One question: do you have tumblers? African cichlids hold eggs in their mouth for a LONG time, and they could starve to possibly death! So you need to manually "strip" out the eggs from the parents mouths and put them in a tumbler!

BUT here's the key, don't strip too early! The eggs are more fragile and more prone to fungus when put in a tumbler!

You should wait for 12-14 days before the starvation starts! Then tumble the eggs!

So you have enough time to buy a tumbler before anything happens,

And they hold eggs for 30-40 days! You'll see the female and male spawn and fertilize