Ever had a pair of Copperband Butterflyfish?

[Instigate]

I saw this on IG today and wondered how I can make this happen. From what I've read you can't visually sex most or all butterflyfish. If you have two male or two female will they just get along or will they hang out together? Or will they fight? If anyone has had experience I would like to hear about it.

 

[eatbreakfast]

They are sequential hermaphrodites. So getting 2 individuals as small as possible would be the best way, but may not perfectly work out. If they are both already males one will pester the other to death.

 

[Instigate]

They are sequential hermaphrodites. So getting 2 individuals as small as possible would be the best way, but may not perfectly work out. If they are both already males one will pester the other to death.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Instigate]

They are sequential hermaphrodites. So getting 2 individuals as small as possible would be the best way, but may not perfectly work out. If they are both already males one will pester the other to death.

Are you 100% on that? I keep reading that they're gonochorists.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hmm, most butterflies are hermaphrodites, so perhaps this genus is an outlier.

 

[Instigate]

Hmm, most butterflies are hermaphrodites, so perhaps this genus is an outlier.

If so then getting a group of juveniles and letting them pair up on their own would be the method right? Or introducing different specimens one by one to a single fish.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Generally for gonochorists, get a small group, let 2 pr, then remove the rest.