Just an update. So the female laid eggs last Saturday while I was home with my daughter. As the female was getting ready to lay and the first eggs were starting to be laid I slowly pulled the divider. They started to fight. So I netted him while I put the divider back in place but I left a gap at the bottom. After the female had covered a 3 inch by 3 inch area of rock I had my daughter go to the other side of the tank and move one of her little dolls around pushed against the glass. This distracted the male who went and tried to attack the doll (As my daughter said, "look daddy he's kissing her, he's so nice." Which had me laughing really hard) As the male was distracted I pushed the eggs onto his side. Then I told my daughter to take the doll away. The male came back and looked at the eggs and started rubbing his stomach on them. I was so excited because, for the first time, he was going through the proper motions of spawning. After he made 15-30 passes on top of the eggs I slid them back to the female. The female did her part but sadly they all turned white. This was his first attempt at going through the proper motions of breeding. I think next time he will get it right. My buddy had a male that took five attempts before he was successful at fertilizing the eggs so I'm still very hopeful for these two. Time will tell.......
