6 Line Wrath

[StringerBell]

6 Line Wrath

No....I dont have a lithp....

I was very proud not to have lost a fish in my first five months. But my 6
line has killed the last 2 "new arrivals" within a day of introduction.
These were both bottom dwelling goby types.
I cant re-arrange the rocks----
I have 4 fish in my 65 gallon and want to add 1 or 2 more.
This sucker has become uber-territorial. Anything I can do besides trapping
it out?

[TheRock]

Leave the top off of your tank and let him jump out and hit the floor.
It should take lass than a week.

The only other solution to aggressive fish is either, another fish of equal
or larger size
or a more aggressive fish.

Compatibility chart:
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"StringerBell" > wrote in message
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>6 Line Wrath
>
> No....I dont have a lithp....
>
> I was very proud not to have lost a fish in my first five months. But my 6
> line has killed the last 2 "new arrivals" within a day of introduction.
> These were both bottom dwelling goby types.
> I cant re-arrange the rocks----
> I have 4 fish in my 65 gallon and want to add 1 or 2 more.
> This sucker has become uber-territorial. Anything I can do besides
> trapping it out?
>

[George Patterson]

TheRock wrote:

> The only other solution to aggressive fish is either, another fish of equal
> or larger size
> or a more aggressive fish.

I've not had a lot of luck with this approach. I've had two fish that seemed to
target any new arrivals; an Emperor Angle and a Powder-blue Tang. Neither would
tangle with a Lionfish, but anything else was fair game. Size and temperament of
the new fish didn't matter; they had to sleep sometime, and the aggressor would
get them sooner or later.

Trap the wrasse out.

George Patterson
No one ever says "It's only a game." when his team is winning.

[KurtG]

StringerBell wrote:
> But my 6
> line has killed the last 2 "new arrivals" within a day of introduction.

Why not trap him out and put him in a quarantine tank, then introduce
your fish, give a few weeks, and then reintroduce the wrasse? The
wrasse will need to reestablish territory and may tolerate the fish better.

I did that will my blue fin damsil and it calmed down substantially.

I like the 2 liter bottle trap. It worked for me.

--Kurt

[StringerBell]

wow--
that was too easy. The 6 line swam in within 2 minutes. I even fed the tank
yesterday.
So, I guess that fish really was getting big for its britches. Way too
confident for its own good. A LFS took it off my habds.
Now maybe I can add a couple newbies.
Maybe I`ll add a 6 line after Im done stocking. It was a good reef
fish----just a killer to newcomers.
Those green 4 lines are nice too---I dont see `em around as much.

"George Patterson" > wrote in message
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> TheRock wrote:
>
>> The only other solution to aggressive fish is either, another fish of
>> equal or larger size
>> or a more aggressive fish.
>
> I've not had a lot of luck with this approach. I've had two fish that
> seemed to target any new arrivals; an Emperor Angle and a Powder-blue
> Tang. Neither would tangle with a Lionfish, but anything else was fair
> game. Size and temperament of the new fish didn't matter; they had to
> sleep sometime, and the aggressor would get them sooner or later.
>
> Trap the wrasse out.
>
> George Patterson
> No one ever says "It's only a game." when his team is winning.