Six Line Twitching

Damselino · 01-25-2007, 03:04 PM

My sixline keeps twitching and doing somewhat of a flip at the same time. He does this occasionally. He doesnt have any spots or anything on him and he does seem to eat plenty when I feed the tank. Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate are all 0. My calcium is at 440 and alkalinty at 10. Ph is at 8.3. I only have two fish in my 40, the sixline and the gold band maroon clown. What could be wrong with him?

Warnberg · 01-25-2007, 03:07 PM

Is he rubbing up against anything, like trying to scratch? It sounds to me like there is something either in his gills or on his body that is irritating him, but hard to tell. How long ago was the fish introduced in the system and was he QT'd before?

Dragon Wrasse · 01-25-2007, 03:09 PM

There might not be anything wrong with your wrasse....he may be trying to make friends with his reflection in your tank....next time he is doing it see if you can see his reflection in the glass from his angle ...I had one that always did that.....I think it might be a mateing thing.....when the lights are just right in your tank and in the room your tank is in, your fish can see their own reflection......

Damselino · 01-25-2007, 03:36 PM

he doesnt seem to be rubbing around any rock but only does this when hes next to the front glass

JFK_Jr · 01-25-2007, 03:41 PM

My six-line (fat little pig that he is) does the same thing... it seems to me it's not abnormal for them to twitch like that. My six-line is very healthy and active... he's an awesome hunter, occasionally you will see him playing with a mini starfish just before eating him.

Cool Fish!

01-25-2007, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Damselino Tubeworm Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 33 View Gallery Karma Komment	Six Line Twitching My sixline keeps twitching and doing somewhat of a flip at the same time. He does this occasionally. He doesnt have any spots or anything on him and he does seem to eat plenty when I feed the tank. Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate are all 0. My calcium is at 440 and alkalinty at 10. Ph is at 8.3. I only have two fish in my 40, the sixline and the gold band maroon clown. What could be wrong with him?

01-25-2007, 03:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Warnberg Acropora Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,911 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Six Line Twitching Is he rubbing up against anything, like trying to scratch? It sounds to me like there is something either in his gills or on his body that is irritating him, but hard to tell. How long ago was the fish introduced in the system and was he QT'd before? __________________ Dave 240 Gallon Tall Tencor (96"L x 30"T x 18"W) 4 250 Watt MH XM10K bulbs 2-54 Watt T5 Actinic Euro-Reef CS8-2-RC Jetstream 1 Calcium Reactor 4 Tunze Turbelle stream 6000 power heads 7095 Tunze controller

01-25-2007, 03:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Six Line Twitching There might not be anything wrong with your wrasse....he may be trying to make friends with his reflection in your tank....next time he is doing it see if you can see his reflection in the glass from his angle ...I had one that always did that.....I think it might be a mateing thing.....when the lights are just right in your tank and in the room your tank is in, your fish can see their own reflection...... __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

01-25-2007, 03:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Damselino Tubeworm Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 33 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Six Line Twitching he doesnt seem to be rubbing around any rock but only does this when hes next to the front glass

01-25-2007, 03:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
JFK_Jr Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hallandale Beach FL Posts: 2,108 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Six Line Twitching My six-line (fat little pig that he is) does the same thing... it seems to me it's not abnormal for them to twitch like that. My six-line is very healthy and active... he's an awesome hunter, occasionally you will see him playing with a mini starfish just before eating him. Cool Fish! __________________ *JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire*

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