Royal x Steel

[beat2020]

Yeah the blues are very young...I'm surprised the male actually embraced her. Well the weird thing is, they tried embracing a few times, and then the female swam away and she hasn't gone back under the nest. I wonder what's going to happen? And nope I've never had a spawn from her. I tried her with my red marble back in February but they didn't spawn...

[1fish2fish]

That happened with the Dan spawn. They embraced a few times and then the female went off. I was watching them going "AHHHH WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!".. but after like 30 mins she went back and they continued spawning LoL

[beat2020]

LOL That's exactly what I was saying. xP They still haven't gotten back to it but hopefully soon...

[beat2020]

And now the female is dropping eggs..From past experiences, it seems that after they start dropping eggs on their own they just won't spawn. :/ Blah. I can't believe that about an hour ago they were embracing and now it looks like they're not going to spawn at all...

[beat2020]

They just attempted another embrace just now...and then the female took off again lol.

[1fish2fish]

LOL.. I know you've gotta be frustrated now haha. As long as they're still trying give them time. The male is really young.. maybe he's not wooing her enough XD

[Martinismommy]

He may not be big/old enough to wrap her tight.....The female knows that....Remember, he just came out of the grow out tank a few days ago......He is only 11 weeks old.....I never spawn until 14 weeks at the very youngest..

As far as if the female drops eggs means she won't spawn....That is entirely not true....My show females drop eggs weekly and they have all spawned just fine when their turn comes.....

Be patient young man :o)

[beat2020]

And still no spawning. :/
I think I'm going to pull these guys. I have no other male to try so it looks like I won't be spawning for a while...

[1fish2fish]

What aboyt the marble male?

[beat2020]

I actually tried him after the blue pair didn't work out and he got beat up... :/