mc82 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 was watching my (new to me) 14g nano last night and now noticed I have bristle worms in there. from what I've read - not a big deal if kept under control. I only saw one, but guessing where there is one...there is many. So, question is - given the current livestock I have (2 Ocellaris Clowns, 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp)... is adding a small 6 line wrasse going to be too much for that small tank? I don't want to stress out the clowns. Or theres no need to add anything unless I start seeing a bunch of bristle worms in there. guessing stretched out, it was probably around 1" long. thanks! Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I think you will be ok adding a 6 line to that mix. You may consider an Orchid Dottyback or Neon Dottyback instead. You could even do a small female melanarous wrasse, sometimes called a Chainlink Wrasse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendaroo Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Yay, another person with a nano. We have a 12g aquapod with 1 blue damsel and 1 ocellaris, and we added the sixline a few months ago. No problems so far. It definitely helped with the bristle worm population, but we do still have some, which I figure is fine. I'm not sure if a sixline is really necessary for your bristle worm pop... sounds like the one you saw was pretty small and I'm assuming skinny, but in my experience, the sixline is a cool fish to watch and it has worked out fine in my tank. HTH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc82 Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 are the melanarous wrasse and the neon, orchid dottyback pretty common to find in a LFS? any recommendations? I'm on the west side but not worried about driving if I need to. thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 If they aren't huge worms and aren't bothering anything, why do you want a fish that will eat them? My coris wrasse doesn't touch them, but i yank the big ones out when i see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc82 Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 that was one of my original questions above - "Or theres no need to add anything unless I start seeing a bunch of bristle worms in there". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 if you get a six line just make sure its a smaller one. they can get a little aggressive so i've heard if they are established and similar in size to the other tank mates, although i've not had any problems with my 2 6 lines. one of which is in a 29g pod with 4 other fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I think you will be ok adding a 6 line to that mix. You may consider an Orchid Dottyback or Neon Dottyback instead. You could even do a small female melanarous wrasse' date=' sometimes called a Chainlink Wrasse[/quote'] Or what I refer to as the rotten ****ing ******* ****head from **** fish- The neon dottyback was the worst fish I have ever bought-very pretty for a **** head- The fish has serious attitude issues, I am certain he was picked on in school and his mom made him dress funny-now all the other fish have to pay. They are easy to catch in a nano-but when I moved him into my 75 gallon reef-well just do an advanced search for threads started by me and you can see how desperate I got to get rid of that SOB Pretty fish though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I personally will never own another 6 line wrasse again.... I have owned more than one and every one ended up being aggressive when i added livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I personally will never own another 6 line wrasse again.... I have owned more than one and every one ended up being aggressive when i added livestock. I hear this just as much as I hear something positive about the 6 line. I won't get one just cuz its such a toss up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc82 Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 such a great forum - thanks for all the input! So what I'm reading so far, it's not an urgent "must" to get the bristle worms under control - just watch it. I'm in the right ball park of fish for control if I need it - but aggression can be a bit dicey (I've found the same in my planted freshwater tank with different fish.) and..... reefnjunkie really really has strong feelings about the Neon Dottybacks you got me laughing. thanks again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 such a great forum - thanks for all the input! So what I'm reading so far, it's not an urgent "must" to get the bristle worms under control - just watch it. I'm in the right ball park of fish for control if I need it - but aggression can be a bit dicey (I've found the same in my planted freshwater tank with different fish.) and..... reefnjunkie really really has strong feelings about the Neon Dottybacks you got me laughing. thanks again!! be real careful about taking advice from this guy, he's a little (nutty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendaroo Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 be real careful about taking advice from this guy' date=' he's a little (nutty)[/quote'] Man, he's got nice corals, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 If you try and not feed your cleaner shrimps they will eat some of the bristle worms when they get hungry. Yea you have to watch that reefnjunkie guy. He sucks you into his warped way of thinking with them nice corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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