The Psychedelic Sixline Wrasse

每当我被要求推荐一个更坚固，大小和同样有吸引力的替代方案时green mandarinfish, the first species that usually pops into my mind is the sixline wrasse (假六烯尼亚）。如果您能获得健康的标本，您会发现这种令人惊叹的（但有些顽皮而调皮）几乎是防弹性的，而且通常值得适度的价格标签。

Physical traits

This Indo-Pacific species has the typical wrasse shape (banana with fins) and reaches only about 3 inches in total length. Its overall color is bluish-purple to lavender, and, true to its common name, it sports a series of six bright-orange, horizontal stripes along its flanks. Its eyes are red with white horizontal stripes above and below the pupil. Its tail is green, and there’s an ocellus (eyespot) on the dorsal edge of the caudal peduncle (base of the tail).

如果我的描述没有正义，那么在我看来，这个物种在颜色和图案上是相当迷信的，在这方面与普通话相媲美。看起来很像是从一个Yellow Submarinemovie poster.

行为

The sixline wrasse will spend most of its waking hours darting in and around the live rock in search of edible items, such asamphipods, worms, and other tiny invertebrates. At night, it will retreat into a hidden recess in the live rock and form a mucus cocoon over its body. If you look carefully in the morning, you may spot its discarded cocoon—looking like a small piece of cellophane—floating around in the water.

虽然一般和平，但P. Hexataeniacan become aggressive toward other passive or similar-looking species, especially those introduced to the tank after it. Some specimens have even been known to get feisty with fish much larger than themselves.

Interestingly, you might see a specimen picking parasites from its piscine tankmates, as this little wrasse will also sometimes function as a cleaner.

非常快，很滑，可操纵，P. Hexataenia通常会从坦克夫妇大步进行中等侵略。我125加仑的标本有时会吸引常驻番茄小丑鱼的愤怒，该鱼类更大，更笨重。但是，每当小丑鱼加重追逐时，它只会成功地弄乱这件事，因为灵巧的小wrasss可以轻松逃脱。不要打蜡拟人化，但我发誓有时会嘲笑小丑鱼，只是为了看到它的不正当乐趣而引起追逐。

Feeding

If you acquire a healthy specimen that’s eating heartily to begin with, feedingP. Hexataenia不会提出挑战。Foods need to be fairly small to fit into this species’ mouth, but mysid shrimp and just about any other finely chopped meaty foods will be accepted with gusto, as will flakes and small pellets (mine goes nuts for New Life Spectrum 1mm sinking pellets).

住房

是一条相当小的鱼P. Hexataeniacan be kept in tanks as small as 30 gallons, though owing to its highly energetic nature and constant foraging behavior, a larger setup with lots of productive live rock is best. Also, all wrasses are good jumpers, so a tank cover is a must, especially while a new specimen is getting settled in.

Tankmates

食肉鱼足够大，可以吞咽P. Hexataenia（假设他们可以抓住它）应将其排除在坦克伴侣中。最好的选择是中等侵略性的，中等大小到较大的物种，例如Tangs，其他扭曲（尽管保留特定物种和类似大小的物种是赌博），可缠身，兔子，社区友好的扳机鱼类等。

As far as reef compatibility is concerned,P. Hexataeniais an exceptional candidate. It won’t harm sessile invertebrates in any manner, and only very small motile invertebrates are in any danger of predation.