Flame wrasse

[LukeV]

Has anyone had success keeping a Tri or group of flame wrasses?

 

[Salty1962]

Only problem is that they'll all turn to males, if you get males and females, and fight it out for territory.

 

[LukeV]

I heard that if all are added as female, only one will become the dominant male.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I heard that if all are added as female, only one will become the dominant male.

Well, one will become male first, but that won't stop the next one from becoming male too, once that happens the two will fight, usually to the demise of one.

You can buy them in a group, but it won't stop them from transitioning. So ultimately you will end up with one per species, so why pay for a group when you only need to pay for one.

 

[LukeV]

Ok, so a pair will fail too?

 

[rlman41299]

Had trio all turned male lol

 

[eatbreakfast]

Ok, so a pair will fail too?

Yup, they will all turn male.

 

[evolved]

Yes, just stick with a single of any particular species.

 

[Dan1789]

I started with a trio of females over a year ago, have one male now

 

[d-man]

Unless you have a really large tank. Then multiple makes will be fine. I'm talking really large. I have 2 males, 1 is super, 1 not. And 3 females. I have 20-30 wrasses in there so aggression is minimal.

 

[LukeV]

I have a 250 dd