C. Cyanea gender change?

[Zionas]

For those of you who keep C. Cyanea, will adding 2 females at the same time lead to one changing to a male? If not, will 2 females fight?

 

[Ron Reefman]

Bump

Any fish experts out there?

 

[ThRoewer]

Chrysiptera cyanea?
Generally, if you have 2 females, one changes sex and becomes the male.
Fighting is kind of part of the sex change process. The dominant female will become the male, the submissive stays female.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Chrysiptera cyanea?
Generally, if you have 2 females, one changes sex and becomes the male.
Fighting is kind of part of the sex change process. The dominant female will become the male, the submissive stays female.

Interesting, that's the opposite of clownfish. They are juveniles or male and the dominant male becomes the female and the male is submissive.

 

[ThRoewer]

Interesting, that's the opposite of clownfish. They are juveniles or male and the dominant male becomes the female and the male is submissive.

Clownfish are the weird ones who have it in reverse. The predominant direction of sex change with reef fish and especially damselfish is from female to male.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Clownfish are the weird ones who have it in reverse. The predominant direction of sex change with reef fish and especially damselfish is from female to male.

As they say, learn something new every day! Thanks for that insight. I see aggressive damsel fish frequently when I snorkel in the Keys and always assumed it was the female.

Thanks!

 

[Zionas]

I’d assume both are equally aggressive when guarding eggs!