6 line wrasse advise

mzingali · 10-26-2006, 01:20 PM

Help! I think my yellow damsel is beating the #$@! out of my 6 line wrasse. The wrasse has bare patches all over him. Is this normal for damsels? There isn't much in this 20 gal tank...few rocks, clown percula (not a scratch) and a blue damsel (not a scratch).

Thanks in advance

Mike

Tim224DT · 10-26-2006, 01:22 PM

Damsels are mean........and the clown can hold is own with him but the 6 line might not be able to in the small tank.

You might want to think about getting that damsel out of the tank if you want the 6 line to survive.

Tim

tashier · 10-26-2006, 01:25 PM

Amen to that. Get rid of all your Damsels if you want any other fish in your tank. They are horrible.

mzingali · 10-26-2006, 02:03 PM

Thanks folks! I kinda figured that but I introduced all of them at the same time about 2 1/2 years ago...just recently I've seen the wrasse beatened up.

Oh well, I guess the damsels are going back to the store.

Mike

JY13131 · 10-26-2006, 03:02 PM

IN the shortrun, you may want to rearrange the rocks you have. The more hiding places the better for the future. ANd I have always been told, "if you want any other fish....don;t get damsels.". I think it is a mental thing, builds their confidence when they have some place to hide, but once they are off their game, they are toast.

tashier · 10-26-2006, 04:09 PM

In my experience it hasn't really mattered what I do, eventually they just start beating up the other fish again. Funny though the problem I had was my blue damsels beating up my yellow tail damsel. At least they were keeping it in the family.