Six Line wrasse - will it eat hermits etc

[laura6686]

Hi

I have a huge bristle worm problem as my rock came from another tank that was over fed. It was so bad that the darn worms were lying out on the substrate during the daytime - tons of them.

Someone told me the six line was good for that and that the only other thing they eat are pods etc, mysis and brine. Now I am worried after reading a few links here about other wrasses that mine could eat my porcelain crab and/or my hermit crab.

I do know he has not touched any bristle worms LOL:duh:

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[cb747]

My six line doesnt touch my hermits. So it should be fine

 

[Uprising Rage]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fr85yAAKph0

There is video proof that 6 lines will F up crabs.

 

[thirty6]

Try to find posts on h ow to use a soda bottle as a trap, I have never done it but if the worms are too big the wrasse may not be worth the chance if tour worried about some livestock

 

[Geraud]

The crab was out of its shell in that video though. In the wild anything that shows the slightest distress gets eaten right away... no matter how nice the fish, hell even the fox face might have gone for it.

 

[Ana Gropper]

Our six line was very mellow.. Loved ghost shrimp when we fed the marine beta... Never touched anything else. But our friend's six line wrasse is a nasty bugger and nips at everything.. And he can't get him in a trap.. It's funny.. Like watching the mouse trap game. We were recommended a yellow coris wrasse for snail hitchhikers because of their teeth and they are supposed to be less aggressive than other wrasses that do the same.

 

[BrooklynReefer]

I got a six line to clean up a flat worm infestation. It did a great job! They were out of control and the six line cleaned them out within a couple weeks, never to return. I've had it for years, and it has never bother any hermits or other inverts.

 

[Silkyslim]

The crab was out of its shell in that video though. In the wild anything that shows the slightest distress gets eaten right away... no matter how nice the fish, hell even the fox face might have gone for it.

I agree. Plus he target fed in the crabs direction.

 

[trinimaddness]

That sure looked like a Melanurus wrasse to me not a six line.

http://www.google.com/search?q=mela...Hm0gGslIH4Dg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1117&bih=811

 

[trinimaddness]

That sure looked like a Melanurus wrasse to me not a six line.

http://www.google.com/search?q=mela...Hm0gGslIH4Dg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1117&bih=811

I had a Melanurus wrasse and yes it did eat my CUC members.

 

[jaa1456]

That was a melanarus wrasse in the video and not a 6 line. Any fish will go after that soft flesh on that hermit.