Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I was wondering if anyone here has physically seen a six line wrasse eat bristle worms . Hopefully I can get some first hand accounts to prove my point .. I doubted it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I have heard they do, if so you got food for weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohaynow Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Sixlines are good scavengers and they will usually go after the smaller bristle worms. But in my opinion, a yellow coris wrasse is a better choice. They don't turn into a holes when they grow up lol. If you are looking for good controller for the bigger bristles, an arrow crab will do a fairly good job. And yes, I have actually seen a sixline wrasse eat small bristle worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohaynow Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Sixlines are good scavengers and they will usually go after the smaller bristle worms. But in my opinion, a yellow coris wrasse is a better choice. They don't turn into a holes when they grow up lol. If you are looking for good controller for the bigger bristles, an arrow crab will do a fairly good job. And yes, I have actually seen a sixline wrasse eat small bristle worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Lol @ garret did u like my worm farm lmao I really hate them I mean I few are ok but it's getting creepy I mean I saw one stick its head out and let loose what looked like a bunch of eggs I was considering a arrow crab but heard they get frisky trying to catch fish idk .. I was considering another wrasse but concerned that I already have a cleaner wrasse and their sissys so I didn't want him to get picked on .. The real reason for the post was I have a bet with somebody that they do this person said they'd give me 1000 if I could prove it . Lol . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Lol @ garret did u like my worm farm lmao I really hate them I mean I few are ok but it's getting creepy I mean I saw one stick its head out and let loose what looked like a bunch of eggs I was considering a arrow crab but heard they get frisky trying to catch fish idk .. I was considering another wrasse but concerned that I already have a cleaner wrasse and their sissys so I didn't want him to get picked on .. The real reason for the post was I have a bet with somebody that they do this person said they'd give me 1000 if I could prove it . Lol . everyone set up a recorder and the 1 who snaps the pic gets to split the bet money. Wish I had a six line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 That's what I'm saying !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yeah you gots lots of worms who needs a cuc when you got those bad boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 That's what I'm saying !!!! I'm going out to get a six line....now remember I snap the pic you got to split that bet....I wish too many fish for the six line to bully in my tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Maybe he will fit right in ?! I'm going to get one soon I think if he doesn't work out in mine ill put him with the triggers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHash-fish20 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Six lines will eat bristle worms I'm almost positive, also depends on the fish though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Ya a pyscho six line with a hunger for worms ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 If you can get over how ugly and creepy they are then there IMO the best scavengers there is and a great benifit to a reef . On the other hand I'm glad I'm not allergic to them or I'd be screwed . And I have seen them pull a sick Jawfish under the rock like a creepy horror movie ... If u can keep the numbers low there cool .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yeah, good scavengers but no offense like ypu said your sand bed is like a horror story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yup ... I'm starting a war with them though so I think I will have a yellow coris and a arrow crab ordered for me I have tried the traps that's a bunch of crap I even switched tanks .. And that's a whole new sand bed but they hitch hiked the rocks all I know is if you see one you have more creepin around in there .. I even tried manually pulling them out cut down feeding what's odd is I have three tanks going and the one in my room the 40b is the only one with the problem downstairs is a nano with two elderly ocellaris clowns and a strawberry psuedocromis which I hear eats them but have never seen it . The other tank has the triggers and a tomato clown and a bi color Blenny that I caught eating my wellso so I banished him .. But I can't find any in those tanks .. Weird aye . And at one point or another the rocks were all in the same place . Has me baffled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHash-fish20 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yup ... I'm starting a war with them though so I think I will have a yellow coris and a arrow crab ordered for me I have tried the traps that's a bunch of crap I even switched tanks .. And that's a whole new sand bed but they hitch hiked the rocks all I know is if you see one you have more creepin around in there .. I even tried manually pulling them out cut down feeding what's odd is I have three tanks going and the one in my room the 40b is the only one with the problem downstairs is a nano with two elderly ocellaris clowns and a strawberry psuedocromis which I hear eats them but have never seen it . The other tank has the triggers and a tomato clown and a bi color Blenny that I caught eating my wellso so I banished him .. But I can't find any in those tanks .. Weird aye . And at one point or another the rocks were all in the same place . Has me baffled! How I avoid hitchhikers is dipping rocks in hypersalinity water- that way the hitchhikers jump off and you get to pick what you want, and what you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 When I first got my six line (don't have him anymore) the very first thing he did when introduced to the tank was to pull a big bristle worm right out of the sand and eat it whole!!!! I didn't really see him go after them after that though... My thinking is that when they are hungry they go after the worms but when well fed they don't bother, just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHash-fish20 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 When I first got my six line (don't have him anymore) the very first thing he did when introduced to the tank was to pull a big bristle worm right out of the sand and eat it whole!!!! I didn't really see him go after them after that though... My thinking is that when they are hungry they go after the worms but when well fed they don't bother' date=' just a guess.[/quote'] Well, that's the same theory kind of as dwarf Angels and corals. Well fed = no nipping, Not well fed = coral nipping It's just a theory, but a pretty logical one at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Hmmm . So I have asked around and I should probably know the anwser but ... Will a six line or a coris pick on my cleaner wrasse I'm oddly attached to my new one and don't want to have him go carpet surfing because he is getting bit in the butt fin .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I don't have a six line but my Melanurus Wrasse thinks they are candy. I saw him eat them when he first got in to the tank. And I have not seen a bristle worm since :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohaynow Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Hmmm . So I have asked around and I should probably know the anwser but ... Will a six line or a coris pick on my cleaner wrasse I'm oddly attached to my new one and don't want to have him go carpet surfing because he is getting bit in the butt fin .. I'd go with the yellow coris, they are a few dollars more than sixlines typically are. But they are a good community wrasse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I have a sixline in my 10 gallon and have NEVER seen a bristle worm in there... nor a flat worm for that matter. I originally got her to solve a flatworm problem. I had flatworm exit resistant flatworms. That was in my 2 gallon tank. I liked my sixline so much, I built the 10 gallon for her. She is a model citizen though. Not a jerk like some sixlines that I hear about, but the only other fish in the tank is a Yellow watchman goby and she spends all of her time at the pistol shrimp den, so there are no territory disputes. Personally, I love sixlines... or at least mine, and she does eat bristle worms. I'm quite certain that I would have seen one by now if she didn't eat them all. There are a few in the pest tank that I see regularly. Hey, speaking of which, if you have an excess of bristle worms, I'd love to add a few more to the pest tank... Got any fire worms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Dude I have all the worms u want !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 All I have to do is toss a few pellets and they come out like crazy every time I feed I swoop as many out as I can I can get you a handful of both .. I usually just flick them down the toilet lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Dude I have all the worms u want !!!! definately true, couldnt imagine trying to identify all the species of um Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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