Recommended Wrasse for 34g Nano?

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by Matt Rogers, Mar 18, 2010.

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  1. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    It's hard to find one with good color. Not one I recommend ordering online.
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Ack. Not what I want to hear. :p

    Eggcrate would work, but I cannot do that to this tank. I just love the lines too much! I did it on my old one though.

    hmmm.. you got me back to sixline. I did love mine too.

    That pygmy is wild! Man are all wrasses cool?

    Pipefish again? EDIT - I think I misunderstood you the first time, you are talking about in the display tank not the fuge? My current is WAY too high for a pipefish I am afraid.
     
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  4. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    deffiently get a McCoskers Flasher i love mine :D nice and small too oh yea and my guy is a diver not a jumper but i do have an eggcrate lid just in case
     
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  5. Validity

    Validity Skunk Shrimp

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    I never had any problems with jumpers, I have a 6-line right now and always had open top and never ever he tried to jump lol...
     
  6. eddy38

    eddy38 Spaghetti Worm

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    I had a 6 line that I loved, but he got too aggressive so he went back to the LFS.
    I have a McCoskers now and I love him too because he swims around flashing his cool bright coloured fins and doesn't actually hurt anyone else in the tank.
    My 6 line did jump into the back of my tank once, but he was fine. They really are a very resillient fish.
     
  7. norg.

    norg. Kole Tang

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    I would personally go with a sixline. They have such great personality. I do love leopard wrasses and the red tail flasher wrasse though. I have heard much less about sixlines jumping in comparison to other wrasse species. Maybe its just me though. :p
     
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  9. blumoon reefers

    blumoon reefers Millepora

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    If you don't want to go the eggcrate route, why not give the DIY screen and frame a try. I had one on my 75 and I know a couple other people on here have made them. Works to keep the jumpers in (wrasses do love to go flying) and also doesn't cut back on the lights. IMO, I also think it is a classier, completed look compared to the eggcrate.
     
  10. Matt Rogers

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    Yeah that is nicer I agree - I just cannot put anything on this Neo Nano - the lines are too nice as is. I'll have to workaround it... sounds like a sixline might be the safest choice of the wrasses so far if I get a wrasse.
     
  11. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Just a word of caution: I have heard of six lines turning very mean.
     
  12. Matt Rogers

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    Hmmm... looks like a luck of the draw then KC - my last one was mellow. :p