six line question

[Deep Reef]

I have a 6 line wrasse that has been in my tank for a month. yesterday i noticed he was missing. checked everywhere. didn't see anything dead. he didn't come out to feed...should I assume he is dead?

 

[Alex1524]

Greg, this has happened to me so many times! I had a huge mature clownfish and she disappeared. Nowhere to be found on the floor or anything. Recently I had a mated pair of cleaner shirmp, one went missing! And like you, my sixline recently went missing BUT I found him on the floor =-/

I think everyone in the hobby experiences some type of loss where you have no idea where the fish went lol There's just no explanation.

As far as your sixline, I mean he only went missing yesterday so I would wait a day or two but if he hasn't come out to feed when he does normally I'm assuming he's missing.

Good luck!

 

[Deep Reef]

Thanks. I figure hes gone but I thought I would ask

 

[andrewdeme]

believe it or not, you will be happier in the long run not having that fish in there. they can get very mean over time.

 

[stagcrazy]

i agree with andrewdeme those fish turn real nasty u wil be happy he is gone.

 

[Alex1524]

Our of curiosity When they turn "mean" do they just become aggressive and mean towards other fish like damsels?

 

[ERivera65]

yeah I just got rid of mine a few months ago because he got really mean. my form of mean is I added a yellow watchman goby and the sixline attacked him the moment I put the goby in, the sixline bit it and acted like a raging pitbull lol. poor goby, well I caught mine and got him to a new home. I added a melanurus wrasse but it seems like he isn't very peaceful to other wrasses. I added a yellow coris wrasse last month and my melanurus wasn't having it either lol. I guess the wrasse is specifically aggressive to its own species and not to any other fish because I added an angel recently and no aggression to the angel at all.

 

[Tecdiverfl]

I had one in my 180 became pretty nasty. I found him on floor behind my tank last week. Can't say I will miss it

 

[andrewdeme]

yup.... nasty fish for sure. They will become the boss of the tank, no matter who is there.

 

[AquamanE]

yup.... nasty fish for sure. They will become the boss of the tank, no matter who is there.

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Nice looking fish though.

 

[delmo]

It's been long enough now, if you haven't found him, you can probably smell him if you put your nose over the tank... They are little bastards. I have one now that knocks snails and crabs over just for the hell of it.