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08-07-2007, 09:35 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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|  I love my sixline!
Sixline Wrasse
Scientific Name: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Family: Labridae    More Pics
Besides its incredible beauty, it is great fun to watch whizzing around tank, playing in heavy water current and "schooling" around with other fish.
It is a fish with wonderful characteristics.
It will eat flatworms, bristle worms, small nuisance snails (esp. those that prey on clams) and is known to act as a "cleaner" to other fish that might be afflicted with some parasite such as Ick.
I often see it carefully inspecting my larger fish, which will hold still for it to do so.
While it does carry a bad rep for being overly aggressive, mine is the most docile, mellow and fish friendly in the tank. The reason being it was the last fish to be added to the population, other then my flame wrasse, which it does not bother at all. It seems to be that they will not tolerate new fish.
He has lots of personality and fun to watch him following around my coral beauty which his best friend.
The only downside that I have heard of, is that it also loves copepods which will put it in competition with other pod eaters, such as mandarins. But my mandarin is a fat little sausage so does not seem to be a problem in my tank.
So for a cheap, colorful and playful addition to a already established fish population, consider adding a sixline wrasse.
It is the perfect reef fish.
I love mine. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (Davis Family Reef Aquarium - Home Page/Reef Log) (Best Photos of 2008!)
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08-07-2007, 12:11 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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I think one of these might be my next fish. _________ Kris
180 gallon AGA display, 2 250 MH, 1 400 MH, 2 65 PC, AAT moonlight, DIY wet dry, sump, and fuge, G2 skimmer, KNOP C calcium reactor, auto top off, dual pump closed loop, Oceans Motions valve, phosphate reactor, fuidized sand filter, Lighthouse controller keeping it all in check.  My 180 Tank Thread | |
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08-07-2007, 12:45 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Sixlines are great. I love how they swim too! They coast right over rocks and can stop on a dime. | |
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09-13-2007, 09:38 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Look'en at ya...(click on pic to enlarge)
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09-13-2007, 10:04 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Mine got bullied around for a while but seems to be getting along pretty good with the others. They can be quick little burgers when they want to be. I would recommend one. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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09-13-2007, 01:20 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Only six line I ever loved was the one I have now and the six lines happen when I bump her elbow when she is applying mascara..  Maybe a 12 line some days (: I never loved a fish unless it was tasty !  _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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09-13-2007, 02:24 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Tangster  Only six line I ever loved was the one I have now and the six lines happen when I bump her elbow when she is applying mascara.. Maybe a 12 line some days (: I never loved a fish unless it was tasty ! |  
"Love" is in eye and heart of beholder... | |
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10-02-2007, 05:10 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Love, love, love, my little six-line (can you tell by the icon?).. He survived a painful tank crash when my one eyed flame angel got fish ich. The ich moved to the wrasse, whom I quarintined quickly and got better.. Unfortunately, the flame angel (respectfully known as "One-eyed Willie") was sent to fish heaven. But since then, there have been no problems and the Wrasse is happily swimming around lookin' cute  _________  30g Saltwater tank with a Six-Lined Wrasse, Flame Angelfish (sml), Clown Fish, and Arrow Crab (maybe on short term residence right now) | |
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10-02-2007, 05:26 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Our six line is great. Love watching him dart in and out of the rock. He is always on the move... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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07-10-2008, 08:01 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Age: 22
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hmmmm im thinking i may have to get one of the wiked fish!!! hmmmmm _________ 90g tank, T5-48in lighting, 10000k day light, true actinic 03 blue fluorescent, 120g Eheim filteration system, Coralife 9w UV sterilizer, Red Sea Berlin airlift protein skimmer, seio prop 530 super flow pump, 300w heater  | |
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