Adding Athias and changing sex...

[afboundguy]

I currently have 3 Lyretail Anthias in QT (1 male and 2 females) and I have thought about adding 1-2 more females later on months down the road.

With that being said, my QT process is 14-15 days and I am curious how fast a female will start transitioning to male? I have some concerns that the 1-2 females might start transitioning to male in the 14-15 days in QT so curious if anyone knows how long the transition starts with Anthias?

 

[KrisReef]

I’m would not expect the females to start transitioning unless the current male is old and not able to dominate the harem. They should remain females, under normal circumstances.