I put in a six line wrasse that swam around and ate for three days, and then i found it dead on the. This is especially true when a courting male six line wrasse displays an increased color intensity. I have heard that 6 line wrasses arent aggressive fish how ever, he is violently attacking my new fish. After installing a newsreader, click on this icon to download animalworld xml. I have a sixline and a chromis im going to take him out to reduce bioload and i thought the sixline would be friendly towards the clown. The six line can be known to attack small ornamental shrimp so be cautious if these are on your stocking list. My six line went for two pseudochromis, a carpenters wrasse and a few other things in a 210g tank with lots of lr.
Tomato clownfish, amphiprion frenatus, tomato anemonefish. Like the other lined wrasses it will become more aggressive as it grows so it should not be kept with any shy or docile fish. Fish dancing for food clownfish, blue tang, sixline wrasse. The six line wrasse is as pugnacious as it is beautiful.
Six line wrasse is a marine rayfinned fish species, belonging to the labridae family, indigenous to the indopacific belt. Like most wrasse, the six line wrasse is quite capable of defending itself against larger more boisterous species as its speed and maneuverability make it a difficult species to pick on or bully. They may fight with small wrasse or hogfish, like the six line wrasse as theyre similar in size and shape. The six line wrasse is a popular choice to keep pests at bay and to add a splash of color. They will attack other passive fish and smaller anemonefishes. I had the same experience with a six line and a sankeys dottyback. With its six distinct, horizontal blue lines overlaid against an orange body, this member of the labridae family brings a zip of color to any marine reef aquarium. The clownfish should be able to hold his own, but the wrasse may encounter some trouble as they are a relatively peaceful fish. However, as these animals grow they may go after your shrimp or even bully your more docile and nonaggressive fish. We ship for arrival to the customer tuesday through friday and. Be very careful with adding smaller fish and keep a close eye.
For this manoeuvrability is more important than straight line speed, so coral. Once a fish or crustacean starts attacking corals or. The unique pattern and coloration of the six line wrasse make him a favorite of many aquarists. Like many of the wrasse family, you need to exercise caution when kept with other wrasses.
Do not house it with other wrasses or peaceful fish. The tomato clownfish belongs to a group of six described anemonefish known as the. The clownfish family and the wrasse reef safe family are listed as compatible. Six line wrasse, sixstripe wrasse pseudocheilinus hexataenia.
A very active fish, a six line wrasse can sometimes be a bully. Six line wrasse care size, life span, tank mates, breeding. They form part of the clarki grouping of clownfish, and are very similar in appearance to the clarks clownfish amphiprion clarki, but are not as widespread. There is no override in place for the previous information for maroon clownfish and six line wrasse. Recently i bought and acclimated a coral beauty angelfish. The sixline has started darting out of the rocks towards the clownfish with an open mouth, and i think the clowns have tattered fins, and a couple of spots on their sides maybe wounds. My bicolor blenny is not aggressive towards my two clowns, six line wrasse or tang. Saltwater fish guide for tomato clownfish, amphiprion frenatus profile with facts. Once your order is placed, you will receive a confirmation email with your order summary. This is especially true when a courting male six line wrasse. A single yellow wrasse in a marine tank the first i had ever seen and i had to have it. So ive had this 6 line wrasse in my tank for about a year now and today i added in a percula clown. Sixline wrasse if we need to contact you for any reason about your order, shipping of your package may be affected. Maroon clownfish and six line wrasse compatibility.
The ice storm clownfish is the next gen snow storm. Viewing 2 posts 1 through 2 of 2 total author posts july. Hey guys, my six line wrasse just started attacking both of my clown fish a few days ago. These are one of the most common families of saltwater fish with over 600 species of brilliant colors, it is no wonder they are so popular. Once i can get it out of hiding its going into a qt tank. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 510 water change either tonight or tomorrow, ph 8. He was attacking during feeding time, i guess trying.
I didnt realize it then, but that six line was the gateway fish to a long spiraling decline of more. This small lined wrasse can hold its own with larger fish and semiaggressive fish, despite its small size. Feeding the sixline wrasse is easy as they will accept most food types. So i just bought a long tentacle anemone and a pair of small gold stripe maroons on saturday. He is fine with the watchmen goby, and my two clowns, but this poor mandarin is getting a beating and he has only been in the tank for about 2 hours. The sixline wrasse pseudocheilinus hexataenia is a species of marine rayfinned fish from the family labridae which has a wide indopacific distribution. I put the wrasse in and he does pretty good an then i drop the strawberry in and it right away goes after my six line. Simply lifted the handle and my lfs had a new resident and i was able to add fish to my tank. Six line wrasse attacking 2 clown fish the reef tank.
I understand damsels can be territorial and aggressive. Sixline wrasse and odd behavior with clownfish youtube. Vermetid snails harm coral reefs with multiprong attack. It is a very active fish and loves to wander in the tank with curiosity. They also drastically reduce algae grazing by fish.
Is he just being over territorial or just a jerk of a fish. Samples were genotyped with a panel of six microsatellite loci previously described for two congeneric species 36, 37 table s2 and optimised for amphiprion. Ill be sure to include the last update date so its easy to tell if you have the latest version. The problems is that the kole tang and the wrasse are attacking most other fish in the tank. Hi i just wanted to know will a percula clown and 6 line wrasse get along in my 24 gallon nano cube. The six line was sick when i bought it and it ended up in my sump after it jumped in to the overflow and i am not certain if things would have settled down had the six line been around longer. There are plenty of places to hide and so the perc went into hiding. After a little research i found that the pseudo would attack anything that was shaped similarly to him. At first the fish seemed to be getting alone well,but recently the coral beauty has been casing my clownfish and killing both of them. This may serve to deflect the attack of a piscivore from the vulnerable head region to the tail. Discussion in nano reefs started by alikhan2004, aug 29, 2008. Got rid of a murderous six line wrasse and got my clown a new tiny friend pic close.
Check the download page if you want to get the latest version. Mostly found in the coral reefs, this beautiful fish gets its name because of the six orange stripes running along its body. The instant that i added the perc to the tank the 6 line went haywire chasing him and flaring at him. This includes most butterflyfish, tangs, and wrasse. The cool part about making it an ebook means that i can keep it updated when we publish new articles or profiles on the website. The white lines through the red eye is similar to that of the six line wrasse, but with four lines instead of six and a white chin you will quickly be able to differentiate the two. T he allards clownfish amphiprion allardi, also known as the two bar anemone fish, is a fairly large clownfish. Ocean rider seahorse farms and tours kona hawaii forums seahorse life and care other fish in the seahorse tank this topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 10 months ago by pete giwojna. The corvina argyrosomus regius possesses conical teeth of varying size that may be distributed in more than a single row fig. For some odd reason the hawkfish did not like the six line wrasse and constantly chased him into the rockwork. Many of the smaller wrasse species are wellsuited to the home aquarium.
Give them a varied diet consisting of live food, frozen food, chopped up sea food and flake food. My next plan is to add a clown fish something big that cant hide. Dottyback and six line wrasse getting me stressed out. Coral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to coral reefs. Sixline wrasse and odd behavior with clownfish shebaquaticssoc. Tank is biocube 29 thats been up now 6 or 7 weeks, all levels tested are good. He loves to come out and explore but any time he gets frightened, he goes right back into his territory. My six line was peaceful for 2 months than one day went apeshit and ate the whole back half of my banghaii. Our database shows maroon clownfish and six line wrasse as being compatible.
The six line wrasse, pseudocheillinus hexataenia, has a blue body with six orange horizontal stripes racing from head to tail with a petite false eye at the base along with green tail fins. Once an adult pair has bonded, any other clown fish pairs will be attacked. Do you have any idea of what it takes to download this in fiji. My saltwater tank fish include a pair of maroon clownfish, a pacific blue tang, sixline wrasse, coral beauty, and green clown goby. It would hover over a hole in a rock where the dottyback hid, and attack it at every chance, preventing it from even coming out to eat. One of the most popular wrasses, the six line wrasse is best known for being able to control pyramidillid snails and red flatworms. Livestock consist of yellow tang, hippo tang, clown wrasse, fairy wrasse, solar wrasse, banana wrasse, cogneto wrasse, six line wrasse, coris wrasse, four female anthias and a male, two bartletts anthias, two bw percula clownfish, ten blue chromis three fire fish and my newest addition a.
In australia, human poisoning has been associated with ingestion of fish such. F clown fish amphiprionocellaris effected with the fungal infections. But i was wrong and now the clownfish is regulated to the front right corner part of the tank. He was a strange mofo he seemed to get jealous or curious about why my clown spent time in the anemone a nd would try to attack the clown sometimes and after getting the clown to leave the. Six line and clownfish reef2reef saltwater and reef. These two species do get large, but to date i havent seen them attacking clams. Got rid of a murderous six line wrasse and got my clown a. Clownfish meet many of the criteria for suitable tankmates, but should generally be regarded with caution giwojna, feb. Stinging animals like anemones and jellyfish are unsuitable, as are other predatory invertebrates such as lobsters, mantis shrimp, certain starfish and most crabs. So i have had my 6 line wrasse for awhile and today i added a green mandarin. There is a lot of variation in size, as some will grow to half an inch while others will grow to six foot long. While most wrasses get too big for a nano tank, the 6 line, pygmy, pink streaked and possum wrasse stay small and do well in a community aquarium.
All mature members of the tomato complex have a single stripe behind the eye area. Resting small fish are still vulnerable to attack by crevice predators, so many fish. This group includes, but is not limited to, the anemone clown fish e. This disease causes a blue white cloudiness on the skin and attacks the gills. Maybe it was just illtempered but according to more than a few books, including scott michael, and a few other posters here, they can be feisty so dont say you werent warned if you have trouble. I was never able to keep a 6 line wrasse because i had a bicolor pseudo chromis in my tank that attacked them every time i bought one. Six line wrasse, six stripe wrasse, sixline wrasse care level. The clowns hung out close to the anemone at first, but after i turned off the lights last night they went into the anemone and they are loving it.
Both fresh and marine waters abound in chromis, killifish, and tetralike fish that feed in this. The clownfish were added first, and have an anemone, but are not hosted yet. How many white line have amphiprion clarkii fish clown clarkii fish rukshan. This species is associated with coral reefs and can be found in the aquarium trade. This false eye is structured to confuse predators and gives this intelligent fish a nice chance to escape. I have a fluval evo with a pair of false percs, and a six line wrasse.
They can be somewhat aggressive, so you need to be careful with some of the group as they will become very territorial and chase and pick on other fish, and may attack shrimp and other invertebrates. They were fine together for a short time but the wrasse then began demonstrating the same behavior as yours and was relentless. Sixline wrasse, sixline wrasse, sixstripe wrasse, pyjama. What should i do to make the 6 line stop nipping at my anemone. Closeup clown fish underwater animals, underwater creatures. Seethrough animal photos, translucent creatures wallpapers, download.
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