Question: Female laying w/o male

[chemgrl08]

I have a tank that has a seperator with one male, one female on one side and a female who has bred many times onthe other side. I thought she needed a break, so she is by herself on one side of the tank. Despite this, i found her laying eggs this morning! Is it normal for certain females to lay clutches without being housed with a male? The clutch is smaller number than normal, and i expect it is infertile, but its not outside the realm of possibility that the male somehow got to the other side. Its a homemade divider, so its not exactly the great wall of china.

 

[Kaysie]

It's possible for them to lay infertile eggs. But aside from housing them across the room from each other, where there's a will, there's a way!