Leopard wrasse compatablity

[goodtimes2]

Can you keep different male leopard wrasse together within in the same family grouping, like a male potter and black spotted wrasse in a 180 gallon tank , or do you need to have just one just male within the family and everything else needs to be a female ?

 

[29reef]

They normally get along just fine in my experience. Right now I have a black and a regular together in my 150.

 

[snorvich]

Females intermix well. I do not think that two males will get along.

 

[goodtimes2]

I read about the males not getting along as well, just trying to reconfirm this with anyone's actual experience.

 

[snorvich]

I read about the males not getting along as well, just trying to reconfirm this with anyone's actual experience.

I have had various leopards for almost 3 years.

 

[29reef]

Steve have you ever had several species together? When they turn male did they become aggressive toward each other?

 

[snorvich]

Steve have you ever had several species together? When they turn male did they become aggressive toward each other?

I have kept 4 species together (240 gallon tank). A female converted (changed) to a male and took out another male in a different species. However, I had a male choati coexist with a male bipartus. So, I cannot say for sure across species.

 

[goodtimes2]

Thanks for your input Steve, I always wonder what might happen if you have 2 or 3 different females leopard species and a few of them turn into males if they would co exist.

 

[goodtimes2]

Anybody else who had a couple of male leopard wrasse types in your tank for any length of time ?