Is this possible?

[fishboy@MFT]

Hey everybody, I havent been on lately but will probably be on more in the next couple days.


Ok anyway, in my 20 gallon discus tank i had a trio of A. Cacatuoides. The male died for some unknown reason. I tested the water, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrates 10. Ph around 7.4, which is regular. Anyway now one of my females seems to be changing sex. She is now getting more orange on her fins like the male, and growing longer fin extensions like the male. She/He has also been in the flower pot with the female. I'm wondering becuase this is kind of creepy, is it possible for her to change sex?


Thanks,
Daniel

[Faramir]

Or "she" was always male, but didn't show male colouration when there was a more dominant male in the tank. That is not uncommon, given that most juvenile fishes resemble the female form.

[jimbo]

I know of some tropical marine fish change gender when there seems to be a lack of females. But I've never heard of cichlids doing some gender-games.
So I'm with Faramir for sure.

Jimmy

[fishboy@MFT]

Thats what i kinda suspected, thanks:)