I still think your temps are too high. In my opinion, 84 on the cool side is still way to hot. Most of my animal sit around the 84 range, which is just shy of the heat source. I also continue to cool until I get eggs. It is my opinion, notice I said MY opinion, that excessive heat during fertilization or ovulation can kill sperm.



Females will usually take on a pale color, appearing as though they are stuck in a shed cycle. Their heads look skinny and flat, as opposed to the usual bulbous brain look.



Although for me, this Sunflower's ovulation was only about 6 weeks after breeding, it is unbelivably quick for things to happen this fast. If I were you, and I didn't see an ovulation, I would continue to cool them and pair them on and off. Like I said, my room thermostat is set to a 68 drop from 8 pm until 6 am. This is when most of the magic happens.



From the looks in the pics, it appears she is in shed in the second and third pics. Her color looks to be taking on the effects, but it's not quite typical of aru types. From what I know, they tend to be the most BLUE of all locales when gravid. Her head still looks nice and plump, but as you say, her body doesn't.



Keep cooling, lower temps more, and keep pairing them. You could be missing your window of opportunity.



Good luck.

Brandon Osborne



>>Oh yes, during the whole month of august i cooled them before breeding and kept it cool at night down to 70 during the 5 weeks they bred. Then after I thought she was all swollen up, I kept daytime at 84 on coolside and a basking spot at 92, the basking spot is just one small section on her high perch though. Her cage is 3 feet long, 2 feet high and 2 feet wide. And after the breeding I kept night time at 78 with no basking spot area. Then after what I thought was her prelay shed, I kept the temps at 83/84 all the time.

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>>Here are a pic of them breeding and a pic of how plump she looked before she shed.

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