It finally happened

[jake_francis]

Sad day today. I have a pair of flame wrasse for the last three years. For the last couple of months the female had started its transformation into a male. It’s started to become more aggressive against the super male flame. I came home today from work and I found the super-male dead [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]. It was a beautiful fish.

 

[Katrina71]

I'm sorry

 

[Mal11224]

Tough loss. Sorry.

 

[nereefpat]

Bummer.

To be honest, I didn't realize two of the same species would last together that long.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Sorry for your loss. Pairing wrasses is not very good idea long term. Next time if you want to try again go with leopard wrasses.

 

[jake_francis]

Sorry for your loss. Pairing wrasses is not very good idea long term. Next time if you want to try again go with leopard wrasses.

Thanks.
I am learning the hard way. I was hoping that they would stay paired up.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Thanks.
I am learning the hard way. I was hoping that they would stay paired up.

I had a pair together before for almost three years but the tank broke and I loss them.

 

[extremetang]

It’s probably a silly question. If you already have an established pair, consisting of of a dominant male and a female partner, why would the other female wrasse need to turn male?
I’d like a pair myself. They are beautiful.

 

[saltyhog]

Wrasses do not form bonded pairs. The dominant fish will transform to male but often others will also. In the confines of an aquarium, this ends badly. In nature there is room for the non dominant male to steer clear of the boss. Not so in our glass boxes.

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/pairing-wrasses-thats-not-how-any-of-this-works.3/

 

[jake_francis]

Ever since the male wrasse died, the female flame went from

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To this

 

[nereefpat]

Awesome. Silver lining. That didn't take long.