Wrasse Compatibilty?

[FishPharm]

I have a 180 g sps tank, with lots of rock and caves. Currently, have 12 fish total. Of the 12 fish, one so happens to be a six-line wrasse, which is quite peaceful and gets along with the rest of the community.

I would like to add a mystery wrasse to the mix. Has anyone had success with these two fish co-existing?

What are your thoughts?

Ron

 

[anydarnthing]

Unless your mystery wrasse is much larger then the sixline I think your sixline will harass your mystery to death, since they are friom the same genus. So what would you prefer a fish that cost less then $20 killing a fish that cost more then $150 you decide. Mystery Wrasses are known for being passive and skittish when new to a tank, I know someone who lost his $200 Mystery Wrasse to a $10 Bicolor Dottyback...ouch and he has a 240gal tank.

 

[FishPharm]

OK. My sixline is still quite small. So getting a Mystery that's larger is doable. Thanx. Anyone esle?

 

[RichConley]

mystery wrasses being skittish? Never heard that. They're pretty damn aggressive IME.

 

[jda]

I would not trust a 6-line with any other type of wrasse. The 6-line will be like a little attack torpedo. Possum wrassese can hold their own OK when established, but they are very timid when new. I would not hold out much hope for a mystery in the tank with a 6-line.

 

[FishPharm]

OK. Thought it could be possible to to house both in a large tank with lots of hiding spaces, caves and such for refuge. It's just very tempting to see a fish you really would like to add and hold out hope theirs a way to make it workout.

Thanks for the advice. I'll just have to pass on the mystery wrasse I had my eye on.

Ron

 

[john37]

catch that sixline and give him away then you can do a bunch of flasher or fairy wrasses as well as a mystery wrasse. There are so many more attractive wrasses than the 6line.

 

[ReefCresteds]

any suggestions on how to catch the sixline wrasse? I'd like to catch mine. He's a bully.

 

[Angel*Fish]

If you can find out which hole he sleeps in, after lights out you can just cover the hole and remove the rock to a bucket of tank water. Of course that may not work if you can't remove that rock.