Tips on getting my Festae to breed?

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I have four Festae in a 120g. 3 males and one female. I have had them since March of this year and when I bought them my female had her vent tube showing like she was going to drop eggs but never did. I could tell she was paired up with a male so I bought him too. I also picked up 2 more males thinking one was a female. They all varied in size between the 3-4" mark and now are bween the 5-7" mark. My female is alost 6" and 2 of my males are 7. The other male is the smallest at 5.5" My female keeps coloring up and the male she was paired with stays close to here and the other male tries to get in on the action here and there. Sometimes getting ran out by the other male and sometimes they all get along fine. Why havent my fish spawned yet? I would assume that I dont need to remove the other males do I? I had a pair of Jags in there that I removed last month that spawned and I had to remove what was left of the frie after the Festae got done with them. What can i do to get my fish to spawn?

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