I have a female melanurus wrasse. I have thought of adding a male of the same size. Anyone done that? Obviously the males are prettier will my female eventually become a male?
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Cool thanks for getting the discussion startedI'm pretty sure it can become a male. Also if there are two female I'm pretty sure one will become a male. I'm 100% sure still learning all this wrasse stuff, I know that @evolved and @eatbreakfast can help out
They are all different IMO and IME. I had a scotts that was mean to all other fish through qt but once in my main tank it was not bullied but steered clear of every other fish.I was curious about the same thing I have a male Scott's wrasse and was thinking about adding a female
Every female melanurus wrasse I have ever owned or encountered has transitioned to a maleon it's owned.
@gablett I would not add a male to an established female. Male melanurus wrasses are quite intolerant of other male conspecifics. The female may have begun it's transition, and although not evident to people is very evident to them.
@vedros74 be xery careful adding H. chrysotaenia to an established melanurus, they are very close relatives so aggression will be worse between these 2 than other Halichoeres species. It can be done, but be aware. Keeping them together makes it easy to see the difference between these 2 species and to see how truly stunning chrysotaenia is.
Also, I would not add a female scott's to an established male. Scotts wrasses are particularly aggressive toward fairy wrasses and even more so toward a conspecific.