Will a female Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse turn to a male on its own?

[Cambria]

I was thinking about getting a Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse but was wondering if I ended up getting a female if it would turn into a male down the road (without another Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse)?

 

[praveen956]

I was thinking about getting a Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse but was wondering if I ended up getting a female if it would turn into a male down the road (without another Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse)?

Yes.. it will


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[Cambria]

Awesome! Thank you

 

[Tripod1404]

I was thinking about getting a Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse but was wondering if I ended up getting a female if it would turn into a male down the road (without another Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse)?

It might or might not. Its not 100% certain. But if there are no other female fairy wrasse of any kind, chances are it will not.

 

[Cambria]

It might or might not. Its not 100% certain. But if there are no other female fairy wrasse of any kind, chances are it will not.

So if there's a female fairy wrasse of some other kind, there's a better chance of it turning into a male?

I have a female blue star leopard wrasse and a female melanurus wrasse (which I think the melanurus wrasse is suppose to change into a male regardless). So I don't know if they would motivate the margin wrasse to be more dominate, therefore creating her to change.

 

[Tripod1404]

So if there's a female fairy wrasse of some other kind, there's a better chance of it turning into a male?



I have a female blue star leopard wrasse and a female melanurus wrasse (which I think the melanurus wrasse is suppose to change into a male regardless). So I don't know if they would motivate the margin wrasse to be more dominate, therefore creating her to change.

It needs to be a closely related species with similar color pattern. And even than it will not be certain. You can sometimes have two females of the same species and neither change sex.

Sex change is a socially induced event, not all females in the wild turn into males. Since they live in harems, there needs to be considerably more females than males. As a result, there needs to be certain cues for a female to change to a male. For some species, absence of a male is enough. For others there needs to be several females and no male.

Leopard wrasses, melanurus wrasse and fairy wrasses are in different genuses. I don't think presence of these will have an influence on pink margin.


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[albano]

It might or might not. Its not 100% certain. But if there are no other female fairy wrasse of any kind, chances are it will not.

+1... You'll need more fairy wrasses in your tank, especially if you're hoping for a 'supermale'

 

[Cambria]

It needs to be a closely related species with similar color pattern. And even than it will not be certain. You can sometimes have two females of the same species and neither change sex.

Sex change is a socially induced event, not all females in the wild turn into males. Since they live in harems, there needs to be considerably more females than males. As a result, there needs to be certain cues for a female to change to a male. For some species, absence of a male is enough. For others there needs to be several females and no male.

Leopard wrasses, melanurus wrasse and fairy wrasses are in different genuses. I don't think presence of these will have an influence on pink margin.


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Very interesting. Thanks for the information. I might get a couple then.

Thanks all for your input.

 

[d-man]

Supermale pink margins are cheap. I’d just buy one.. the likelihood that one will turn “supermale” is extremely doubtful. Wrasses typically turn “supermale” when there are other less dominant males in the harem and the most dominant needs to “shine” more and so it becomes supermale/alpha/terminal.
Just the presence of a female or a few doesn’t mean it’ll turn supermale. Male, most likely, but “supermale” unlikely