Six-Line Wrasse

MrsHaggis · 01/20/2009, 11:14 AM

Can I put a Six-Line Wrasse in my 16 Gallon tank - or is the tank too small to accomade this feisty fella??

phish guy · 01/20/2009, 11:27 AM

should be fine with your clown. any other stocking plans?

spoofer · 01/20/2009, 11:41 AM

Six line is a Excellent choice! They do a good job of picking parasitic snails and look awesome, good luck!

MrsHaggis · 01/21/2009, 01:36 AM

I don't really want to overstock.......so I'm not exactly sure how many fish, CUC I can get in a 16 Gallon.

I really want the 6-line wrasse and perhaps one more fish and that would be it I guess.......hubby and I are already planning a 55 Gallon tank - although it keeps growing ins size each time we talk about it!!! This hobby is too expensive to be addictive........must control oneself.

So for the other fish I was thinking a Royal Gramma maybe........?

I'd really love a Mandarin Dragonet but I know that my tank is too small and they are really difficult to look after so that's a no no!!!

Michael · 01/21/2009, 01:40 AM

never had 1 myself maggie, but there was a thread here not so long ago and basically a few reefers suggested they can be quite nasty, if so the gramma should you get 1 will probably battle with the wrasse in your 16 gallon

MrsHaggis · 01/21/2009, 01:54 AM

OK, back to the drawing board!
Cheers Michael

Guygettnby · 01/21/2009, 07:02 AM

sixlines are a 50/50 shot. i had 1 that was a perfect reef fish and never bothered anything. some others have had the same results and then there are the others who have had bad experiences with them.

if you want a sixline i would recomend maybe adding 1 more clown to make a pair and then the sixline. but to be honest sixlines should really have a tank min of 20g.

RickySan · 01/21/2009, 07:06 PM

I personally do not like the gramma..if it is betweem the two I would take the sixline anyday! The sixline has great personality and will be so much fun to watch! I agee with guygettnby in adding one more clown. your tank can handle at least these three fish.
I have had my sixline for almost a year, and it is so much fun to watch it dance around in the tank! I also have to clowns and everyone gets along just fine....goodluck!

dalston · 01/21/2009, 10:05 PM

I have owned both...the 6 line in my 12 gal and a gramma in my 30 gal. Both are model citizens..not sure about putting them together though. If its between the 2 I would choose the wrasse, I love to watch it cruise the rocks looking for pods

Flipper62 · 01/21/2009, 11:21 PM

In my office I have a 14 gal BioCube. I have 1 Clown, 1 Six Line Wrasse & 1 Royal Gramma. Everyone gets along just fine. However, if anything....the Royal Gramma seems to be the Bully at times.

01/20/2009, 11:14 AM	#1
MrsHaggis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St Louis, France Posts: 675	Six-Line Wrasse Can I put a Six-Line Wrasse in my 16 Gallon tank - or is the tank too small to accomade this feisty fella?? __________________ Nothing scarier than a clown!! ----------------------------- 1 ClownFish 1 SixLine Wrasse 1 Foxface Rabbitfish Mushrooms Long Polyp Leather Green Anchor Coral Zoanthids Trumpet Coral Goniopora Current Tank Info: 360 litre (95 US Gallons), Tunze DOC Skimmer 9010, Lights: Metal Halide 250 Watt and 2x24 Watt Moon Lights, Tunze MultiController 7095

01/20/2009, 11:27 AM	#2
phish guy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South NJ Posts: 1,003	should be fine with your clown. any other stocking plans? __________________ Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Reef, Reeftech LEDs ( on their way out for reefbreeder Photons), Reef Octoput NWB250, Custom made Sump/Refufium, Mp40wES, Koralia's. SPS, LPS, Zoas/Palys

01/20/2009, 11:41 AM	#3
spoofer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Uptown-Chicago, IL Posts: 654	Six line is a Excellent choice! They do a good job of picking parasitic snails and look awesome, good luck! __________________ "Nothing good ever happened fast in a Reef Aquarium- there is no quick fix's to Reef tanks!" Current Tank Info: 120g Tech Tank, Vortech MP40, Apex, ATI 8x54, Vertex IN-180, Mag 9.5, Phos & Carb Reactors, Kalk Drip via reefdosingpumps.com sentry model, 40 gallon Breeder DYI Sump

01/21/2009, 01:36 AM	#4
MrsHaggis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St Louis, France Posts: 675	I don't really want to overstock.......so I'm not exactly sure how many fish, CUC I can get in a 16 Gallon. I really want the 6-line wrasse and perhaps one more fish and that would be it I guess.......hubby and I are already planning a 55 Gallon tank - although it keeps growing ins size each time we talk about it!!! This hobby is too expensive to be addictive........must control oneself. So for the other fish I was thinking a Royal Gramma maybe........? I'd really love a Mandarin Dragonet but I know that my tank is too small and they are really difficult to look after so that's a no no!!! __________________ Nothing scarier than a clown!! ----------------------------- 1 ClownFish 1 SixLine Wrasse 1 Foxface Rabbitfish Mushrooms Long Polyp Leather Green Anchor Coral Zoanthids Trumpet Coral Goniopora Current Tank Info: 360 litre (95 US Gallons), Tunze DOC Skimmer 9010, Lights: Metal Halide 250 Watt and 2x24 Watt Moon Lights, Tunze MultiController 7095

01/21/2009, 01:40 AM	#5
Michael NTTH Rookie Help Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gloucester, England,UK Posts: 7,808 Blog Entries: 6	never had 1 myself maggie, but there was a thread here not so long ago and basically a few reefers suggested they can be quite nasty, if so the gramma should you get 1 will probably battle with the wrasse in your 16 gallon __________________ Don't be afraid to ask questions, we in the new to the hobby are here to help you [For My Tank Spec,Photo Album,Articles and website, click on my name] MY Very Kindest and Warmest Regards , MIKE Current Tank Info: I have a 92 gal Corner Tank, and way too many pieces of equipment to list really, (proud member of the reef central corner club)

01/21/2009, 01:54 AM	#6
MrsHaggis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St Louis, France Posts: 675	OK, back to the drawing board! Cheers Michael __________________ Nothing scarier than a clown!! ----------------------------- 1 ClownFish 1 SixLine Wrasse 1 Foxface Rabbitfish Mushrooms Long Polyp Leather Green Anchor Coral Zoanthids Trumpet Coral Goniopora Current Tank Info: 360 litre (95 US Gallons), Tunze DOC Skimmer 9010, Lights: Metal Halide 250 Watt and 2x24 Watt Moon Lights, Tunze MultiController 7095

01/21/2009, 07:02 AM	#7
Guygettnby Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: FL Posts: 3,050	sixlines are a 50/50 shot. i had 1 that was a perfect reef fish and never bothered anything. some others have had the same results and then there are the others who have had bad experiences with them. if you want a sixline i would recomend maybe adding 1 more clown to make a pair and then the sixline. but to be honest sixlines should really have a tank min of 20g.

01/21/2009, 07:06 PM	#8
RickySan Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 518	I personally do not like the gramma..if it is betweem the two I would take the sixline anyday! The sixline has great personality and will be so much fun to watch! I agee with guygettnby in adding one more clown. your tank can handle at least these three fish. I have had my sixline for almost a year, and it is so much fun to watch it dance around in the tank! I also have to clowns and everyone gets along just fine....goodluck! __________________ RM3 Current Tank Info: AGA 30g Reef 36x12x18, 4x39 ATI T5, 39w LED, Koralia 425, VorTech MP10wES, HOB CPR 2 Skimmer, 60lbs LS, 40lbs LR

01/21/2009, 10:05 PM	#9
dalston Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,336	I have owned both...the 6 line in my 12 gal and a gramma in my 30 gal. Both are model citizens..not sure about putting them together though. If its between the 2 I would choose the wrasse, I love to watch it cruise the rocks looking for pods __________________ The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine - Abraham Lincoln An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one - George Mikes

01/21/2009, 11:21 PM	#10
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	In my office I have a 14 gal BioCube. I have 1 Clown, 1 Six Line Wrasse & 1 Royal Gramma. Everyone gets along just fine. However, if anything....the Royal Gramma seems to be the Bully at times. __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW