Angelfish question

[reefteaser]

I've had a female Spotbreast Angel (Genicanthus melanospilos) in my 115 gal mixed reef for almost 2 years. Great fish, well behaved, doesn't bother any corals at all. I see the male for sale at LA. Could I add him without problem? I'm going to be re-aquascaoing soon with some things I bought at Macna. I thought that might be a good time to do it.

 

[HumbleFish]

That's gonna be a little tricky because the female is already well established. She might let him enter her kingdom, she might not. I would definitely use an acclimation box to see how they interact before releasing him.

 

[reefteaser]

I was thinking that changing the rock scape would with territory issues, but is it enough? I guess I won't know until I try, but the male is WAY more expensive than she was, so I'm hesitant.

 

[ThRoewer]

I was thinking that changing the rock scape would with territory issues, but is it enough? I guess I won't know until I try, but the male is WAY more expensive than she was, so I'm hesitant.

Why not just get another female so that your current female turns into a male? It's definitely cheaper and chances for success are higher.

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[reefteaser]

They do that? It's happening with my Anthias now, but I wasn't aware this fish would change. If so, I think it's definitely better.

 

[ThRoewer]

All Dwarf Angelfish can change sex from female to male. And Genicanthus are quite known to do so.

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[reefteaser]

Good to know, thank you! Getting another female will be cheaper and more fun then. Watching my Anthias change has been very entertaining.

 

[OrionN]

Anthias change quickly in days. These angles take months to year to change so don’t think you see them change in a few weeks.

 

[ThRoewer]

Anthias change quickly in days. These angles take months to year to change so don't think you see them change in a few weeks.

The morphological an color changes may take a bit longer but I don't think it should take that long for the dominant female to change into a functional male.

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[Big E]

From a color/pattern perspective----------

My female bellus took months to change to a male as Orion stated. It was so slow I didn't notice it for quite some time.

I've had lyretail anthias start to show changes to a male in a few days.

 

[OrionN]

My two female Watanabei took many months for one to start to change and takes months to finish. When during this time he become functionally male I don't know. I think they can revert from male to female also.