azfishgal
Active Member
Here is a picture of all three of my Lyretail Anthias. The female I received from SWF (and survived the shipping) seems to be much brighter than the female I bought today. This could because the one I bought at the store is still a bit stressed. She is more colorful than she was at the lfs, but I can definately tell the difference between the two females. I put the male in first (after acclimating him) and the old female seemed to like him. She came right out of her cave, they swam around each other and all seemed well. About two hours later the new female was added and that was the end of a peaceful situation. The old female was attacking the new female.
I didn't do anything to see if they would settle down and they did. It was pretty funny because when the females were fighting the male darted into the cave and stayed there.
Soon after things settled down the new female attacked the old female and it looked like they even got a hold of each other's lips and wouldn't let go. I quickly tapped on the glass out of fear they would hurt each other and they let go. It's now been about two hours since the new female was added and all seems to be calm. The male is also out and about and they are swimming around with each other. I'm kinda hoping my new female becomes as bright as my other female. I'm kind of wondering if she was starting to change over to being male, though she does not have the spots on the fins and her tail fin and belly are yellowish. She's just more pink than orange. My male is larger than both females, so I'm hoping if the one female was starting to change that she'll change back. Is that even possible?
Or do females vary in color?
OK, enough talk, here is the best picture I could get of all three of them.
OK, enough talk, here is the best picture I could get of all three of them.
