Male anthias transitioned to female - should I get a male or female partner?

[Mecogirl]

About a year ago I purchased a male lyretail anthias from Petco. Over time, as expected, he (she?) has lost his dorsal spike and coloration and is now presenting as a female with the bright orange coloring. We upgraded our tank to a 75g a few months ago and I am thinking of getting him a friend. I am trying to decide between buying a male with full coloring or a female - I know if I buy a female, one or the other will at some point transition to male. However I am considering buying a male just so I can ensure the pretty bright red coloring. If I buy a male, am I asking for trouble buy putting him with a lone anthias who *used to* be male? Also, if I QT the male alone for a month is he just going to lose his color before he even gets a chance to enter the display?

Thanks!

 

[blaxsun]

The most important thing is to determine which of the 126 or so odd pronouns “they” want to use. ;Sour

 

[9975]

I would just get a smaller female so the bigger one will transition back without the smaller one putting up much of a fight.