four.........six..........eight........??

Diesel · Mar 16, 2016

We all know that a six line Wrasse can be a pita but what about the four and eight lines??

Four

Six

Eight

Davesgt · Mar 16, 2016

Have wondered this myself

evolved · Mar 16, 2016

Yes, the attitude goes with the genus, not the species.

Vaughn17 · Mar 16, 2016

My four-line is named Dennis the Menace. He is a bossy, busy, bully, but not a killer. He won't mess with fish that stand up to him, like my yellow watchman but he (Dennis) kept a royal gramma holed up all the time, until I moved the gramma to another tank. Dennis is very personable and is always trying to con me into feeding him, as in, more. Loves to steal food from corals. Extremely intelligent and beautiful fish. I've had him for 2 years and feel like 40 gallons is too small.

Robink · Mar 16, 2016

I never had a problem with my sixline.... did have a problem with a melanarus though. He killed the sixline.

redfishbluefish · Mar 16, 2016

Well, I have a multi-lined wrasse....also called a melanurus wrasse...melanurus must mean "many," or "multi,"

because I think the person who names wrasses ran out of fingers.

Here's the pic from liveaquaria....and you can count the "lines."

The only thing I can say is that my guy is a pleasure! Although I think he's eaten all my snails.

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 16, 2016

My eight line is not a bully but also not a punk

Robink · Mar 16, 2016

Mine cleaned up all the vermetid snails and then I think he ate my harlequin shrimp. Didn't see him do it.....

eatbreakfast · Mar 16, 2016

evolved said:
Yes, the attitude goes with the genus, not the species.

I agree with this completely. I have had to remove just about every species in this genus from a tank ar one time or another, the only one I didn't have to remove was evanidus. Every other Pseudocheilinus eventually caused trouble.

Davesgt · Mar 16, 2016

redfishbluefish said:
Well, I have a multi-lined wrasse....also called a melanurus wrasse...melanurus must mean "many," or "multi," because I think the person who names wrasses ran out of fingers. Here's the pic from liveaquaria....and you can count the "lines."

The only thing I can say is that my guy is a pleasure! Although I think he's eaten all my snails.

My Melanarus has been a pleasure to have, he has the most amazing colors and has no time to be mean cause he searches the tank for pest all day

sawdonkey · Mar 16, 2016

After a month of qt, I put my six line in my DT two nights ago at midnight. I saw him out and about last night a little but I wasn't home much. I'm sure my two trigger, two angels and two tangs will keep him in check.

Battlecorals · Mar 16, 2016

Had a fourline once years ago, plopped him in, never saw him again. Ever lol

Bdog4u2 · Mar 16, 2016

I've had 2 six lines first was peaceful 2nd well let's just say I'm about to to get a much bigger melanurus to put him in his place

mort · Mar 18, 2016

My sixline is perfectly behaved. He's does live on his own though

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

Mr. Microscope · Mar 18, 2016

I had a four-line years ago. Beautiful fish, but a terror from hell to one of my clowns. I had to give him away.

dyates442 · Mar 18, 2016

I have a six line and he is an beautiful fish and doesn't bother anything

MickeyMouse · Mar 18, 2016

Since my beginnings I had 3 six lines, one was really peaceful, I was happy as this is a superb fish.
I had one that was pretty peaceful, just a bit bully with small anthias, but he was a good fish.
The third one was a real bully, killing 3 other wrasses, harassing many fish, I was happy when he jumped off (thanks I forgot to put the net on the tank).

Now I have a four line, really hard to find where I live, but what a magnificent wrasse! Luckily, he is as besutiful as he is peaceful. Only bad point, he's so hard to photograph

SaltyBiker · Mar 18, 2016

All my years of reefing I've always had a 6 Line wrasse. I like their small nimble size that can get into the tiniest crevices and they have all the heart of a larger wrasse like a melanurus. As much as I hear about them being terrors, I don't believe it's coincidence, but I must be one lucky guy, because I've never once had a problem with mine.

Gomery12 · Mar 18, 2016

My six line is currently the second biggest in my tank. My snowflake definitely rules the roost! Other than the six line getting into my overflow and then I have to get him down to my sump to get him out, he's pretty chill. Hasn't bothered the new tanks mates green chromi and blue tang (small 1 inch)