Lyretail Anthia Question

Hello Everyone,

I have had a trio of femal Lyretail Anthias now for about 3-4 weeks. Before I bought them, they were in the LFS for about 1.5 weeks together. I wanted to know how long it typically takes for the dominant female to change into a male?

As of now, non of the three exhibit any color changes, fin elongation or any such physical appearance changes. My LFS has a beautiful male in and I wanted to know if I should purchase the male to push my females, or if I should wait longer for one of my females to morph into a male.

I thank you in advance for letting me hear your experience and opinions.

Robert

 

If I were you, and space in my tank allowed, I would get the male, if it is really true none of your females are showing signs of changing. But I'm impatient lol

If you want to wait for the female to change, then that is fine too. There might be more fighting to witness as one becomes dominant. When I got my three lyretails one had *just* started changing. Pretty much she was just a lot bigger than the others and had a slight hint of pink to her. Once the obvious (to me) change started, it went quick. About 2 weeks probably.