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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse)

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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) Empty Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse)

Post  thierry Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:24 am

Source liveaquaria.com

QUICK STATS
  • Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons
  • Care Level: Easy
  • Temperament: Semi-aggressive
  • Reef Compatible: Yes
  • Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.020-1.025
  • Max. Size: 3"
  • Color Form: Blue, Green, Orange
  • Diet: Carnivore
  • Origin: Fiji, Indonesia
  • Family: Labridae
  • Insert Date: 28 October 2011


The Six Line Wrasse is both beautiful and active. With its six distinct, horizontal blue lines overlaid against an orange body, this member of the Labridae family brings a zip of color to any marine reef aquarium. This is especially true when a courting male Six Line Wrasse displays an increased color intensity. However, it is the active darting amongst rock outcroppings and corals that most attracts the Six Line Wrasse to any onlooker.
Also known as the Sixline or Sixstripe Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus hexataenia is native to reefs of the Indo-Pacific and the coast of Fiji. Here, the Six Line Wrasse forages amongst corals and rocks for foods, mainly keeping to itself. In the home aquarium, the Six Line Wrasse requires a peaceful environment with a generous supply of hiding places and live rock on which they can forage for food. Here, the Six Line Wrasse will search for live foods in the form of small crustaceans such as pyramidellid snails (clam parasites), urchins, and commensal flatworms. The Six Line Wrasse is also known to feed on unwanted pests on live rock, such as bristleworms.

Though generally peaceful, the Six Line Wrasse may act aggressively towards peaceful Wrasses and other easily-intimidated fish, especially if inadequately fed or if its habitat is void of places in which it can hide.

The Six Line Wrasse diet should include vitamin enriched frozen mysis shrimp, vitamin enriched frozen brine shrimp, and other meaty foods along with a high quality marine flake and marine pellet food.
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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse) Empty First introduction

Post  thierry Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:29 am

Friday we put the Six Line Wrasse in the aquarium, hoping it would help us with the flatworm problem and maybe finish some bristleworms as well for us. It wasn't long before the Neon Dottyback started to bully him, and we haven't seen him anywhere the whole weekend (also no picture yet).
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