I have 3 Convicts, 1 Pleco, and 1 Stonefish. I just got my Stonefish to actually take care of the breeding that my convicts do. I have 2 female convict Cichlids and 1 male. The 1 female actually made friends with the Pleco considering she doesn't have another male to pair with. If you want to keep your fry it depends on what kind of other fish you have, how many caves/hiding places you have, and how many convict Cichlids you have. As of now this if probably the 3rd or 4th time my convicts have had babies. I have about 35-45 babies and they are getting BIG. This is why I got my Stonefish, I can't have 30-40 Cichlids in my 29 gallon tank!

However if you are serious about having you Cichlids mate, be patient. They NEED caves otherwise the fry will be eaten by other fish once they hatch. Also, if you are serious about keeping the fry and having them grow big and strong I suggest either putting them in a hatchery tank(separate small tank) or having lot's of places where they can hide. I recently bought 2 pieces of drift wood for my Pleco and in coincidence the babies love to feed and hide in it, thus they are getting big.

Remember, be patient and you can tell male from female by: Female(Most) having red or orange spots near their belly and Male(most) having a bump on their face more like a hump. Do some searching on the net and you can find some pictures.

I have covict that lay some eggs i kept the male away i think the female fish eat the eggs or they put them in their mouth untill they hatch or they just keep eating them i need to know what's going on in my tank i have covict and demsy in the tank

I had a pair of tilapia which are mouth incubators, and as soon as I removed the male who was harassing the female who had fry in her mouth she let them out. There was a swarm of at least 100. I netted about half and put them in another tank to ensure their safety and it was a good move because the female ended up eating the rest that night. Now I have a tank with only tilapia and mosquito fish fry and I feed them crumbled up Tetra flake food.

i'm going to start taking the fry out of my severums mouth and into one of those breeder net things... i just got one... but i think the angels or other fish can still kill them thru the net...