sixline wrasse

bignose · #1 07-23-2009, 07:09 PM

My girlfriend came home with a six line today. It's still in the bag floating in my tank. I'm not sure if I should take it back because I've heard they are very aggressive. Should I take it back?

sitandwatch · #2 07-23-2009, 07:13 PM

What else is in the tank? They can be aggressive depending on what else you have in the tank.

I wish my wife would bring me home a fish

bignose · #3 07-23-2009, 07:17 PM

I should also mention it's a 95G tank with a mandarin dragonette and a scooter blenny to compete with for food.
Edit: with 110-120 pnds of live rock

Piscez · #4 07-23-2009, 07:56 PM

Mine was one of the first fish in my tank so you would think it would be agressive, but it isn't at all. The food thing could be an issue but mine eats anything I throw in there. This is in an overstocked 72 bow hejust crusies around the rock minding his own business

banditpowdercoat · #5 07-23-2009, 08:01 PM

Mine wasnt agressive, just a really fast swimmer. Sometimes that can stress the slower fish.

fkshiu · #6 07-23-2009, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bignose

I should also mention it's a 95G tank with a mandarin dragonette and a scooter blenny to compete with for food.
Edit: with 110-120 pnds of live rock

Might not be good. Six lines compete for the same types of pods as food with the dragonette, but are far faster.

kien · #7 07-23-2009, 09:08 PM

My sixline doesn't bother anyone and he eats anything I throw into the tank.. pellets, flake, fish mush, etc. I'm sure he loves pods too and competes for the pods with my mandarin but I rarely see him nipping or picking things off rocks.

landshark · #8 07-23-2009, 10:34 PM

Just purchased a juvie 6 line about 2 weeks ago. It eats anything as well. Very fast but doesn't bother my other fish. I noticed my flatworm population has dwindled so it's working for that problem. Never thought about competition for pods and such. It eats alot of mysis and brine. Hmmmmm.

Madreefer · #9 07-23-2009, 10:52 PM

Really cool fish. I had one for a couple of years. Mine was perfect, he ate bristle worms and any other nuisance worms. Than I added a leopard wrasse. He killed it so I got ****ed off and I gave him to a freind. He killed my freinds fairy wrasse and picked out the eyes in his lawnmower blenny. Could of just been mine that is a jerk so good luck.

bignose · #10 07-24-2009, 12:10 AM

Thanks for the help. My GF really like the fish and she talked me into keeping it. Hope I have enough pods in my tank. She also brought some mysis for food. I have to admit they are nice fish. It acclimated good and took to the rest of the community and is swimming with everyone.