Multile male barlett's

[MBVette]

So with the purchase of 5 female bartletts about 4-6 weeks ago two of them have turned into males now.

The two of them are chasing each other around the tank a lot, and one of them has found a hiding spot inside one of my rocks where he has been hanging out. Will they calm down and accept each other, or will one of them wind up killing the other?

 

[Urchinhead]

If I remember right since it sounds like neither one is a terminal aka super male one will revert to female. Most likely the one hiding. However it also may end up that that male starves to death or gets too stressed before that happens so keep an eye on it.

 

[MBVette]

He comes out to eat when I feed them, but right afterward he jolts right back to the hiding spot. So I know he is eating pretty well still.

 

[eho72]

Tagging along. I have a similar situation. I have 2 female bartlett anthias in my DT so I bought 1 male bartlett to be added after the QT process. While the male bartlett is going through QT, one of the female in the DT is starting to turn male. I can see the vertical yellow line in the middle of the body, the forehead and body and turning a deeper pink. So I am thinking about selling the male bartlett that is in the QT and adding a female instead. Not sure if this is even worth the trouble since chances are that one of the females will turn male and I will end up with more males than females again.

Is it possible that the sub-male can revert back to female if I add the male bartlett in my QT to the DT? I didn't think this could happen.