Cleaner Wrasse/Six Line Wrasse - Reef-Geeks

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

I have a blue streak cleaner wrasse , great fish , eats well and cleans the fish

very happy with it .

But an interesting thing, i have noticed in the past week , is my six line wrasse is starting to clean other fish as well. Is this normal for them ?

I just thought i would ask around and see if anyone else has had the same thing happen .

Cheers

Sneezy · Big-Geek

I haven't ever heard of it but it is very possible that it learned from the other wrasse.

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Kind of strange Skinz , i just don't think i have heard of it happening

IanH · I peed in your back yard!!

Maybe he thinks the cleaner is cool and wants to be like him?

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

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Maybe he thinks the cleaner is cool and wants to be like him?

LOL ,well i guess anything is possible , But i do doubt that.

IanH · I peed in your back yard!!

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Originally Posted by Thinkin Reef

LOL ,well i guess anything is possible , But i do doubt that.

Hey who knows? We were just talking about some of the advanced social structures of fish...

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Indeed , but i think maybe as the 6 line is a juv ,it might not do this once it has grown.

IanH · I peed in your back yard!!

Good deal though, double the cleaning power!

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

LOL true ,but he only cleans the coral beauty and blue tang .

Silly bugger he must have some sort of standard !!!!

spinycheek · Insert Custom Title Here

I've seen tangs in the wild start cleaning other fish, it's definitely possibe for various species to do.

[1 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-25-2009, 05:20 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Cleaner Wrasse/Six Line Wrasse I have a blue streak cleaner wrasse , great fish , eats well and cleans the fish very happy with it . But an interesting thing, i have noticed in the past week , is my six line wrasse is starting to clean other fish as well. Is this normal for them ? I just thought i would ask around and see if anyone else has had the same thing happen . Cheers __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-25-2009, 06:43 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Kind of strange Skinz , i just don't think i have heard of it happening __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-25-2009, 09:31 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Indeed , but i think maybe as the 6 line is a juv ,it might not do this once it has grown. __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-25-2009, 09:40 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
LOL true ,but he only cleans the coral beauty and blue tang . Silly bugger he must have some sort of standard !!!! __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 09-25-2009, 06:33 PM	Big-Geek
I haven't ever heard of it but it is very possible that it learned from the other wrasse.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by IanH 09-25-2009, 09:18 PM	I peed in your back yard!!
Maybe he thinks the cleaner is cool and wants to be like him?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 1,395 Gameroom cash: $362758 Rep Power: 100
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by IanH 09-25-2009, 09:36 PM	I peed in your back yard!!
Good deal though, double the cleaning power!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 1,395 Gameroom cash: $362758 Rep Power: 100
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 09-26-2009, 12:17 AM	Insert Custom Title Here
I've seen tangs in the wild start cleaning other fish, it's definitely possibe for various species to do.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 4,277 Gameroom cash: $1307222 Rep Power: 82
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