Six-line + Yellow Candy Hogfish

[Potatohead]

Wife wants a smaller yellow fish and we both like the YCH. We already have a six-line wrasse in the tank and based on similar body shape and stripes I am concerned it may not work. Is this something I should even try or is it just not going to work? Would an acclimation box help a lot? Tank is 32x24x20" if it matters. I have added three or four fish after the six-line and save for a sand-sifting Goby of all things, it has not shown much aggression to new additions. Other fish are a pair of clowns, flame hawk, lawnmower blenny and azure damsel.


Thanks

 

[eatbreakfast]

Wife wants a smaller yellow fish and we both like the YCH. We already have a six-line wrasse in the tank and based on similar body shape and stripes I am concerned it may not work. Is this something I should even try or is it just not going to work? Would an acclimation box help a lot? Tank is 32x24x20" if it matters. I have added four or five fish after the six-line and save for a sand-sifting Goby of all things, it has not shown much aggression to new additions.


Thanks

The sixline will likely behave aggressively upon introduction of the hog, but down the road the hogfish will also become aggressive.

 

[94Roarge]

Following along. I feel the six line should show significant aggression seeing as it's basically another wrasse. At my work we have a long established 1000L tank with a six line and a Thalassoma lutescens for the wrasses, we have tried adding a few larger wrasses and the 6 line kills them all. Safe to say we stopped putting new wrasse in pretty quickly.