Neon or six line

Dinodanger · Feb 25, 2020

And which would be dominant

NHgoalstop · Feb 25, 2020

Six lines can be jerks but they sure are pretty.

alton · Feb 25, 2020

All I heard is do not buy six lines so I never have. I had a Neon Dotty back that kept killing my Cleaner Shrimps. Do not buy either one

NHgoalstop · Feb 25, 2020

alton said:
All I heard is do not buy six lines so I never have. I had a Neon Dotty back that kept killing my Cleaner Shrimps. Do not buy either one

I never heard about six lines attitude until after I bought one. So far he's behaved but I only have one other fish in there.

Billmone · Feb 25, 2020

I have my second six-line (first one was harassed to death by my large female maroon clown) and I have a neon dottyback. Although I've heard horry stories about six-lines, mine have not been very aggressive. My most aggressive fish I've had have been my female maroon clown (male maroon was not as aggressive) and a sunrise dottyback. My sunrise dottyback seemed to come from the depths of Hell and Satan must have been glad that I was stuck with it. It was the most aggressive fish I ever had and when it finally passed, I'm embarrassed to say but I was so relieved. So from my experience, my dottybacks have terrorized my six-lines. I guess it depends not only on the type of fish, but also that fish's individual personality in that aquarium and it's tankmates.

NHgoalstop · Feb 25, 2020

Billmone said:
I have my second six-line (first one was harassed to death by my large female maroon clown) and I have a neon dottyback. Although I've heard horry stories about six-lines, mine have not been very aggressive. My most aggressive fish I've had have been my female maroon clown (male maroon was not as aggressive) and a sunrise dottyback. My sunrise dottyback seemed to come from the depths of Hell and Satan must have been glad that I was stuck with it. It was the most aggressive fish I ever had and when it finally passed, I'm embarrassed to say but I was so relieved. So from my experience, my dottybacks have terrorized my six-lines. I guess it depends not only on the type of fish, but also that fish's individual personality in that aquarium and it's tankmates.

When I first put my six line in my tank I have kind of damsel that terrorized it. So I banished the damsel to the sump for a couple weeks and when I put it back in the DT he became a model citizen and left the six line alone.