Yes the male was still in there with them over the 3 days
The net was under the Styrofoam cup that I put in there and it was just about full with bubbles and on the 3rd day after there little fun there was none.
You should have had a 'betta cam' so you could've seen what happened. Or maybe something scared him or gave him the hint of 'danger'. Because when they feel danger coming, he'll eat all of his eggs.