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08-31-2005, 11:10 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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     |  Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia Reef Safe: Yes Attitude:  Max Size: 3" Diet: Carnivore Care: Easy Origin: Fiji, Indo-Pacific
Personal Observations -
What a cool wrasse. I've owned wrasses that were not so.. let's say, nice. The Six-Line on the other hand, is just even keel. So mellow. It doesn't seem to carry a grudge. Mellow does not mean shy; this fish will come up and say hello and swim around the front of the tank. And man is it a cool swimmer!  It just glides around the rocks effortlessly looking for something to pick at. But don't worry, it won't touch your corals, it likes pods, worms.. that sort of thing. It doesn't seem to bother my crabs or snails though.
The Six-Line wrasse is an easy feeder. I feed mine formula foods and cyclop-eeze. The food barely hits the water and he is on it grabbing a chunk before my Fox Face can blink an eye.
Compatibility with many other fish, easy feeding and reef safe make this fish a high recommendation and 3reef's first Fish of the Month!  
PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS FISH! | 
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09-01-2005, 04:23 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: oakley, CA,California
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
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300 tank 2x40gl sumps protein skimmer euro-reef , sea swirl 4 -1700rio with red sea wave maker. mag 9.5 and mag18.lights 20,000k 3 400w mh x 2-196w vho by Hamilton 72in.. | 
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09-01-2005, 08:00 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
definately a great fish...a lot of fun to watch swim around too as it hovers around rocks and picks at it. Cute little fish too..looks like it wears lipstick. Also doesn't seem to bother ANY of my other tank inhabitants..see sig for list
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46gal Oceanic BF, 80lbs LR 2Lbs LS, 2 true percula, 1 six lined wrasse, 1 powder blue tang, crocea clam, green star polyps, torch coral, purple mushrooms, RBTA, Purple Condy, Nudibranch (Chromodoris lochi), Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, blood red fire shrimp, 10 nassarius snails, 8 margarita snails, 5 crown top snails, 12 burgundy, scarlet and blue legged hermits. 15H sump/refugium 2lb LR and ball-o-cheatomorpha. | |
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09-01-2005, 03:09 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
Cool fish. Still make a runs at the Green Chromis. The Six line acts like a cleaner to my Coral Beauty thats way cool.
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09-01-2005, 10:50 PM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
Six lines can be the biggest little fish in your tank, ie. sometimes they have the attitude of a gnarly pseudochromis. I had more then one that wouldn't allow ANYTHING else to be added to the tank, even much larger fish.
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09-02-2005, 09:49 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
wow, thats pretty surprising to hear...mine seems to be the most laid back fish in the tank and when I have added anything new it hasn't even seemed to care one bit...the true percs on the other hand are as nosey as can be anytime I add or do ANYTHING to my tank | |
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09-02-2005, 04:38 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Altona,Manitoba Age: 29
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
I have added quite a few fish to my tank since i got my wrasse and he couldn't care less about the new fish  i would recommend this fish for all reef tanks it's one of my favorites.
Peter
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180 gal., dual 400 watt mh 14000k 120 watt NO actinics ,amiracle skimmer, ' quiet one' main pump (1000gph), 5 PH's 60gal fuge/sump, 300lb LR 150lb LS. 10 astrea snails, 2 scarlet hermits, yellow tang, 6 line wrasse, gold stiped maroon clown,2 Firefish, Reagal tang, 3 green chromis, 2 yellow tail blue damsels, fighting conch, colt coral, leather coral, watermellon mushroom, brown zoos, Bubble coral, green fuzzy mushroom, Yellow polyp zoos, Orange Ricordia. | |
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09-02-2005, 07:15 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
I like the coloring, will he get along with my Black Birdwrasse?
mike
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
2 Percula Clowns, Scissortail Goby, Black Birdwrasse, Keyhole angel, Lawnmower Blenny, | |
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09-03-2005, 02:17 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) - Sept '05 Fish of the Month
Your bird wrasse most likely won't get along with it.
In all my years of wholesaling and retialing fish, I've given the same advice. They can be very mean little guys, that doesn't mean all will be mean though 
Scott Michael concurs with me on pg 311 of his "Marine Fishes" handbook. "However, it will often behave aggressively towards peacefull wrasses and shy, inoffensive species."
I wouldn't call Coral Beauties, Kole tangs or tomato clowns inoffensive, but several of my ol sixlines sure thought they were. FWIW, one even beat the crud out of a pseudochromis. | |
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that's what happened to my wifes tank. 
