6 line wrasse

looking into getting one for my 135, are they aggressive to other fish???
what do they eat?
are they good with like 5 or 6 tangs and a bunch of other fish???
let me know!
ohh and i would love to see peoples pictures of theres, and any other wrasses that are fairly cheap and look great, i might consider them!

 

also what do you all think about it with a green mandarin??? will it out compete it in a 135? yes no?

 

The sixline is a fairly peaceful fish. They are fascinating to watch and fairly hardy...Mine will eat anything I feed the tank. I would not recommend more then one in your tank. I tried to put a yellow finned fairy wrasse in the same tank and the sixline nearly killed it. Thank goodness we have other sw tanks up, we were able to get the fairy wrasse out and put her in one of those tanks. That is another beauty, the fairy wrasse....

Below is our sixline along with a pagoda coral and pulsing xenia...

 

Nemo, just search any of Scott's (OmarD) old threads. He posted more pics and stories of his old 6 line than anyone else, I think. You may want to PM to ask if he had it in with a mandarin. I know they'd compete for pods, but the 6 line will eat other foods too besides just pods.

 

i know a guy here in town that has his mandarin eating cyclops which is what he feeds his corals anyway if that makes you feel better about it they are capable of getting to eat frozen/live foods

The new 6 line I just got is being a punk and will only eat live foods, so I'm having to use brine shrimp, tonight im going to try 50/50 of frozen mysis and live brine to see if he'll go for the mysis

Never seen either of my 6 lines ever go after another inhabitant

 

I have 2 in my tank, been in for about 5 months now. They havent had any problems with other fish, I have tangs and other wrasse. They dont stop moving, below is the best pic I could get.

 

I love my six line as well! My is a little picky right now on food, I've chopped up some raw shrimp and he ate that, he also ate some frozen brine shrimp, but he doesn't always eat when I feed. I do see him picking at the lr and walls of the tank, so I assume he is eating something. No problem with other fish

 

i had a sixline in my 50g for about a year until it decided it wanted to kill my oscellaris clown. in the end the sixline and the clown were destroyed be a close loop pump i was using for circulation. unfortunately my prefilter holes were too large for the two. it was a sad time but i really enjoyed the personality of the sixline. i currently have a female leopard wrasse that i purchased last week and she is beautiful with a great personality. no luck with frozen food though; thank God i have infinite types of pods in the 75g it is in. they never stop moving and are a beautiful fish, i would consider one.

 

I would only recommend a leopard wrasse if you can find one that the LFS has had for over a month and eats frozen or freeze dried food. Ours ate frozen (thawed) mysis and spirulina at first, but then eventually started to go after and eat small freeze-dried mysis. Now she will even eat (or nip at) the seaweed strips along with the tangs. It has a good personality, and doesn't bother any of our other fish (see my sig). It needs at least a 2-1/2 to 3 inch sand bed to sleep in, crushed coral or bare bottom isn't suitable for them.

 

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Could see how there may be a problem with them competing for same food in a newly established tank...but while Mandarin has particular eating habits, the wrasse will eat anything.


Wrasse never had problem with other fish in tank including mandarin.




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