They are really cool little guys. I used to have one until my seabae anemone ate it.

Matt

my sixline gets along with everyone. He is housed with 2 percs, yellow tang, 6 yellow tail damsals, royal gramma, small watchman gobie a hermit crab and a cleaner shrimp, all in a 45 gal. Very busy fellow, but bothers no one, and is fish with great personality. :lol:

And what about a pair or trio? Do you need to get an already mated pair or is it like clowns where you buy small ones and they sort out who wears the pants in the family?

WOW Seamonkey 12 fish in a 45 gal :eek: That must be pushing the bioload

the only problem i had with a 6line was it's continued attempts to live on the other side of the glass. he finally ended up living in the overflow.

Yep, lost my first one that way as well. They seem to have a nightly hyperactivity period where they dart back an forth across the tank and dive crazily through the rockwork, and, if you're not careful, try to explore the rest of the room.

I have personally seen two of them in a six foot tank. They got along very well. The only problem was that they invariably ended up in overflows. :sad: