Sixlines clean other fish?

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recently when i was looking at my tank i have seen my sixline wrasse pick at my flame angel. the flame angel doesn't mind he sometimes even swims to the sixkine and trys to get clean.. both fish are often with each other in the tanl. My sixline doesn't clean off any of the other fish in my ank.is this common sixline behavoir does anybody else have a sixline that does this
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Never seen that before. Usually the Sixline is chasing other fish, not trying to clean them, haha.
 

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While I have never witnessed this behavior personally, I have read that they may serve as cleaners to larger fish - picking off ich and isopods.
 

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^ Yes, it is in fact possible for a sixline to do just that. However, it's a behavior most never see.
 

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