Six lined wrasse decided to end it all

Itsadeepbluesea · 11/03/2013, 07:24 AM

Any ones have issues with 6 lined wrasses jumping out of the tank? I didn't think this was an issue with them, but I came out into the living room to find him on the floor this morning.

HiImSean · 11/03/2013, 08:41 AM

Any fish can jump, wrasses are particularly known to be jumpers.

Politiceaux · 11/03/2013, 08:44 AM

Many wrasses are prolific jumpers. At the end of the day, though, he would have likely kill many more fish. The Six Lined is incredibly aggressive.

slief · 11/03/2013, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Politiceaux

Many wrasses are prolific jumpers. At the end of the day, though, he would have likely kill many more fish. The Six Lined is incredibly aggressive.

Interesting comment about them being aggressive. My six lines have never been aggressive towards anything ever and there are some I had for years.

OP, wrasses are known to jump if stressed or startled. While I've never had one jump out of my tank due to the arrangement of my tanks top along with it's size, I have had them jump out of acclimation containers. I've also had them go through my overflow grating and find their way into my overflow.

Wrasses can be pretty sly little fish and can find their way into weird places.

Megatrev62 · 11/03/2013, 09:26 AM

My buddies six line jumped 2 days ago. He was bewildered, because his tank has glass cover. He got out by the incredibly smallest area possible. Brutal.

Itsadeepbluesea · 11/03/2013, 11:34 AM

Well lesson learned, the interesting thing is there are very few areas to get out of and the water level was low by about an inch. I guess I'll have to make those areas are covered. Thanks for the answers, for some reason I thought they weren't prone to jumping, but I guess I was wrong.

Gundo5000 · 11/03/2013, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Itsadeepbluesea

Well lesson learned, the interesting thing is there are very few areas to get out of and the water level was low by about an inch. I guess I'll have to make those areas are covered. Thanks for the answers, for some reason I thought they weren't prone to jumping, but I guess I was wrong.

Somehow a fish that is prone to jumping will always find a way out if there is one. It's happened to me multiple times and I finally sealed up the tank completely.

Drae · 11/03/2013, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by slief

Interesting comment about them being aggressive. My six lines have never been aggressive towards anything ever and there are some I had for years.

With 480 gallons and all of that live rock to navigate I doubt he'll ever show much aggression lol. He's living in the lap of luxury.

Itsadeepbluesea · 11/04/2013, 07:01 AM

That hole is now plugged up, I have a new skimmer coming in today so after that is up and running I will sure up that area as well.

DopeCantWin · 11/04/2013, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by HiImSean

Any fish can jump, wrasses are particularly known to be jumpers.

+1. I've even seen a clown jump.

anbosu · 11/04/2013, 08:29 AM

Years ago when I bought my dwarf lionfish it was jumping 6-8 inches out of the water trying to avoid being captured. They all jump.

neuro · 11/04/2013, 03:06 PM

+1 on the clown jumpers.

i had a clown for over 6 or so years. decided to jump a few months ago. left me bewildered and scrambling to build netting.

madweazl · 11/04/2013, 04:02 PM

The 6 line my 26g reef was quite aggressive and such a glutton! I would put some prawn eggs in the tank for the fish and then begin spot feeding the gorgonian. The 6 line would sit there and wait until there was food in the polyps of the gorgonian and snatch from them so he didnt have to swim around and snag the eggs from the water. He'd promptly start chasing my clown (anemone was close to the gorgonian) all over the place. After about 8 months, the wrasse decided it was time to jump. I wasnt too disappointed truth be told... Only thing meaner was an arabian pseudochromis; thing was tiny but I'm positive it was the spawn of satan!

accordsirh22 · 11/04/2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Politiceaux

Many wrasses are prolific jumpers. At the end of the day, though, he would have likely kill many more fish. The Six Lined is incredibly aggressive.

lololol EVERY one i have ever seen or owned has been a model citizen

Fish Tacos · 11/04/2013, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DopeCantWin

+1. I've even seen a clown jump.

I've seen a peanut stand.
I've seen a rubber band.
But I've never seen an elephant flyyyyyy

11/03/2013, 07:24 AM	#1
Itsadeepbluesea Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 73	Six lined wrasse decided to end it all Any ones have issues with 6 lined wrasses jumping out of the tank? I didn't think this was an issue with them, but I came out into the living room to find him on the floor this morning. __________________ 36 gallon planted tank 55 gallon reef tank

11/03/2013, 09:26 AM	#5
Megatrev62 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ST.John's Newfoundland Canada Posts: 1,712	My buddies six line jumped 2 days ago. He was bewildered, because his tank has glass cover. He got out by the incredibly smallest area possible. Brutal. __________________ Please understand honey,it's not just me!!! Current Tank Info: 75 gallon, mixed reef,fuge.

11/03/2013, 11:34 AM	#6
Itsadeepbluesea Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 73	Well lesson learned, the interesting thing is there are very few areas to get out of and the water level was low by about an inch. I guess I'll have to make those areas are covered. Thanks for the answers, for some reason I thought they weren't prone to jumping, but I guess I was wrong. __________________ 36 gallon planted tank 55 gallon reef tank

11/04/2013, 07:01 AM	#9
Itsadeepbluesea Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 73	That hole is now plugged up, I have a new skimmer coming in today so after that is up and running I will sure up that area as well. __________________ 36 gallon planted tank 55 gallon reef tank

11/03/2013, 08:41 AM	#2
HiImSean Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Acworth, GA Posts: 834	Any fish can jump, wrasses are particularly known to be jumpers.

11/03/2013, 08:44 AM	#3
Politiceaux Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 225	Many wrasses are prolific jumpers. At the end of the day, though, he would have likely kill many more fish. The Six Lined is incredibly aggressive.

11/04/2013, 08:29 AM	#11
anbosu Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mount Juliet, TN Posts: 4,528	Years ago when I bought my dwarf lionfish it was jumping 6-8 inches out of the water trying to avoid being captured. They all jump.

11/04/2013, 03:06 PM	#12
neuro the cat did it Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: bay area Posts: 976	+1 on the clown jumpers. i had a clown for over 6 or so years. decided to jump a few months ago. left me bewildered and scrambling to build netting.

11/04/2013, 04:02 PM	#13
madweazl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOVA Posts: 774	The 6 line my 26g reef was quite aggressive and such a glutton! I would put some prawn eggs in the tank for the fish and then begin spot feeding the gorgonian. The 6 line would sit there and wait until there was food in the polyps of the gorgonian and snatch from them so he didnt have to swim around and snag the eggs from the water. He'd promptly start chasing my clown (anemone was close to the gorgonian) all over the place. After about 8 months, the wrasse decided it was time to jump. I wasnt too disappointed truth be told... Only thing meaner was an arabian pseudochromis; thing was tiny but I'm positive it was the spawn of satan!