Six line and Mandrin?

unsane · 01/26/2006, 08:36 PM

I was just reading that a six line wrasse may out compete a mandrin for pods in the tank. Is this true? Is it possible to keep the two together in a 130 gallon system with a great pod population right now? Or will they wipe the pods out?

Fast Fred · 01/26/2006, 08:45 PM

Tough call! Six-Lines are excellent hunters, and quickly move about the tank, picking at all the pods and worms. Mandarins are always in slo-motion. A well fed six-line may leave enough pods for a mandarin. Tough call.

Aadler · 01/26/2006, 08:56 PM

i dont know but my sixline chows down on everything, pods, or any food i put in the tank

jimbo045 · 01/26/2006, 09:00 PM

I have them both in my 120. Make sure you get the Spotted Mandarine with the 6-line, I feel they are safer than the Striped ones. JD

Pandora · 01/26/2006, 09:24 PM

I have them in a 75. With an adequate fuge that is always pumping out pods, they can both live fatly and happily (my 6 line does hunt a lot, but he also eats flake; and my fuge also supplements my mandarin's diet with mysis).

PS: What is a striped mandarin??? I think you mean a green one vs. a spotted?

Petstorejunkie · 01/26/2006, 10:14 PM

you should be fine, the sixline should eat supplemental foods, even if you cant get your mandarine to eat prepared, and in that size tank there should be little competition

01/26/2006, 08:36 PM	#1
unsane Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 217	Six line and Mandrin? I was just reading that a six line wrasse may out compete a mandrin for pods in the tank. Is this true? Is it possible to keep the two together in a 130 gallon system with a great pod population right now? Or will they wipe the pods out?

01/26/2006, 08:45 PM	#2
Fast Fred Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northfield, NJ 08225 Posts: 1,170	Tough call! Six-Lines are excellent hunters, and quickly move about the tank, picking at all the pods and worms. Mandarins are always in slo-motion. A well fed six-line may leave enough pods for a mandarin. Tough call. __________________ Ya know, for a clown fish, you're not very funny! Member of the New Jersey Reefers Club Current Tank Info: 125g Reef Ready AGA /55g Top Fin Tank for a sump/refugium/ LifeReef Skimmer/ Changing over to SPS only

01/26/2006, 08:56 PM	#3
Aadler Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,336	i dont know but my sixline chows down on everything, pods, or any food i put in the tank __________________ MiniBow 7 - WooHoo

01/26/2006, 09:24 PM	#5
Pandora Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland near DC Posts: 1,706	I have them in a 75. With an adequate fuge that is always pumping out pods, they can both live fatly and happily (my 6 line does hunt a lot, but he also eats flake; and my fuge also supplements my mandarin's diet with mysis). PS: What is a striped mandarin??? I think you mean a green one vs. a spotted? __________________ Where are we going... And why am I in this handbasket? Current Tank Info: 75gal reef tank, 30 gal octopus tank, Other: 75gal planted Amazon tank

01/26/2006, 09:00 PM	#4
jimbo045 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aiea, HI. Posts: 1,788	I have them both in my 120. Make sure you get the Spotted Mandarine with the 6-line, I feel they are safer than the Striped ones. JD

01/26/2006, 10:14 PM	#6
Petstorejunkie Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 350	you should be fine, the sixline should eat supplemental foods, even if you cant get your mandarine to eat prepared, and in that size tank there should be little competition