Sixline & Yellow Wrasse

[anon9896]

So i had a 10 gallon tank and a 13 gallon tank and I had to merge them in a 49 gallon tank... but my 6 line wrasse hate his new mate the yellow wrasse any idea on how to help those guys tolerate themselves ?

 

[nereefpat]

6 Line wrasses are infamous for not tolerating other wrasses. You will probably have to pick one.

 

[evolved]

There is no way. You must choose. Sixlines are not compatible with any other wrasses.

 

[Jesterrace]

So i had a 10 gallon tank and a 13 gallon tank and I had to merge them in a 49 gallon tank... but my 6 line wrasse hate his new mate the yellow wrasse any idea on how to help those guys tolerate themselves ?

Easy, get rid of the 6 line Wrasse as it's a terrible community fish in general and even worse to other wrasses. No shortage of stories of them turning into pescacidal maniacs as they mature. The Yellow Wrasse will be a wonderful community fish on the other hand.

 

[anon9896]

Packed and gone

This guy is happy now

 

[anon9896]

I just love how that yellow wrass sleeps in the sand , nips at flat worms , comes to the window whenever he sees me ... reminds me of my longfin fairy wrass I had many many years ago

 

[User1]

Poor Six LIne :( Sand Panda face.

As someone noted above there sure are a lot of Six Line threads this week - lol. Not making fun of your plight but there are. Six lines are great if you have an environment that can support their habits. In your case it wouldn't work with the other wrasse and the tank size. I swear they are worse than tangs by using up every inch of the tank, rock, coral, rubble, and empty shells looking for food.

The yellow is bright, splash of speed, and will be happier - much to the six lines unhappiness :D

 

[anon9896]

Poor Six LIne :( Sand Panda face.

As someone noted above there sure are a lot of Six Line threads this week - lol. Not making fun of your plight but there are. Six lines are great if you have an environment that can support their habits. In your case it wouldn't work with the other wrasse and the tank size. I swear they are worse than tangs by using up every inch of the tank, rock, coral, rubble, and empty shells looking for food.

The yellow is bright, splash of speed, and will be happier - much to the six lines unhappiness :D

baH the 6 line is back to the LFS , I can't save them all.
I had the 6 line for 2 years now and he was fine, merging 2 aquariums together did this. makes me sad but when I see the shredded fin of my yellow wrass i'm glad I acted quickly

 

[Jesterrace]

baH the 6 line is back to the LFS , I can't save them all.
I had the 6 line for 2 years now and he was fine, merging 2 aquariums together did this. makes me sad but when I see the shredded fin of my yellow wrass i'm glad I acted quickly

Not all bad, someone could take the 6 line for a frag tank and then the 6 line would be happy as it gets a pest hunting ground all to itself. Personally I feel you will be much happier with the Yellow Wrasse as it's not very likely to bother any future additions, it will stand out more from a distance and still provide pest removal services (and as you pointed out it's cool to see them come out from the sand bed).

 

[danieyella]

My sixline was a doll in the small tank, when I upgraded he started harassing everyone and got sumped until I could take him to my LFS.

 

[Jesterrace]

My sixline was a doll in the small tank, when I upgraded he started harassing everyone and got sumped until I could take him to my LFS.

Yup, I've often said that the 6 line wrasse needs to have the WRE removed from it's name and then it is very accurately named.