Six-line wrasse question. Help plz.

[YoungReefer06]

I have had my six line for like 9 months now, he is one of my favorites.

Being completely honest, I would not doubt if my guy has swam the distance to the moon and back, seriously he never stops moving!

 

[kyle102565]

mine sleeps from lights out to lights on, i panicked the first couple times too. if your worried move rocks. sixlines are awesome!!

 

[pcragg]

Mine's been known to disappear for a day or two, and then when I start to think its dead, it pops out. I wouldn't worry about it.

Great fish, lots of personality. It picks on my purple firefishes though, and makes them disappear for days at a time.

 

[teo241]

my sixline has literally tried to kill itself twice. the first time it jumped out of my tank onto a glass cover i used to have right below my lights, was up there at least 15 minutes (i had just fed the tank earlier) before i heard him flop, was dry and stiff, i put him back in the water, he sunk to the bottom, and was swimming around within 5 minutes.

the second time was a few months later, i didn't see him for a few days, i happened to look at the rocks from underneath the tank (i was running barebottom) and i saw him wedged in a rock, after two more days stuck in there i took apart my rocks and freed him. he's doing fine now, active as ever, but i make sure i see it daily.

but i guess that doesn't compare to a firefish i had which disappeared one day. i opened my canister filter to clean it and found the firefish living in the top of the canister, and very skinny. it was in there for a month and a half.

 

[Stevenx2]

I considered getting one, but all the stories about aggressive 6lines on this forum, kind of changed my mind.....

 

[jasper24]

Look "around" the tank again good. I had mine for 6 months before he jumped.

 

[Sir Crabby]

mine had got himself into a hole in the rock for the night and got stuck. I kept putting food in which always brought him out but he never showed. Then 4 days later I seen small green movement in a hole and got a flashlight and found him. I had to remove the rock and used a Dremel to cut him out, and kept wetting him with a turkey baster so he would dry out. Still have him today 1 1/2 yrs later.

 

[slojmn]

Mine gets sucked into the overflow occasionally. If he is missing I check the overflow and I always found him in there. Though it sounds like you don't have an overflow. They can get stuck as others have pointed out. Good luck finding him.

 

[demeyer2]

Thanks. I haven't seen him yet this morning, but I'm going to move all the rocks soon.

 

[demeyer2]

Well guys and gals, I cleaned my tank, moved most of the rocks around. Cleaned the powerhead, skimmer, and carbon filter. No sign of him. Then I cleaned the entire room and no signs of him surfing the carpet. I hope he is still in the rocks somewhere but I'm assuming my scarlets, red and blue legs got a 30$ treat. So if he wasn't eaten, where the heck is he? :eek1:

 

[Gooli]

wish i had better news for you...sounds like he died and got eaten

 

[demeyer2]

I find that really weird. No signs of stress, eating and swimming happily and then he died? I refuse to give up hope on him lol!

 

[clown2be]

Sorry to hear that man! Your not the only one, I've had many fish just vanish like magic.

 

[demeyer2]

I'm sad to say that there wasn't any sign of him yesterday or today and when I got my water test I had some nitrates I'm assuming from him. I'm just going to give it some time before I buy another one and make sure my water is perfect again. I'm content on having a six-line because of how cool he was. Thanks for all the support guys!

 

[old salty]

I think your six line and my six line found each other and eloped to Tonga or something!! Three days and no sign of mine either. I don't have any aggressive fish or predators. I also seem to have a Pajama Cardinal that just vanished into the thin air. I'm gonna take a powerhead to the rock in the morning and see what comes out.

I checked my overflows by looking underneath and no sign. I also checked behind the tank and nothing. Cross between frustrating and irritating!!