Male or Female flasher wrasses ?

[FWC]

I've been looking at getting a small group of flasher wrasses (3-4 fish), and was wondering if my best best for longevity/adaptability would be one supermale and 2-3 females or just getting an all female group and hoping one transitions into a male instead ?

 

[Genera]

Yes! 1 male and 2-3 females is great! The male will be displaying using his 'flash' and will be more colorful in general. I've always wanted to do this but haven't had the opportunity, yet. The females won't turn into a male as long as there is a male. If the male dies, the largest female will turn into a male. You could get a group of females, but it'd take a while for the largest one to turn into a male.

*Correct me if I'm wrong, I just dug the info about wrasses and their hermaphroditicness up from the back alleyway of my memory

 

[d-man]

Not true^. Often times the most dominant female will begin to transition. Especially if it's a large tank. The male often times just can't keep in check all the females. Soon you'll probably end up with 1 male and 1 or 2 sub males

 

[evolved]

Not true^. Often times the most dominant female will begin to transition. Especially if it's a large tank. The male often times just can't keep in check all the females. Soon you'll probably end up with 1 male and 1 or 2 sub males

^Agree

Plus, finding female Paracheilinus for sale which are correctly identified and are actually female is a very tall order. A unicorn some might say...

 

[FWC]

Ah crap, I said flasher wrasses. And by that I meant Fairy Wrasses, as in fish from the genus Cirrhilabrus.

How would the above plan work for Cirrhilabrus wrasses ?

 

[evolved]

Back to the OP, you'd find less grief in focusing on adding a group of males of different species (only one male of each species).

 

[evolved]

Ah crap, I said flasher wrasses. And by that I meant Fairy Wrasses, as in fish from the genus Cirrhilabrus.

How would the above plan work for Cirrhilabrus wrasses ?

Ultimately, probably the same result. There's a rather small chance, but some females may stay female in that case.

Females will still transition even with a male present, but it is actually possible to find and buy females of most species here.

I don't bother with pairs/trios of Paracheilinus or Cirrhilabrus anymore; females always transition to male eventually for me.

 

[d-man]

Yes, as hunter stated.

 

[Genera]

Ah, I knew I was wrong! Something was telling me to say that, and also telling me not to. I'll read up some more on wrasses now.

 

[d-man]

Rule of thumb, although input and activity is great, don't comment advice on something that you haven't experi yet.
But stay active