Anyone NOT have all their Bartletts turn male?

[aznepydna]

It seems that everyone I know that has tried a group of Bartletts anthias has had the whole group turn male and then usually kill each other. Is this the norm?

 

[smilodon]

seems that's only heppend to Barlett's, and so I only bought one Barlett's

 

[Chooch1]

It seems to be the norm that most of them eventually turn male. I had a group of 4 Bartletts. One turned male and killed/harassed to death the original male. The third one seemed to become a large female or subdominant male but hid alot and eventually died. I then had the male and a smaller female that stayed female for a year or more but then died. The male was the lone survivor of the group. He probably lived 3-4 years total with the other 3 dying after 2 years to about 3 years for the remaining. It seems that if the female is quite a bit smaller than the male they will stay female for longer. You might want to try one male with a group of 2 or 3 much smaller females.