Leopard Wrasse having problems with sixline

Tanked · Dec 17, 2009

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 · Dec 17, 2009

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 · Dec 17, 2009

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

droblack · Dec 17, 2009

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 · Dec 17, 2009

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 · Dec 17, 2009

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

650-IS350 · Dec 17, 2009

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

gflat65 · Dec 18, 2009

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 · Dec 18, 2009

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 · Dec 19, 2009

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

Tanked · Dec 21, 2009

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 · Dec 21, 2009

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!