Hi Jim,
are you sure about the name ? I searched Cichlids. com &
Fishbase but they do not recognise the name , has it got a Common
Name ?
It could be that for breeding they need different parameters in the
water for successful brood hatching, I know some fish will breed
in any water but the water chemistry can work against the eggs
themselves by either making the outer layer too hard for water to
flow through it or can make it easy for fungal attack which can
also kill the eggs ,
I am sure some others will give advice,
Steve is one of the best with Cichlids.

Regards
Andy

--- In tropicalaquaria@..., "j390170" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Please can someone advise, I have a male and female " Red/Pink
belly
> chiclasoma syphilis" and they have been together for one and half
> years now. In the last 4 months the female has laid eggs 3 times,
and
> then they keep watch over then until they turn a White colour.
>
> Thye male is about 18 inches, and the female is about 12 inches
nose
> to tail.
>
> It seems that after about 5/6 days all the eggs just dissapear, so
I
> am thinking that they must eat them.
>
> There is nothing else in the tank so it must be them that are doing
> the eating!!!
>
> Should I take the eggs out early? And place them in a net enclouser
> or something.
>
> We would really like to see if we could get young out of them.
>
> If anyone has any ideas please advise.
>
> Regards
>
> Jim
>