How To Breed Red Terrors?

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I thought you had taken your divider out I also didn't know it was made of plexi glass. They will not spawn if they are not together and probably not if you keep separating them every day. They need to be together and get used to each other.
 
Do they seem to show any aggression to one another through the divider?
 
Cichlids are much more complicated in pair selection than many other less evolved species, and do not only communicate by sight, but with tail beating, that helps determine each others strength and pair bonding thru the movement of water, and other methods that may include sound and scent. With a plexiglass divider, some of these methods are not often possible.
This is one reason why egg crate though unsightly, can be very successful in pair formation, as it allows the movement of sound, pheromones, and the water movement/pressure to pass back and forth.
It even allows for spawning thru the divider, preventing one of a pair from killing each other.
I have had pairs that would normally kill each other, spawn this way.
Male fertilizing

female putting down eggs on the opposite side

 
Also, if the male is larger, a hole can be cut to allow the female to go back and forth which can be very effective in pair bonding.

Especially if he gets rough
 
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