OK, What's the catch?

[tizzo]

I didn't want to hitch-hike someone else's thread, so I started a new.
What is the deal with the 6 line wrasse. Every time someone wants to add a new fish, that one is usually the most highly recomended, and I am curious to know why.
THEN, I wanna know...
Are there any negative conditions to owning one? For example, will he eat "ornamental shrimp" or any thing in a reef?

 

[steelchromis]

Nope, they're reef-safe.

 

[steelchromis]

And they have been known to eat bristle worms and flat worms.

 

[lionfish12]

i was wondering that too!

everyone recomemds a 6-line for small tanks.

 

[ross]

There really neat fish, but they eat tons of pods. I wish they didn't so i could have both a sixline and a mandarin.

 

[chandler04]

Wat size tank minimum can they be in?

 

[steelchromis]

I'd say a 20 gallon.

 

[steelchromis]

But it depends, like Ross said, if u have fish like the Mandarin in your tank, the sixline will end up eating the other fish's food, which could cause the other fish to starve.

 

[steelchromis]

I would say that is the only main negative of owning one. But thats just me. Other ppl have different opinions, so i wait for them to respond w some more feedback.

 

[pufferman]

They're not 100% reef-safe, though. Mine almost killed a juvenile cleaner shrimp.

 

[moraym]

6-Lines are also great because they're very active, look very interesting, have the most interesting eyes. They're just good for new tanks and small tanks, mine was pretty hardy too.

 

[tizzo]

Well I have a Yellow Tang that thinks he owns the world, if I add a new fish now I fear that he would attack it. But since these fish eat flatworms does anyone know if he will either outrun or have the sence to hide from the yt?? A friend of mine told me that the 6 line can dart in and out of the rocks (My YT is to big to go into most of the caves). So should I attempt it?? I cannot rearrange my rockwork, because I have to much- big pieces, and it took me forever to get it to look right where it is!!

 

[rbmount]

Mine's in and out of the rocks all the time. You'll see it on one side of the tank, and 30 sec later it's on the other side. I think it'll be OK.

 

[tizzo]

OK Rbmount, his fate is on your hands!! Nah, I'm just kiddin'. I'll try this fish... and see what all the hypes about!

 

[rbmount]

I don't think you'll regret it!( see I left me an out there

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[lilredcmc]

tizzo, you could have hitched on my post i wouldn't have minded. i asked my lfs and he said the dottyback would be better for the bristleworms than the 6-line. i was more interested in adding something different than the same old thing. but i am still researching.

 

[rbmount]

I've got a bi-color dottyback, and it's about as big of a pain in the backside as a damsel-very territorial.

 

[tizzo]

Originally posted by lilredcmc
tizzo, you could have hitched on my post i wouldn't have minded. i asked my lfs and he said the dottyback would be better for the bristleworms than the 6-line. i was more interested in adding something different than the same old thing. but i am still researching.
HAAA, so you noticed? Actually, I like my bristles. It's the newly aquired flatworms that I am afraid of. They are not bad...YET! I hate to add chemicals to my tank, other than trace elements, I've never had to. So I am trying to keep it that way. And a lot of people say to use the 6-line. Does anyone know for sure if it eats the brown flatwoms, not the red?

 

[lilredcmc]

well, i might have noticed just a little . i went from having no bristles to now everytime i turn around i am finding another one. i pray it is the same one moving around but unfortunately the four i have spotted are all different sizes:notsure: . as soon as the dottyback is out of QT i hope he is starving and makes me proud!!