Leopard Wrasses - females change to males?

[Spar]

If I get two female leopard wrasses, will one change into a male?

in a 450g, could i go with more than a pair of them?

 

[albano]

If I get two female leopard wrasses, will one change into a male?

in a 450g, could i go with more than a pair of them?

1 should change, but it might take awhile ... More important is just getting them to survive long term.
I have 4 leopards in my 450g DT for over a year

 

[billnPS]

Yea, you can; & like albano said--getting them to survive is the key...I've had a harem of bipartitus leopards myself.

 

[snorvich]

My female took 4 years to change. Unfortunately there was another male in the same 240 gallon tank and only one male survived.

 

[Spar]

are they generally peaceful with other fish? other wrasses? I wouldn't mind getting a group of 5, in hopes that 3 make it in the long run until a sex change.

do males often show up online? on LA, i only see males from a different region from where the females comes from.

 

[snorvich]

are they generally peaceful with other fish? other wrasses? I wouldn't mind getting a group of 5, in hopes that 3 make it in the long run until a sex change.

do males often show up online? on LA, i only see males from a different region from where the females comes from.

I do not follow DD religiously, however I have, in the past, seen some unusual leopard wrasses there. I even remember (don't trust my memory!) an African female bipartus once.

 

[snorvich]

are they generally peaceful with other fish? other wrasses? I wouldn't mind getting a group of 5, in hopes that 3 make it in the long run until a sex change.

They are not keen about mandarins. Otherwise, no issue that I have seen.

 

[eatbreakfast]

are they generally peaceful with other fish? other wrasses? I wouldn't mind getting a group of 5, in hopes that 3 make it in the long run until a sex change.

do males often show up online? on LA, i only see males from a different region from where the females comes from.

They are usually pretty tolerant of other fishes, though I have seen male leopards take issue with Halichoeres wrasse.

Males dont show up as often as females as they tend to be more delicate when it comes to shipping stress, thoughthey do show up on DD with a degree of regularity.

I wouldnt worry to much about region when it comes to a harem.

I do not follow DD religiously, however I have, in the past, seen some unusual leopard wrasses there. I even remember (don't trust my memory!) an African female bipartus once.

Not sure how unusual a bipartitus from Africa is as they are found along the African coast from the Red Sea(Africa) down to South Africa(also Africa).

 

[snorvich]

Not sure how unusual a bipartitus from Africa is as they are found along the African coast from the Red Sea(Africa) down to South Africa(also Africa).

I don't think they are unusual but as I said, I don't follow DD.

 

[MIKE NY]

I have a few for a couple of years now and all are in the 4-6" range...the largest is a male Ornate which doesn't allow any of the others to turn male....they are peacefull with all other fish, but bicker between themsleves with no injuries just some chasing and flaring fins.

 

[ca1ore]

I've had a mixed set of leopard species. Started out with five females and one male; now I have only the five females. It's been six months since the male died, and none of the females are showing any signs of changing gender.

FWIW, best advice I got in acclimating leopards was to put them into their own system and feed them almost continuously for a few months. The male I had that died did well initially, and even though it ate well, it lost weight gradually. Even though I treated with prazipro, I suspect some kind of internal parasite.