When will they change sex?

[ChickenCannoneer]

I have had my lyretail anthias school of 9 females for over 3 months now. Still no male. I would really like to have one change but if worse comes to worse I may just buy one. How much longer will it take. I saw on the DicoveryHD that in the wild it usually takes about a week. Thanks, Tim

 

[Steven0000]

they will change if conditions are right
and even then they may stay the same sex according to my knowledge
i dont know too much about changeing sex
but i would just go buy a male
i think if they havent changed by now
they might ever

just my opinion

hopes this helps
Steven.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Re: When will they change sex?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7851734#post7851734 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChickenCannoneer
I have had my lyretail anthias school of 9 females for over 3 months now. Still no male. I would really like to have one change but if worse comes to worse I may just buy one. How much longer will it take. I saw on the DicoveryHD that in the wild it usually takes about a week. Thanks, Tim

They may still be sorting it out or one may already be acting like a male with color changes to follow. Behavior is first followed by the chromatic changes. IMHO you shouldn't buy another one, you could end up with 2 males. Can you identify a dominant female?

 

[ChickenCannoneer]

When I got them some already had an elongated 3rd dorsal spine. I can tell which one is the dominant female. The problem is she already kind of has a long dorsal spine. The reason that I asked was because I think that I read that if they were kept in big enough schools that they would not change as the aggression would be so spread out. Thanks, Tim

 

[Angel*Fish]

Hmmm....I didn't know that - I'd still give them longer than 3 mo.

I know when you have evenly matched fish, as in size and temperament, it's likely to take longer than if they were all a half inch apart in size, for example