beaten HM

just one of those days, when 1 of our giant HM male is beaten by a female....failed in spawning, of course.
he's still flaring, looks to be still okay, but isn't really in any good shape to continue the spawning attempt. well, that's the outcome of getting one of our 2.8 inches female to be crossed to long fin 3.7 inches male, a big failure. instead, we have the female happily snapping bits and pieces of that beautiful long finnage of the male :)

resting time for this male, just for another try, perhaps with much smaller female