mistery and 6-line

reefinmike · 06/27/2006, 10:42 AM

at my work we have the most beautiful mistery wrasse i have ever seen and looks just like this one http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...fm?pCatId=355. i would like to put him in my 125 with my sixline but i dont know about them fighting. i have about 200 lbs of rock and loaded with stony corals.. the sixline is about 1.5" and mistery about 2". the sixline has been in the tank for a month.

i would be getting it for an amazing price at only $60

do you think it would work

reefinmike · 06/27/2006, 11:31 AM

crap. wrong topic

reefnetworth · 06/27/2006, 12:06 PM

oh yeah! the six-line is very teritorial. I had one for 5 months before it commited anemone suicide. it tormented everything until one day it met its match. i paid $12.00 @ LFS when it was 1.5" it was about 2" when it was eaten alive! REEF-ON!!!

bbmcrae · 06/27/2006, 01:33 PM

DON'T DO IT. The six line will have the Mystery for dinner. I had a six line first and removed it from my tank before adding the mystery. My friend also had a six line in his 450gal tank and he thought it was large enough to add the mystery. Unfortunately, the mystery didn't make it and the six line did.

Bebo77 · 06/27/2006, 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by bbmcrae
DON'T DO IT. The six line will have the Mystery for dinner. I had a six line first and removed it from my tank before adding the mystery. My friend also had a six line in his 450gal tank and he thought it was large enough to add the mystery. Unfortunately, the mystery didn't make it and the six line did.

really? man that sucks...

10" Red Devil · 06/27/2006, 10:08 PM

Six-line + Mystery = living hell!

Seriously 6ers are soooo territorial especially if they have already established themselves.

poppin_fresh · 06/27/2006, 11:17 PM

Wow, thats a cool looking fish! I think it depends on the Six. Mine harrased the crap out of a purple Firefish for a week, but then gave up. It never showed any agression towards a yellow Tang I added a couple weeks ago.

I would say yank it and let the Mystery get acclimated, but I tried that with mine, so I know its impossible!

Mekong · 06/27/2006, 11:30 PM

My sixline seemed to get along with the exquisite wrasse, it worked for a week, but the sixline started to get territorial and pecked at the exquisite. I didnt think such a little fish could be such a terror. I like my wrasse though, I named her after my border collie lol, they are very similar.

McCrary · 06/28/2006, 01:56 AM

My sixline wrecks some serious havock, I would pick which one of yours you like the best and ditch the other.

KDodds · 06/28/2006, 05:36 AM

JME, but I don't know what all people go on about with Sixlines. Any I've had or have had to care for have been pretty mild (for marine fish). I had one in a tank (180) with little McCosker's Flashers, no problems at all. Heck, I've even seen them kept in multiples with no real aggression problems. I think a lot of people, tho, when it comes to "aggression issues", freak out very early on, after hours to a day or two, and decide to "remedy" the situation through removal of one or the other fish. Patience, a trained eye and conservative caution will often prove that "aggression issues" can simply be settled, and pecking orders established, with time.

techreef · 06/28/2006, 07:30 AM

KDodds, that's a really good point.

06/27/2006, 10:42 AM	#1
reefinmike Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 846	mistery and 6-line at my work we have the most beautiful mistery wrasse i have ever seen and looks just like this one http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...fm?pCatId=355. i would like to put him in my 125 with my sixline but i dont know about them fighting. i have about 200 lbs of rock and loaded with stony corals.. the sixline is about 1.5" and mistery about 2". the sixline has been in the tank for a month. i would be getting it for an amazing price at only $60 do you think it would work __________________ 90g reef lit by 2 kessil 360's and 4 T5's. 55g sump/fuge, eshopps s-200 skimmer and slowly working on getting every apex gadget

06/27/2006, 11:31 AM	#2
reefinmike Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 846	crap. wrong topic __________________ 90g reef lit by 2 kessil 360's and 4 T5's. 55g sump/fuge, eshopps s-200 skimmer and slowly working on getting every apex gadget

06/27/2006, 12:06 PM	#3
reefnetworth Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 3,810	oh yeah! the six-line is very teritorial. I had one for 5 months before it commited anemone suicide. it tormented everything until one day it met its match. i paid $12.00 @ LFS when it was 1.5" it was about 2" when it was eaten alive! REEF-ON!!! __________________ GIVE A MAN A FISH, YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY. TEACH A MAN TO FISH, HE FEEDS HIMSELF FOR LIFE. (NEVER, underestimate another man's greed) Current Tank Info: SPS dominated barebottom display with BB sump since 2005, most consistant parameters in 19+ years of reefkeeping.

06/27/2006, 11:17 PM	#7
poppin_fresh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,982	Wow, thats a cool looking fish! I think it depends on the Six. Mine harrased the crap out of a purple Firefish for a week, but then gave up. It never showed any agression towards a yellow Tang I added a couple weeks ago. I would say yank it and let the Mystery get acclimated, but I tried that with mine, so I know its impossible! __________________ PBITAWA! Current Tank Info: None now. Past- 180g w/ 100g basement sump and 20g 'fuge. H & S skimmer, T'5s & Tunze

06/27/2006, 11:30 PM	#8
Mekong Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,539	My sixline seemed to get along with the exquisite wrasse, it worked for a week, but the sixline started to get territorial and pecked at the exquisite. I didnt think such a little fish could be such a terror. I like my wrasse though, I named her after my border collie lol, they are very similar. __________________ _________________________ Current Tank Info: 90g Reef from 2004-2013.

06/27/2006, 01:33 PM	#4
bbmcrae Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New York Posts: 286	DON'T DO IT. The six line will have the Mystery for dinner. I had a six line first and removed it from my tank before adding the mystery. My friend also had a six line in his 450gal tank and he thought it was large enough to add the mystery. Unfortunately, the mystery didn't make it and the six line did.

06/27/2006, 10:08 PM	#6
10" Red Devil Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,611	Six-line + Mystery = living hell! Seriously 6ers are soooo territorial especially if they have already established themselves.

06/28/2006, 01:56 AM	#9
McCrary Can't Stop Time Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,079	My sixline wrecks some serious havock, I would pick which one of yours you like the best and ditch the other. __________________ Matt Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Rudens

06/28/2006, 05:36 AM	#10
KDodds Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suffern, NY Posts: 2,731	JME, but I don't know what all people go on about with Sixlines. Any I've had or have had to care for have been pretty mild (for marine fish). I had one in a tank (180) with little McCosker's Flashers, no problems at all. Heck, I've even seen them kept in multiples with no real aggression problems. I think a lot of people, tho, when it comes to "aggression issues", freak out very early on, after hours to a day or two, and decide to "remedy" the situation through removal of one or the other fish. Patience, a trained eye and conservative caution will often prove that "aggression issues" can simply be settled, and pecking orders established, with time. __________________ The sum of my knowledge is great, the sum of my ignorance greater still Kieron Dodds Administrator Inside Aquatics Current Tank Info: 450 Reef/180 FOWLR/125 ARLC/40 Seahorse/12 Planted/12 Planted

06/28/2006, 07:30 AM	#11
techreef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montclair, NJ Posts: 1,046	KDodds, that's a really good point.