You guys are doing a great job chastising someone new to the hobby. While you may be only joking keep in mind the Internet filters sarcasm from text.
OP- you received excellent advice from prettyinink, I agree with what she said. Best to keep em separate.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with real branches. Also you can buy grapevine wreaths from hobby stores, soak em in water for a day and zip tie them around the cage.
I firmly believe one should use live plants/ dead branches whenever possible.
Are these gravid colors? I haven't bred this female yet, but I'm worried she already started cycling eggs. She doesn't want anything to do with the male I am showing her.
Edit- normally she is a much lighter blue/ pink
Wow Chris! That looks like it was an amazing trip. I've been following the blog, would love to see more photos of quads and quad gracilors. Those are my favorites right now.