Bipartus Wraase behavior

[charged]

Hello,
I've had 2 bipartus in my 125G for about a year. The larger one turned into a male about 2 weeks after I put them in. Last week he started picking on the female. This hapen to anyone? More importantly anything I can do? Hate to have to trap him and take the chance of of him dying in the sump or when he is re introduced to the DT.

 

[eatbreakfast]

This is fairly normal as wrasse gender is determined by dominant/submissive roles in a heirarchy so a male picking on a female is normal, but increased aggression could be related to her maturity, as she develops and may become closer to transitioning into a male herself the existing male may be trying to put a stop to that, or she has rebuffed his courtship.

 

[charged]

She has gotten bigger but in no way showing any color changes. Sounds like they won't co-exist anymore. Thanks for the reply.