Can i add a Sixline Wrasse?

[parker171]

ive got a 20G with 2 false percs. I could also get yellow wrasse which one would be better and easier to take care of?

 

[parker171]

Another question. could i also get a cleaner shrimp

 

[aquatica-tech]

Well im kind of new to saltwater but ill tell you something from what I have heard before. Yea it'll be possible to add the wrasse but I think the Sixline will be easier but over time as it gets used to your system it'll be more aggressive. But can you say what type of filtration you have going for your system.

 

[aquatica-tech]

Again can you tell us what type of filtration you have

 

[parker171]

i have an aquaclear powerfilter50

 

[aquatica-tech]

Im not sure that little filter will support that much bio-load. IMO I would say a no to that. Try getting a larger filter and you should be able to support it, you try also investing in a skimmerr its really helpfull.

 

[nycbob]

a 6-line will be fine in a 20 gallon. they like to hv lots of lr to go in and out of.

 

[parker171]

what if i add another filter, the same kind

 

[nycbob]

u dont need another filter. how much lr do u have?

 

[aquatica-tech]

That should do, but yea Sixlines will do great in your tank but in the future I would watch out cause they get territorial and aggresive as it gets used to your tank

 

[parker171]

Originally Posted by nycbob
u dont need another filter. how much lr do u have?
25 lbs

 

[nycbob]

no need for an extra filter. 6 line, like any fish, might get territorial. but i doubt it will with ur 2 clowns. go ahead and get one. mine is very peaceful, except to my royal gramma.

 

[parker171]

Thanks, nice tank btw

 

[bmeeder]

Crazy...I have a six line too and he was fine to everything in my tank but the royal gramma. Any time the gramma would come out of hiding the wrasse would chase him around.
Eventually he caught him as I found the gramma body stuck in my overflow one day

 

[metweezer]

Anyone else with compatibility issues between a 6 line and a RG?

I was thinking about getting a 6 line instead of a Yellowtail Blue Damsel to go along with a RG which I also plan on purchasing. Nobody seems to trust a YT Blue Damsel.
Thanks, Steve

 

[nycbob]

if u hv a big enough tank with enough lr, 6 line and royal gramma shouldnt be an issue. my 6 line would chase my rg from time to time. but so far, they r ok with each other.

 

[metweezer]

Originally Posted by nycbob
if u hv a big enough tank with enough lr, 6 line and royal gramma shouldnt be an issue. my 6 line would chase my rg from time to time. but so far, they r ok with each other.
I only have a 29 gal. I have 55 lbs. of rock 45 Live. 40 lbs. LS. Acceptable

 

[bmeeder]

Mine is a 100 gallon and there were problems. Also, I added the wrasse about three months after the gramma, so the gramma was there first. I probably just had a jerk wrasse...he doesn't even eat the bristle worms in my tank which is the reason I bought him.

 

[apos]

With the way those things grow, he could be eating his fill and they'd still be running around en masse.

 

[bbb]

I bought my sixline and RG at the same time and if anything I see the gramma chasing the wrasse away from it's section of rock.