lyretail anthias changing color

[integrus]

i have a male lyretail anthias that is changing to a purple color. the dots on his side fines are purple and the tips of the rest of his body is purple as well. there is one male and 7 females in the tank. just curious if anyone knows about this.

thanks devin

 

[integrus]

just some more info. the color is actually very pretty, it is not just his fins but the whole body is purple.

 

[ct_vol]

He's probably just becoming a "SuperMale"... Mine did this when a female changing into a male was added to the tank... They become brighter and a bit more aggressive and show their dominance... They are definately quite pretty... I lost mine when I redid my 120g...

 

[integrus]

thanks,

anything i need to worry about?

 

[ct_vol]

Nope...


Post some pics...

 

[fishdoc11]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13292850#post13292850 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ct_vol
I lost mine when I redid my 120g...

I lost both of mine when I redid my 120 as well

 

[EvilMel]

No offense BUT they don't exactly have a high survivorship rate, right?

 

[fishdoc11]

Right but I had mine for close to 2 years. Some are hard to get acclimated to tank life but once they do the hardier types do pretty well. I think they went and hid in other fish's spots when I was messing with the tank and got the heck beat out of them.

 

[ct_vol]

I had them a year and a half... The only reason I lost mine is because it hid in a piece of LR and I didn't know it... It was out of water for about an hour while I was redoing the aquascape... Oh well...

 

[fishdoc11]

nevermind

 

[ct_vol]

:wave: