Heros Severum Laying Eggs?

Question
I did not believe it myself...
I have ONE fish in my 65 gallon tank.
Also in tank 4 snails, 2 plastic plants, 1 driftwood, one fake log/plant.
My fish (Heroes Severum) is usually very bland in color.
I painted a piece of blue cardboard with different vibrant colored stenciled fishes and placed behind the tank to cover the ugly wires.
My fish turned vibrant colors turquoise with a bright yellow bottom fin, I thought this was odd.
A few days later a white type fungus covered some large rocks on the bottom of the tank.
I proceeded to vacuum it up while my fish attacked the vacuum and net.
I checked today to see if the fungus was returning, and to my surprise on the side of the driftwood I found some clear round eggs?  A few have turned bright white.
My fish is very aggressive now and will not eat.
I took off the backdrop.

So, here is the question.
Have you ever heard of a fish wanting to lay eggs with a picture?

I have put convicts and those dumb looking orange parrot looking fish with her in the past and she killed them both.

What would be the best way to find her a mate?
Should I just buy 5 or so Severum and see which ones she does not kill?

What should I do with all these eggs?

Please help

Answer
Hi Dana,
  I am not sure that the background is the actual cause of this... it might be but it could also be coincidence.  Single female cichlids will often lay eggs all on their own.  The eggs are not fertilized so they will fungus over after a few days and typically the female will then eat them.  I have a female dovii (a kind of cichlid) that used to lay eggs almost like clockwork every few weeks, even though she never had a tankmate.  

  As far as finding her a mate, that can be a bit challenging.  At least you know that you have a female.  Males tend to be a little larger and a little heavier built but there are not a lot of any really obvious signs to tell males from females.  Of course the risk is that if you put a potential suitor in the tank with her, he or she could attack your existing fish, so do this operation only when you can spend some time watching what happens.

-- Ron
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