Fish that can hold their own, but arent evil?

[shmibly]

I have a sixline wrasse who tends to bother newcomers, but not as horribly as some other people have had it. My orchid dotty died the other day for no apparent reason I can see, he was eating like a pig?but now I want to replace him with something that will be able to hold its own like my old orchid dottyback, but isnt totally evil. I was thinking purple dottyback maybe? Or maybe a peaceful kind of wrasse? Its gotta be invert safe since I love my shrimps? Any good ideas?

 

[marrone]

The Purple Dottyback is very aggressive and will causes problems with other fish. I would look at some of the smaller Hogfish as they're not that aggressive and can hold their own against the Six Line Wrasse.

Also, how large is your tank? Size can be a problem when placing in Wrasse or Dottyback/Basset.

 

[johnsonlee42]

Yellow-tail damsels tend to stand up for themselves, but are mostly not evil.

 

[jaa1456]

I had a 6 line in my 65 and added a Bimac Hogfish that was twice the size of the 6 line, needless to say the wrasse was actually biting it and I had to remove the Hogfish.

 

[shmibly]

Sorry about that I have a 55 gallon. And yes I heard that purple dottys can be mean, but I have a flame angel (hes never bothered a new fish, its a miracle) that sort of keeps the flame in check.

 

[marrone]

I had a 6 line in my 65 and added a Bimac Hogfish that was twice the size of the 6 line, needless to say the wrasse was actually biting it and I had to remove the Hogfish.

That type of Hogfish is fairly small and not that aggressive, there are quite a number of others that are much more aggressive and larger.

 

[marrone]

Sorry about that I have a 55 gallon. And yes I heard that purple dottys can be mean, but I have a flame angel (hes never bothered a new fish, its a miracle) that sort of keeps the flame in check.

A 55gal tank isn't take large, and a Six line would probably cause a problem with any other Dottyback/Basset or Wrasse, and if do get one that is very aggressive, it will probably beat up/kill the Six line. If you put in a fish that the Flame Angel found was competition, like another Angel, you would see it would probably attack that fish. So a lot of the fish being aggressive has to do with other tank mates.

 

[jaa1456]

That type of Hogfish is fairly small and not that aggressive, there are quite a number of others that are much more aggressive and larger.

I was commenting on my experience with that particular Hogfish, Who knows if he would have went to buy one of those. But it was twice the size of the 6 line.

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Damn Six-lines. You could go with large Melanarus wrasse, tomato or maroon clown, Splendid dottyback, Niger or Pink tail trigger or maybe something like a Mimic Tang or Tomini
tang

 

[jaa1456]

Skip the Melanarus wrasse as well, tried one of those double the size and had to remove it. Try removing the 6line to start with.

 

[shmibly]

Oh god that will never happen lol. Itl be a nightmare! What if I got the yellowtail damsel? its labeled as semi aggressive? thoughts?

 

[MIKE NY]

just from my experience I always remove the aggresser not the new fish unless it's a few of them. Once the new fish is acclimated the aggresser can be added a few days to a week later..the aggressive fish isn't as territorial because it's the new guy ....this method has worked almost all the time for me even with my big sixline which is a model citizen now with a leopard, a melanarus and a yellow.

 

[johnsonlee42]

Yellow-tailed damsels are really not that aggressive, unless they are in the tank with smaller, similarly-shaped/colored fish. These fish are pretty small to begin with so it's doubtful that he will pick on anyone else in your tank... they are also cheap, and I'm a big fan of their coloring.