New addition to the family - Coral (Pixy) Hawkfish

[vic622]

Originally Posted by blueyota

Nice !! that guy is cool .....Who would flush an awesome fish like that or any live fish for that matter any way nice score

I not sure, either. I have a hard enough time with noxious pests, let alone regular critters.

He seems to be very sensitive to the substrate color. He was pale, almost white in their tank & started to color up almost instantly in my tank. The red mottling in the picture is even more pronounced in pics I've seen when I look at book/Google Images - hopefully he'll develop that, too.

[Moby da Goby]

I used to have one of those in my old75g tank and they are the coolest! Full of character, perched on top of everything, didn't always hide on me. Was very easy to feed, would swim right up the glass to grab some food but I always made sure he got a chunk down on the sand. He loved to **** off my Clarkii clown by infringing in his territory and then just perching outside of the clown's favorite rock.

[vic622]

Originally Posted by Moby da Goby

I used to have one of those in my old75g tank and they are the coolest! Full of character, perched on top of everything, didn't always hide on me. Was very easy to feed, would swim right up the glass to grab some food but I always made sure he got a chunk down on the sand. He loved to **** off my Clarkii clown by infringing in his territory and then just perching outside of the clown's favorite rock.

As I understand it, he was a rescue from one of the stores customers (I don't know why), and it shows. He has no fear of me when I walk up to the tank. He's a bit like my Lawnmower Blennie, seems to like to watch me as I move around the room. We'll see how long before he finds someone (other than the Pistol Shrimp) to torment