+1
I bought 3 females and watched 1 change to male. They were in a 55 for a long time, even through the transformation. If you can, get the females and watch one change. It's really interesting and I think that my male is WAYYY prettier than ANY I have seen in the stores. Since I gave him a good home and diet, he grew streamers and even has some green and yellow on him, in certain lighting. He is sooo gorgeous.
I don't feed mine a ton. I usually go for 1 cube of frozen and then just sprinkle in some meat or veggie pellets at night but there are some days when they only get fed once. They have been fine. I lost 1 female, due to jumping out of the tank. she was still alive when I found her on the carpet but, alas, she did not make it even 24 hours after I put her back in the tank.
My lyretails are in their new 150 wide reef home. They love it.
They do tend to get aggressive when they are kept in smaller tanks, and not just with each other. They will chase other fish, trying to claim territory. I did notice this after a while when they were in the 55.
I have always had luck with keeping them, but it could just be that. Luck. I enjoy them so much, and I think they are a wonderful addition.
Also not, I DO NOT keep them with aggressive fish and they are VERY susceptible to ich so I keep multiple cleaner shrimp and I see them get cleaned weekly.
