thats fine. people read books or some one tells them some thing and they are experts. i recently posted a question to some top breeders on what kind of substrate was best for incubating eggs, just as a question, and not even one of them gave me the same answer. you have to do what works for you and your animals. these two, and I have four, were placed together one year during a breeding season. after she laid her eggs about three months later we put him back in and he stayed. she produced eggs again that next year. since then he is in with her all the time up until a month or so before she lays her eggs. thats what works for them. this is totally off topic now. i was hoping that some one could come up with an idea for this tank situation not get into a conversation about breeding and who does what. lets move back to that.