Japanese Swallowtail Spotbreast Angelfish switching sex? (Genicanthus melanospilos)

[Sdot]

Hey family, calling all you Japanese angel fish experts or experienced! I think my one of my angelfish is changing to a male. July of 2020 i picked up two female Spotbreast Angels... I wanted a male but i find they are really hard to come by locally. Fast forward to Dec and my LFS had a male....and I picked up immediately. All was well until a month and half ago where my larger female turned super aggressive toward my male to the point where I had to put him in my fuge.

The last couple of days i noticed the larger "Female" is changing color...is it changing sex? If so how long does that normally takes? Pix and time stamps below.

July 2020 Females

Here is the male added 12/2020

Larger "Female" color change 03/01/2021

 

[nereefpat]

Very cool. Looks like it to me.

 

[Snoopy 67]

To me also.

 

[Zionas]

Hopefully the more dominant one will get the other to revert back to Female. How big are your angels and how long have you had your original female? How big’s the tank?

Hope they’re doing well for you would you say they’re hardy fish? xD sorry to bombard you with questions but I love em

 

[Zionas]

How big were you 2 original females when you got them?

 

[Sdot]

How big were you 2 original females when you got them?

Hey if i had to guess maybe 4 inches for the larger female and 3 for the smaller one. The male was bigger than both at nearly 6 inches.

 

[Sdot]

Hopefully the more dominant one will get the other to revert back to Female. How big are your angels and how long have you had your original female? How big’s the tank?

Hope they’re doing well for you would you say they’re hardy fish? xD sorry to bombard you with questions but I love em

Hey if i had to guess maybe 4 inches for the larger female and 3 for the smaller one. The male was bigger than both at nearly 6 inches.

The tank is 305 gallon system. I wouldnt say the are hardy but not extremely difficult either. Just make sure they are feeding.

 

[Zionas]

Ahh ok I see. Any struggles with feeding or disease? What makes them not hardy?

 

[Sdot]

Ahh ok I see. Any struggles with feeding or disease? What makes them not hardy?

I think its the feeding and their tolerance.

 

[Zionas]

I see. Tolerance as in temperament or lack of resistance to disease?

 

[Sdot]

I see. Tolerance as in temperament or lack of resistance to disease?

Id say both.

 

[Zionas]

Ahhh ok which diseases have your angels dealt with? Lol sorry for all the questions I’m really interested in these fish.

 

[Sdot]

Ahhh ok which diseases have your angels dealt with? Lol sorry for all the questions I’m really interested in these fish.

No worries, ive dealt with ich. Its really the feeding thats a concern. If you can get them to eat...you are mostly out if the woods.

 

[Zionas]

Hey thanks for clarifying. It’s hard getting them to feed? If so any tips?

 

[Sdot]

Hey thanks for clarifying. It’s hard getting them to feed? If so any tips?

Hey sorry for the delay... had a bit of a tank emergency. I've always fed my fish frozen foods...specifically Mysis. I don't worry if they don't eat the 1st couple days..but any thing beyond that i worry. Didn't have an issue with this group.

 

[Zionas]

Oh that’s good to know. so you don’t feed any pellets or flake?

What happened to the tank if you don’t mind? hope it’s all good now

 

[Sdot]

Oh that’s good to know. so you don’t feed any pellets or flake?

What happened to the tank if you don’t mind? hope it’s all good now

No never been a fan of flake food or pellets... not knocking them but just not my thing. I would love to do live all the time, however that not realistic. Frozen is the next best thing. As far as the tank.... early Sunday morning (just after midnight)…. I logged into my apex to see the results of the trident midnight test, when I notices a red exclamation mark on one of my EB832's. Long story short my EB832 wasn't powering my dosing pumps or anything plugged into it. I had to jerry rig the system. My dosing pump also died so..... But all is good now, had to purchase another DOS :mad:.

Your favorite Angel Photo bombed the video...lol

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