Heard from quite a few folks they're jumpers yet there are those that have had them for years with no problem. Just picked up one last night along with a YT +Flame angel and they're in my 90G rimless tank. I understand just about any fish can jump to their demise. May have to rig up a screen mesh later today. Has anyone kept a sixers in an open top tank?
Who has a six line wrasse in open top system?
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evolved
Wrasse Nut
Exactly.
ALL wrasses are jumpers; it's not a matter of if they'll jump but when. You might get away with it for a while, but you'd simply be keeping the fish on borrowed time.
A top with no gaps is a REQUIREMENT for keeping wrasses.
Deinonych
New member
+1
With a rimless tank, you have two options: 1. build a mesh top or 2. don't keep wrasses and other jumping fish.
If you opt for #1, you can build a mesh top that fits inside the rim. I recall another user here that used plastic tabs so the top wasn't resting on top of the tank.
Fish can be 'spooked' by just about anything...you don't need an 'aggressor'!
+1!!!!! Although if I had a 6 line, I'd leave the top off and pray that it jumped...they are a PITA fish !
bullitr
broke but happy
Yup ^ that
This $10 fish kill $500 if my fish because its super aggressive little Bugger.
DopeCantWin
Active member
I've had a Clown, Clown Goby, Blue Tang and a Purple goby jump out. Unless the only inhabitant is a Stone Fish or something similar I wouldn't recommend putting any fish into a coverless tank.
evolved
Wrasse Nut
Agree with that too. They're a neat fish that has their place, but I'd never have one in a reef. They make a great frag tank fish!
M.phenax
not Blondie
http://aquarists-at-usf.forumotion.com/t19-diy-mesh-screen-aquarium-top
This ^ is a good link for a screen top. There are pictures too
This ^ is a good link for a screen top. There are pictures too
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
I cannot agree more. I have recently bought two small Halichoeres wrasses (silver belly and canary) and covered my tank with an acrylic sheet with very small holes for ventilation. A few hours later I found the silver bell wrasse on the carpet. Even though the acrylic sheet covered the whole tank, there was still a 1 cm2 gap (where two brace bars meet), which was uncovered, through which the wrasse must have squeezed itself before jumping to its death.
DopeCantWin
Active member
And Magic Johnson is still alive, but do you really want to risk it?
lilyost4290
Member
I've had one for three in an open top and it hasn't jumped. I kind of wish it would though haha
I placed a sixline in a 29 gal frag tank to eradicate flatworms. He was the only fish in there. Still jumped after about 6 months.
