Flame Hawkfish

[Treebeard]

My wife saw xtreme's Flame Hawkfish and now she is in the gotta-get-one mode, but I am concerned that it will annihilate our shrimp and snail population. Is it possible to keep this fish without losing shrimp, snails, brittle stars etc., if they are kept well fed?

[BlueTang<3]

have had mine 6 months and he only ate one peppermint added into the tank after he was so it was my fault a must have in terms of fish go there great

[Coleus]

Well i just added a flame hawkfish to my tank. I suppose to have 5 peppermint shrimps but never saw them for some reason. Right now, he leave my coral banded and clean shrimp alone. He is a very cool fish

[Treebeard]

I think I will have to pass on this fish. 3 different guys at Gold's including Dennis, did not recommend it unless you wanted to get rid of your shrimp and snails.

[Delphinus]

Snails will be fine. Shrimp will not.

Cool fish. If you ever have a tank you're OK not having shrimp in, I'd do it. I had one in my cube tank. He was about 8 years old when I lost him in a mysterious tank hiccup in the fall. :cry:

[Coleus]

uh oh, I will monitor him closely because my wife will kill me if her mated pair coral banded shrimps are gone.

I really like his personal tho, swims way to the top and begging for food when the feeding time comes

[andestang]

They have a neat personality, kinda like a little pet dog in a tank. Love their eye movement when they lay around observing everything, but ya soft bodied shrimp won't last.

[plutoniumJoe]

My Flame Hawkfish has never bothered my 4 shrimp.

[Piscez]

I've had my Flame hawkfish for over 6 months, my wife wanted it also, calls him DR Phil ( same eyes). During this time I also have 2 cleaner shrimp, 1 fire shrimp, and 1 banded shrimp. They are all considerably bigger than him but he has never bothered them. Go for it! they are characters!

[Treebeard]

I located one in Calgary for $42.00, but he was a tiny little guy and I decided to pass.

[George]

I located one in Calgary for $42.00, but he was a tiny little guy and I decided to pass.

$42 for a flame hawkfish is not a bad price. Sometime a small fish is better than a big fish because you can train it to eat frozen/dry food.

[carnut]

have a flame and speckled hawk, don't bother the coral banded at all, but team up eating snails.

[Coleus]

my flame hawk taking pellets and he is lovely. Leaving all my shrimps alone so far. Crossing my finger

[born]

has anyone had experiences of their hawkfish eating feather dusters or christmas tree worms?

[e46er]

My snails and shrimp have been fine with mine had him a year