Leopard Wrasse Changing to Male?

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Hey. I have a somewhat interesting occurence or atleast I haven’t seen this before. My female blue star leopard wrasse which I have had a little over 3 years all of a sudden has seemed to start changing colors. I noticed this a week ago when his face started getting a different pattern and now today his fins are turning purple-ish pink. It seems like it might be transitioning into a male which I know they can do. The question is, why after three years, would my wrasse do this, with there also not being any other leopard wrasses in my tank. Here’s a short clip of the wrasse now under white lighting, but I sadly dont have any clips of it under white lighting before this change.
 

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Hey. I have a somewhat interesting occurence or atleast I haven’t seen this before. My female blue star leopard wrasse which I have had a little over 3 years all of a sudden has seemed to start changing colors. I noticed this a week ago when his face started getting a different pattern and now today his fins are turning purple-ish pink. It seems like it might be transitioning into a male which I know they can do. The question is, why after three years, would my wrasse do this, with there also not being any other leopard wrasses in my tank. Here’s a short clip of the wrasse now under white lighting, but I sadly dont have any clips of it under white lighting before this change.
 

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Hey. I have a somewhat interesting occurence or atleast I haven’t seen this before. My female blue star leopard wrasse which I have had a little over 3 years all of a sudden has seemed to start changing colors. I noticed this a week ago when his face started getting a different pattern and now today his fins are turning purple-ish pink. It seems like it might be transitioning into a male which I know they can do. The question is, why after three years, would my wrasse do this, with there also not being any other leopard wrasses in my tank. Here’s a short clip of the wrasse now under white lighting, but I sadly dont have any clips of it under white lighting before this change.
All wrasses change to male. Though it can happen faster or slower due to environmental and social needs they all will eventually transition to male.
 

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That’s why the label “super male” is a bit of a scam. A super male wrasse is an older wrasse that has completely transitioned and is nearing the end of its life.

This is mostly a wrasse thing. Most other fish we keep can change genders either way and potentially back.
 

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