Sexing Carberryi anthias help

[seafansar]

I just bought 5 Carberryi anthias (Nemanthias carberryi) and am afraid I have 3 males and 2 females. The one's I think are females are more orange than the other three and smaller.

Is there any good way to tell males from females?

 

[seafansar]

Anyone? They are all sitting in a bucket together. I'm afraid to put them in.

Has anyone put more than one male together? Do they really fight to the death? :(

 

[akma]

I had 5 of them only 2 left. I'm pretty sure I have two males right now but they only argue during feedings.

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Carberryi/Threadfin Anthias

 

[seafansar]

Thanks! I put them all in the tank. I'm hoping they are all females, cause in the tank they all look about the same. I'll try to take some pictures once they calm down. So far they are schooling nicely.

 

[Warren]

you should be fine, depending on your tank size, if you have a big enough tank they might end up splitting one half of the tank.

 

[seafansar]

you should be fine, depending on your tank size, if you have a big enough tank they might end up splitting one half of the tank.

Thanks. They are all in my 150 right now. They all seem to get along just fine. There are two that I think are challenging each other to become male. I think they are all female from the pictures of males that I've seen. I can't wait for one to change! The males are really pretty, mainly purple and yellow instead of mostly orange.