal quarenteen tank. Still learning the names of the Cichlids and there are about 9 different types out of the 21 fish. Here is a picture of the Blue Male and darker female are they Peacocks? Not sure yet how to do the pictures right to be able to add more than one?http://photos.imageevent.com/willy/cichlidfish/large/DSCN0725.JPG