To answer your question bluntly, It doesn't care. When a fish wants to spawn, It isn't always particularly pick with what kind of fish. This is especially true with cichlids, and aparently, yours doesnt care whether It breeds with its own kind.
Can someone please tell what happened to my texas cichlid
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Your Texas, may be a hybrid, as is the BP, so if the BP is a male, there's the answer.
If there is a male new world cichlid in the tank, what ever the strain, and there is also a female stuff happens, whether the result is good or bad, depending on your point of view.
If there is a male new world cichlid in the tank, what ever the strain, and there is also a female stuff happens, whether the result is good or bad, depending on your point of view.
It doesn't even matter if there's another viable partner in the tank or not. The instinct to spawn is deeply engrained and females lay eggs without a viable partner all the time. It's extremely common for two females to "pair up" and lay eggs - which of course do not get fertilized and are not viable. Also, females kept alone will also lay eggs - I had a female fenestratus who lived alone but laid eggs every month like clockwork.
I know that all too well, I have a convict who tried to pare up with my female venustus
