Dionigi, Hey, my husband beat me to answering, oh well. Yes, it was usualy about a month the shortest was 1 1/2 weeks, this is when she spawned and I did expect her too and killed the male, hence the end of our nijsseni saga until the fry grow up. Which reminds me on the fry often some of the females will have two spots, anyone else notice this? Spoke with Uwe and he said he noticed that as well. Kathy