Potter's Wrasse Appearance

[Confuse]

I've owned three Potter's wrasses throughout the years and they all started out with bright yellow heads and slowly fading into faint mustard yellow color not nearly as vibrant as when I first got them. Is this normal for this fish? Seems like the males tend to lose their color with time. Such a bummer since they look so great initially.

Discuss!

Here he was when I got him...

 

[mark.a.smith405]

Let's see a pic of him now! I've never had one so Im no help


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[LAreefguy]

I could only imagine that it would be from them lacking something in their diet. Do you use selcon in your food?

 

[Scout]

Maybe it's switching sexes? Probably not, but I know my leopard is switching and his pattern has faded away.

 

[Confuse]

Maybe it's switching sexes? Probably not, but I know my leopard is switching and his pattern has faded away.

From the research I've done now, it appears to be that the males are less colorful than the females. The females are a brighter yellow/orange.

Mine is sort of starting to look like this:

Dang! When I bought it, I chose mine because it was the biggest one and though it would get brighter as they matured.

 

[Scout]

From the research I've done now, it appears to be that the males are less colorful than the females. The females are a brighter yellow/orange.

Mine is sort of starting to look like this:

Dang! When I bought it, I chose mine because it was the biggest one and though it would get brighter as they matured.

Does this mean my prediction was correct? I bought a normal leopard wrasse because I liked the white. Now it's changing male and I'm going to have a bad a$$ blue wrasse.

 

[Scout]

Every fish is different, and when you introduce them their pecking order will get switched around, and a once aggressive male may get put in place by one of your other fish, making your new fish in turn act as a female.

I had a similar thing happen when I got rid of my purple tang. My yellow Coris wrasse was picked on so much that he hid in a rock, when I got rid of the tang and introduce the female leopard wrasse, my yellow Coris instantly came out and swam along side him, she was so thankful she had someone to protect her. Now my new leopard wrasse felt that sense of leadership and is changing to a male. Fish are trippy!!!

 

[DASTHEBADGUY]

Nice fish

 

[BeanMachine]

From the research I've done now, it appears to be that the males are less colorful than the females. The females are a brighter yellow/orange.

Mine is sort of starting to look like this:

Dang! When I bought it, I chose mine because it was the biggest one and though it would get brighter as they matured.

Nope its the opposite. Not nearly as vibrant when they are small but still nice. Nothing to do with their diet.

 

[campge]

Here's mine...


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