do male softshells lay eggs?

I scoured the net and as i can observed they are both male basing on its tail (maybe im wrong) and so decided not to put sand,but they tried to mate



now ive seen crushed egg shells
so possibly I have a couple???

could this be an empty shell?


do i have a couple then?

 

If there are eggs in the tank you definitely have at least one female. Males do not lay eggs . They will lay eggs regardless of weather or not they are a pair. Females produce eggs even without a male present , they just wont be fertile.

 

so is it possible that they are both females?? can you post a pic of a female and male,,thanx!

 

What type of softshells do you have ?