Female bonsai breeding question

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I been breeding many different types of fish in the past and I had a question on my female bonsai flowerhorn. She was spawning with a male and they had two batches of eggs in which the female eat the eggs. The first batch only 5 percent had fungus and two days later she ate the eggs. Happened again two weeks later with the same outcome. I initially didn't want her with that male so I added a thai silk cichlid male. I wanted to know will they pair off eventually? They got aggressive but now they're fine. He is 4 inches and she is about 2-3.5 inches so a good size couple. She did lose her breeding dress when I added the male but now she has it back on. It will take 2 weeks for her to drop her eggs again but I'm thinking she might not do it due to this male.

cliff notes:
What do you guys think she just bred twice back to back with a male and now added a new male will she breed with him the next round or soon after?
 
Last pic is the male she hooked up with twice

Washed out colors on the male and zoomed pic but hes very platinum blue.
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As you can see hes very small and at 3 inches he fertilizes the eggs. Tons of pearls on him
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