Leopard Wrasse having problems with sixline

[Tanked]

So I picked up a male and female leopard wrasse and I put them in the display after acclimation and my sixline went ballistic.Two days later I finally had to remove the sixline because he almost killed the male and the female has not shown her face since so I dont know if she is hiding or he killed her.I know all new fish go through the pecking order but in nine years I have never seen a fish so hell bent on killing another fish.Anyone else have problems with there sixlines?I never did before untill these leopards were introduced.
A couple shots of the male

 

[miyags]

one of the meanest fish i ever owned. he'd hit fish so hard and fast it would blow the color right off them, like a torpedo. he's gone now.

 

[Tanked]

Funny how they can be ok for so long and then out of the blue completely change attitude.

 

[droblack]

Sixlines can go completely insane. Mine attacks his reflection relentlessly. If you take the sixline out and then wait a few days and put him back in, might be okay.

 

[Amici]

Its a bad idea to mix lined wrasses with any other wrasses really. They are very mean and with how easily Leopards are stressed, I would suggest getting rid of one or the other. I bet your leopards wont win this one.

 

[nayrgaijin]

I hear the same stuff about 5bar mystery wrasses :(
I hope mine never does this stuff !

 

[650-IS350]

6line are KNOWN aggressors to ANY wrasse you add with them or similar looking fish that they would think would COMPETE WITH THEM.

 

[gflat65]

I love wrasses (especially leopards), but will never own another 6 line. I'd have gone fishing for a 6 line if it harassed my leopards;). My mystery has been a model citizen. It's getting bigger much quicker now, but no aggression yet (it lives with a meleagris leopard).

 

[mark_molly]

yup -- it's hit or miss w/ the six lines. The first one we had was a little killer. The second one we had.... another killer. The one we have now is great -- and we also have a leopard wrasse in the tank w/ him.

 

[Ike]

More times than not 6 line wrasses are little jerks. I would not attempt to add it back to the tank...

 

[Tanked]

Thanks guys.I removed the sixline(via fish trap) and threw him in my frag tank,he now shares it with my falco hawkfish,who also had a problem with the female leopard.Its weird the 6 line had no problem with the female leopard but the hawkfish did.And then the hawkfish had no problem with the male but the 6 line did.pheww,I give up:)

I guess I could say its a pain in the wrasse.

Once again thanks everybody for your opinions

 

[acronautical]

Leopard wrasses are usually extremely timid, in contrast to most Pseudocheilinus wrasses. I would have predicted the outcome you described when you introduced the leopards. My Mystery wrasse is becoming a pain, chasing my fairy wrasses around in spurts. Eventually, I will trap it out for good!

 

[inactive]

lol so many people swear by sixlines being nice fish and ok to put them into tiny tanks.. haha I'm glad people here know what's up.