Are 6-line Wrasses really that mean? - Page 2

AZDesertRat · 01/19/2006, 10:48 PM

My sixline is the oldest fish in my system and the only thing he ever bothered from day one was a yellow watchman goby. The goby finally moved in to the overflow and continued to live there for almost 2 years. Other than that he has been a model citizen and is very entertaining, he does laps in and out of the rock work and is very colorful.

johnydart · 01/19/2006, 11:00 PM

okay... i'm a little stunned. I kept six-lines for years in many systems and NEVER saw any aggression. That said i've also suffered from "mystery" deaths during that time, hmmmm..... coincidence? I guess i bought into the "pretty and pleasant" doesn't kill concept. I love 6-lines and would consider them a top 5 must have for ANY system. Have I been duped?

NexDog · 01/21/2006, 02:26 AM

I picked up the 6-line yesterday along with a copperband butterfly, juvie imperator and longnose hawk (great selection of fish). My old 50g is cleared out now is my QT tank. I drip acclimatised the fish and after two hours in they went to join the flame angel and powder blue. The 6-line is the smallest of the bunch and teh PBT was chasing him a bit. In the evening I found him behind a powerhead that was hanging on by one suction cup and I thought he was dead. He wasn't very lively but he was alive but I was very worried. I made some shapes out of 2" elbows and 45 degree elbows and put them in the tank with some other pipe so now there are plenty of places for the fish to hide. I also put an airstone in as I feel it helps fish.

This morning all fish are doing great. I see no agression and alot of the fish are eating already. Haven't seen the copperband eat yet and I'm mostly worried about him but he's really small so I'm hoping I can train him to eat flake and selcon soak BBS.

01/19/2006, 11:00 PM	#27
johnydart Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In an undisclosed bunker, Posts: 501	okay... i'm a little stunned. I kept six-lines for years in many systems and NEVER saw any aggression. That said i've also suffered from "mystery" deaths during that time, hmmmm..... coincidence? I guess i bought into the "pretty and pleasant" doesn't kill concept. I love 6-lines and would consider them a top 5 must have for ANY system. Have I been duped? __________________ Their = possesive. They're = They are. There = preposition. Its = possesive. It's = It is. R.E. grammar errors on Fri,Sat,Sun.... I Might Be Drunk! Current Tank Info: no tank, just dreams

01/21/2006, 02:26 AM	#28
NexDog Snail Killer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kyushu, Japan Posts: 4,804	I picked up the 6-line yesterday along with a copperband butterfly, juvie imperator and longnose hawk (great selection of fish). My old 50g is cleared out now is my QT tank. I drip acclimatised the fish and after two hours in they went to join the flame angel and powder blue. The 6-line is the smallest of the bunch and teh PBT was chasing him a bit. In the evening I found him behind a powerhead that was hanging on by one suction cup and I thought he was dead. He wasn't very lively but he was alive but I was very worried. I made some shapes out of 2" elbows and 45 degree elbows and put them in the tank with some other pipe so now there are plenty of places for the fish to hide. I also put an airstone in as I feel it helps fish. This morning all fish are doing great. I see no agression and alot of the fish are eating already. Haven't seen the copperband eat yet and I'm mostly worried about him but he's really small so I'm hoping I can train him to eat flake and selcon soak BBS. __________________ Laurence Flynn 340g In-Wall Envision Tank and 150g Sump. Current Tank Info: Deltec 902, PFO hood with 3x400w Radium 20k and 4x96w PC's. Hammerhead closed loop - and 2 x Tunze 6105 (and Vortech still sucks).

01/19/2006, 10:48 PM	#26
AZDesertRat Moved On Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW Phoenix Posts: 16,621	My sixline is the oldest fish in my system and the only thing he ever bothered from day one was a yellow watchman goby. The goby finally moved in to the overflow and continued to live there for almost 2 years. Other than that he has been a model citizen and is very entertaining, he does laps in and out of the rock work and is very colorful.