6 line wrass trouble?

[ninjamini]

I got a 6 line wrass about 4 months ago and I have noticed he is quite the bully. I have/had 2 feather dusters. One threw its crown and started to re-grow it. I went away for a long weekend and he is gone. No tube nothing. My other feather duster has let go of his spot and had fallen. I moved him to the front of the tank on the sand but he is not opening up. I am starting to wonder about him.

6 lines are known to eat worms but will they take one one that is 3 times its size?

I have also seen that he is bullying my firefish. Everytime he comes out there is 6 pecking at him.

Is it time to move him to the nano cube?

 

[pedromatic]

That's strange. I have a six line in a 55 with 2 feather duster worms. The fish has been in there for at least a year with no problems. In fact I have a six line in each of my two tanks, and both are wimps and get chased around by other fish occasionally.

I've had the feather dusters for about 3 years now, same ones. I've tried a few others but they didn't last. But I don't think it had anything to do with the wrasse, I just think worms can be tricky.

 

[ReefWreak]

I've heard a lot of stories about 6lines being really big bullies to their tankmates. I think it's relatively common. Maybe 60-70% are shy, but 30-40% are aggressive? Who knows? All I know is that I've heard both sides of it from a lot of different people on here.

 

[ninjamini]

Humm now I have found the purple tang picking at him several times?

 

[ReefWreak]

At the worm or at the 6line?

 

[rorchilles]

my six line is a mean *****

 

[ninjamini]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10127713#post10127713 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefWreak
At the worm or at the 6line?

At the worm. Picked him up several times and moved him. He is now loose and on the sand.