FH & Parrot laid eggs!!! Help!

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Jan 9, 2011
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Hey you guys!

Well my flowerhorn male built nests for the past 3 weeks, which I noticed that my female FH X parrot (kilin parrot) was helping with the process by picking up the gravel and spitting it out on the other side of the tank, well, this morning the female is gaurding her eggs! there's thousands! she laid them all on a piece of wood, I can see that they are taking turns to fan the eggs, there are a few white eggs which by my knowledge is infertile??
My tank is quite big, tank mates are two large tin foils, a royal pleco, and a synodontis catfish, I dont have a spare tank to house the other fish temporarily so that the breeding process can end, but I have a dark colour glass divider which is now separating the parents from the rest, but here's my question:

When will the eggs hatch?
If they hatch will the parents eat them?
can the fry be moved to another tank/net breeder on their first day?

Please help, tips on other stuff for the fry or eggs to hatch (:nilly: damn I'm so excited that I'm just assuming that there will be fry :popcorn: )

Any help will be appreciated!!
Thanks
 
keep an eye on the eggs, if they all go white they're all bad - if they start getting a little black dot it means they're fertile - they're usually decent parents but sometimes they'll eat the babies on their first batch - pleco and catfish will also probably try eating the eggs
 
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