Genicanthus harem

[fishguy2501]

Has anyone had any experience in creating a harem of genicanthus? I am considering trying this in my new tank.

 

[sde1500]

HumaGuy has:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2002370&page=216

 

[albano]

Has anyone had any experience in creating a harem of genicanthus? I am considering trying this in my new tank.

Easy to do... all 3 the same type?

 

[fishguy2501]

Easy to do... all 3 the same type?

Yes, all the same species, i would want 5-7

 

[albano]

Yes, all the same species, i would want 5-7

Well, if you're gonna have only 1 male, then I'd suggest Bellus for the nicest females

 

[d-man]

Japanese masked swallowtails are my vote for prettiest male...except the personatus of course

It's a trade off. Yes, as albano stated, I think Bellus have great looking females but a blah male. Where the jMS I mentioned above have blah females.

 

[sde1500]

My next tank I'd love a trio, or at the very least a pair, of Bellus.

 

[albano]

Japanese masked swallowtails are my vote for prettiest male...except the personatus of course

It's a trade off. Yes, as albano stated, I think Bellus have great looking females but a blah male. Where the jMS I mentioned above have blah females.

My plan for my new tank is a large JM swallowtail male, with 2 or 3 small Bellus females

 

[evolved]

...except the personatus of course

Waikiki had a harem of them in the big tank in the back when I was there Sept 2015.
I stared for a good hour.

 

[apcoleman]

I purchased a trio of small bellus females for my 250 and over the course of a few months a clear pecking order emerged. About 6 months later the dominant female made the change over to male. Was interesting to see the change.

 

[albano]

I purchased a trio of small bellus females for my 250 and over the course of a few months a clear pecking order emerged. About 6 months later the dominant female made the change over to male. Was interesting to see the change.

If you had introduced a larger/more dominate Genicanthus male of another type after that happened, the Bellus male would have reverted back to female colors.

 

[d-man]

Problem is the JMS can be quite aggressive towards other Genis

 

[d-man]

Hunter, were they WC or a trio from Karen?

 

[evolved]

Hunter, were they WC or a trio from Karen?

Not sure, and I didn't ask. But I'm not talking a trio - more like 1M/5F. I have pictures somewhere on my home PC.